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I walked up from Santa Cruz to the monasteries - in good weather wearing hiking sandals.😊. Footing wasn't a problem, but I wasn't a fan of the unrelenting uphill! I asked about the possibility of a taxi down when I was leaving the new monastery...
I am not a fan of the headlamp in the bunk room. I use a tiny red map reading light pointed only at the floor. If you an early riser, please leave the bunk room like a ghost. Quietly throw all your belongings into the middle of your sleep sack...
I wrote this long-winded post to address some of the recent concerns, comments and questions regarding this route, and I hope some might find it useful. I flew from Dublin to Lourdes on the 18th of April, took the train to Pau and started walking...
I started walking the American Discovery Trail back in 2019. My plan was to walk the southern option between Cincinnati, Ohio and Denver, Colorado that fall, and then to fly to Delaware in February 2020 and make the full coast-to-coast walk...
I DID get the room with the giant bathtub! It turned out to be a bit disappointing, though, because the water pressure was so low that I couldn’t fill it with hot water. Still, I loved the giant bathroom with all the windows, and the view from...
Did you get a room there with a giant bathtub? 😂. It’s one of my wife’s favorite stops on that route! Pilgrim discount and really, really good food, too.
I have met other pilgrims, yes. Almost every albergue has had one or two others, but they seem to walk faster than me and I don’t see them again. The last few days, though, I have been keeping pace with a sweet French family. They were in the...
Just waking up in the albergue in Sangüesa. For 5E you get a clean, organized place to sleep and eat. You call the number on the door and she comes to check you in and leaves. There are keys for each guest to the front door, so it’s always...
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