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St. Olav’s: Trondheim

By Katie Swanson On March 2, 2022

Day 32 St. Olav’s, August 16th, 16.5km, Vikhammer > Trondheim The walk into Trondheim. We ate breakfast and packed up camp for the final time on this trail. We walked together in silence for a …

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St. Olav’s: When Nature Calls

By Katie Swanson On February 2, 2022

Day 24 St. Olav’s, August 8th, 22km, Kong Carl Johans Klev > Vuku True Love Digs a Cat Hole My first thought upon waking, before I even opened my eyes, was “it’s 12.5 miles to …

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St. Olav’s: Wooah, We’re Halfway There

By Katie Swanson On January 12, 2022

Day 17 St. Olav’s, August 1st, 20km, Hälleberg > Mörsil HALFWAY! The next morning, we woke up to the sound of horses snorting and stomping at us. It was a scary sound to wake up …

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St. Olav’s: When You Ask a Swede for Water, Part Two

By Katie Swanson On January 5, 2022

Day 15 St. Olav’s, July 30th, 15km, Backen > Värmon Because we stayed so long visiting Goran, our generous host from the night before, it was late when we finally got on the trail. We …

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St. Olav’s: When You Ask a Swede for Water, Part One

By Katie Swanson On December 15, 2021

Day 8 St Olav’s, July 23rd, 16km, Lake Stor-Harrsjön > Bräcke Today’s walk was shorter after the long distance we covered the day before. It was a nice walk, and we spotted a sign from …

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St. Olav’s: Swedish Miles and American Miles

By Katie Swanson On December 8, 2021
St. Olav's: Pilgrim's Shelter

Day 6 St. Olav’s, July 21st, 24km, Rombäck > Borgsjö On our walk from Rombäck to Borgsjo, we walked through fields overflowing with wildflowers. It’s beautiful, and I am surprised to see so many flowers …

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St. Olav’s: Day 1

By Katie Swanson On November 17, 2021
St. Olav's: Fika with Tommy

 A New Symbol Day 1 St. Olav’s, July 16th, 24km, Sundsvall > Matfors We cooked a breakfast of eggs, toast, and coffee, then hard-boiled some eggs for snacking on the trail later. Then we packed …

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Preparing for St. Olav’s

By Katie Swanson On November 10, 2021

A New Way   At the bus station in Stockholm, I waited with our packs while Andy searched for some fast food to take on the long bus ride. Contrary to what many foreigners think …

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I Would Walk 500 Miles and I Would Walk 350 More

By Katie Swanson On October 27, 2021
Madrid: Puerta del Sol

Onward, pilgrims! When we boarded the bus from Muxía the next morning, it was the first time in 52 days that we moved faster than walking speed. Everything felt so fast. We took the bus …

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Camino De Santiago: Herds of “Tourigrinos”

By Katie Swanson On September 29, 2021
Camino De Santiago: Sarria

To remain unchanged is unthinkable Our 40th day on the Camino! We woke up and hit the trail, trying to mentally prepare ourselves for the swarms of pilgrims we knew we would be meeting in …

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