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Took the way from Vitoria-Gasteiz, which has been the most beautiful city I've seen so far...
...To La Puebla de Arganzon (where there is one little Albergue with a bathtub run by an pls Camino enthusiast..
Then on the Haro where I joined with the Francais in Santo Domingo.
It was overall a...
Zegama to Salvatirrra.
Today was Arduous. Capital A.
A climb from 200m to 1150m above sea level. Through the tunnel of St Adrian (I know right) and then back down to 500m. Today I wanted to come home. I miss my kids and my friends. I was alone on the road for most of the day.
Not knowing...
In Tolosa now
I stayed in the Albergue just outside town. Carmen the hostess is very lovely.
It's well kept and clean and they have fantastic suppers.
I missed the credential pickup in Irun and just got it here today from Brian the tourist guy. Pincho and wifi at the iratxo taberna in the...
Hola Annie,
I'm so excited I just laughed out loud. Wow raining and snowing 23 out of 29 days.
I'm looking forwards to that.
Muddy paths and all. :)
Thanks for sharing.
Buen Camino!
Hello,
My first Camino is days away. I've chosen the Tunnel route then to join on the Camino de Santiago (Francias).
I fly into Biaritz 1:30 in the afternoon of the 5th October.
My flight leaves Santiago de Compstella on the 7th November.
On arrival I will have had over 21 hours of...
Thankyou for all your advice and..
WOW! some of the above shots are fantastic.
Ive been attached to my Canon 20D for sooo long.. But this trip is all about letting go.
Practically, it does not seem worthwhile to bring it.
I ended up getting a Panasonic Lumix yesterday. Been working...
CONS
Its a big chunk of heavy metal that weighs down and creates a momentous wobble in my pack
PROS
I just bought some new 4x 16GB SD cards
I love the photos it takes
I have 2 batteries for it and a charger.. should last 2-3 days each without too many flash shots.
I love it.
Its only a Cannon...
Thankyou everyone for the warm welcome.
and special callout to KinkyOne for the info.
I had previously found a free guide book on the tunnel route. Here:
http://www.csj.org.uk/TunnelRoute2009.pdf
Perhaps I'll come back someday with my kids starting from SJPdP. For some reason the tunnel route...
G'day,
I'm a pilgrim from Gold Coast Australia, leaving the lovely early summer to walk the Camino
My flight arrives in Biaritz on the 5th October and I have another flight leaving Santiago De Compostella on the 7th November 2013. Might need to transfer some parts along the way.
Any advice...
I've done some silly things.. but like everything, they all seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
So I'm walking the Camino as a kind of a system reboot.
Last year I turned 40, was married with kids and a mortgage.. Lets just say things are different now.
I have no idea why but I'm...
Hi, I'm new to the forum and to the Camino and Im flying into Biaritz on October 5.
At this stage the plan is the Tunnel route and join you in Burgos at some stage. Hope to meet you on the road.
I'm 40 from the Gold Coast Australia and excited for this opportunity.
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