I am all in favour of challenging oneself, and I think the Camino is a wonderful experience - transformational for some but certainly not everyone. You cannot expect the Camino to magically change your behaviour. Maybe you will learn something...
The worst is inland from Aveiro, just south of Gaia/Porto. But the entire northern area is scattered with fires. The humidity right now is very low, and that part of the country seems a tinderbox.
I remember similar discussions happening back in...
Abandoned?
Happily passed all day, receiving the occasional "Are you okay?" After several days being passed by many of the same walkers I offer to treat their blisters.
Then there was the guy on his third or fourth beer, waiting for his wife...
Spain is one of the most enlightened countries out there where gay-lesbian issues and rights are concerned. Homosexual couples can marry and have families here, and in any city you will see many same-sex couples and families holding hands, being...
@HBS60 I finished last week and my experience staying at in-between places sounded completely different to friends who stayed at the common stage points.
I walked
1.Samos to A Pena staying at Casa do Rego at the 100km mark (lovely place all the...
Odd, these long threads, aren't they. One does not want to read a single word anymore about the thread's topic and yet one cannot help opening the thread again and again to see what has been posted since the last time one had a look ... :cool:
I haven't used the penguins but really like Polar steps, it's great to see the visualisation of where you have walked from. Last year I did get a printed book of my Invierno but it gets €€€ so probably won't for this much longer camino Francés -...
Day 3: Lago to Cee, 24.6 km
My brain hurts from code switching in 3 languages. I'll make this quick (or not, we'll see).
Woke up fortified by hospitality with a capital H @ 5:45.
Why do people use their phone flashlights to orient themselves...
Yes but it's better than nothing on a day when the next coffee or any hot drink is 25+km away
Exactly that's where this tip was given to me. I walked so many days leaving at 6-7 where the bar in the town I was sleeping wasn't open until 10...
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