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Le Seuil french association allows a judge to give a choice to a young desperado, before he definitly fall in criminality:
- either the jail
- or walking on the Camino with a adult guide.
It seems to work: about 95% of those who choose the...
I walked parallel with a 16 year old French girl and her mentor on the Norte one year. She was real trouble at the start, but a different person by the time we got to Santiago, now cheerful and smiling, as opposed to her sullen face when we first...
Met an Italian lad and his mentor in Zamora as hospitaleros in 2017. Longer story. The boy ran away in the night and returned before dawn the next morning. This all created consternation with the other pilgrim, Phil, and I. The boy was taken back...
For more information re such rehabilitative programs during the past on the camino see these earlier Forum threads.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/juvenile-penitent-pilgrims.1043/...
I'm planning to divert to the Herbon Monastery after riding the boat from Vilanova de Arousa, and seeing if I can snag a bed at Herbon. They are supposed to have a lovely communal meal!
Otherwise, if you stay in Padron, you can spend the day...
I would suggest not booking five nights; book one night in Finnisterra and then decide when you get there (too many guys in tie dye parachute pants with dreadlocks for my taste)
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