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Tenth Day: Now in Santander
Still fantastic weather greeted me today at the end of my Camino del Norte. I set off at a leisurely pace at 10am. At first the route was not very spectacular, on tarmac roads through populated areas and along...
Naturally, I took off my olive green pilgrim outfit and enjoyed the sun, sand and ice-cold sea water. In my home country, skinny-dipping at lakes, rivers and in the sea is something completely natural. Thanks for the GPS data, @OldHands based on...
Same is true for us, when we're in small-town Portugal. Here in Canada, people are very private, and as you say, a lot of their/our lives is spent at home. In Barquinha, life is to some degree lived on the street. Although we're foreigners, and...
Day 0:
My first time ‘live’ (delayed a day or two) reporting. :)
I finished the via de la plata in Astorga today (9 days from Morille near Salamanca where I left off in 2020 due to pandemic). I got a final stamp from Astorga cathedral and...
What do you mean with “for a woman alone”? I doubt you need to worry much about sexual aggression on any of the Camino paths?
You’ll go up fairly high into the mountains - we still had frost in shaded spots by 10am some days. I wore a thick...
Honestly @Robo i know everyone’s mileage may vary etc etc, but the way some talk about the Portugues cobbles, you’d think they’re the cobblestones of the Paris-Roubaix bike race i.e. monstrous…:)
My mileage was that they had no different impact...
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