I have given another pilgrim money for a bed and supper more than once. I did it knowing I might never see the money again. When I give like that, I understand that once the money leaves my hands, I have no controll on what the other person does...
I recall a couple that we knew, turning up at the Hotel Akerreta. We were having dinner and heard them check in.
Everywhere was full, from Zubiri to Pamplona. Taxis all busy, busses laid on to take Pilgrims to Pamplona.
The Hotel owner came...
I get where you are coming from, in many respects I feel the same way. Being that we are all different, the way we approach the Camino varies quite a bit.
I tend to be more of a planner, trying to inform myself since I’m a newbie, a bit older, as...
There has been a large uptick in questions on the forum about backpack/luggage transfer and how to get a taxi, but the way that I walk the Camino hasn't been affected.
I hope this is a crucial lesson learned for now and the future. ANYWHERE along the camino you may encounter really horrible weather. A few years ago I (note it was in late November) I was staying in the Albergue San Javier in Astorga. We had a...
I predict: Some will have found it easy-easy, some will say that the weather forecast got it all wrong, some will say that it was much harder than expected but they made it and would not have wanted to have missed it for the world despite the low...
The mellow numbers some of us were reporting a little while ago now make sense - we were walking in the trough.
I see a second thing besides the earlier peak this year, and it's that the trough is higher than last year's but also broader - it...
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