Flying to your Camino from the West Coast of the United States/Canada is a complex arrangement if you are trying to save a buck. I assume the CF is your walk. Some ideas and considerations:
1. Use Google Flights. You can put in 2-3 'track your...
I was wondering what the recent numbers were per month on the Primitivo. I put the data from the pilgrim's office in a simple graph, so I could as well post it here:
Yearly totals
2022: 20.958 (11.150 Oviedo/6.806 Lugo)
2023: 20.402 (12.214...
Yes, I always take a lightweight chain and simple padlock and use it whenever staying in an albergue or other shared/insecure accommodation. My pack has a metal external frame which facilitates securement.
When travelling by train, railway...
Your picture shows the same place that I stayed. When I was there (and @gracethepilgrim had the same experience a few weeks ago), I stayed in the part of the house where the Ukranian family was living. Meeting and talking with them was as they...
3 November 2024
I think I have, indirectly, been experiencing some effects of the fiesta this weekend. There wasn't much to eat at the bar yesterday, although communication issues may have exacerbated things. When I got to the bar, it was super...
31 October 2025
What a day! But first, the usual. Very quiet here today (although it is only 4 o'clock), just two peregrinas from Taiwan and my replacement, Valentín.
I got up at my usual 6:00 and, wonder of all wonders, all 8 pilgrims were...
Sunday 27 October 2024
Another quiet day, also with 4 pilgrims, all Spanish, 2 of whom already walking the Via Augusta from Cadiz.
I was clearly very tired yesterday. I went to lie down shortly after 10, phone in hand, figuring it would wake me...
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