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It is interesting. I hesitated to post this thread. Why bother people on a pilgrims forum with not wanting to walk the Camino again? But I am really glad I did and your valuable insights are very helpful. Thank you all for that. The Camino spirit...
Interestingly it was one of the reasons we did the last 100 km from Ourense to Santiago de Compostela
walking the week after the may bank holiday I understood there would be a lot of people on the Frances.
Over touristification is a ongoing worry...
Your story is lovely, @KariannNor!
I have chosen two with special memories from my recent Camino Sanabres...
This sello is from a little "hippie oasis" we walked by on a rainy day in a small village. We darted in, hoping for shelter to eat our...
Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in...
As a hospitalera, I have met many pilgrims who just decided to walk a Camino without a lot of planning. Admittedly the ones from overseas have to do some planning such as buying a plane ticket, but not everyone does a lot of planning. They are on...
Thank you for your nice report! I am now even looking more forward to my own Camino Francés. I'll walk my first stage (Verín - Laza) in a week from now :)
Took the bus back to the airport this morning
We were lucky and were at the first stop but by the third stop there was no more space
If you can and it’s not too far form where you are staying try to take the earliest stop possible
Wasn’t that...
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