Honestly, the best thing it to wear your back pack, with the hip belt and send on another bag with some of your stuff. That hip belt takes any weight in your pack off of your shoulders.
Once you put your water, poncho, snacks, 1st aid, extra...
Do you need to start in St Jean? You can start walking from Pamplona and save yourself the time and money. Also you could take the bus to Roncesvalles and start from there. This is what many Spanish pilgrims do.
You're welcome. The advice from @C clearly is also important - basically you just need to make sure that you can comfortably carry whatever you plan to take.
As REI has such an incredible returns policy you'll probably be fine.
What I often...
This video describes a typical flight from the USA to Santiago de Compostela with transit in Madrid.
(I think that the flights from Madrid to Santiago depart from corridor K in zone H,J,K in terminal T4 ).
So you land in terminal TS4, go...
If you are making a flight connection at Madrid to another Spanish destination, your bags will be sent directly. Unless something has changed, of which I am unaware, you do not have to reclaim and then recheck your bags at Madrid. You remain...
I have had this on my ‘to read’ list for some time but just haven’t gotten around to it. Thanks for the reminder. Michener’s ‘The Drifters’ is one of my all-time favourite books.
As an aside, he is one of the authors featured on the ‘Writers...
There are a number of companies in the Burgos area that rent bicycles that can be dropped off in the León area. That way you can see all of the meseta under your own power and save some days.
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