Even in a cool Mid-May in the Galician mountains there were lots of flowers and colours. Here a few impressions from the Invierno:
Cistus
some gardens
Poppies
Broom-shrubs everywhere in white and yellow
Lavender
Calla flowers in a...
Yes, sorry I meant horse chestnut. Typing too quickly! The horse chestnut blossoms are so spectacular, and I love them because they remind me of where I grew up in England. There were some gorgeous ones in Burgos too, as I recall.
I have walked several Caminos in April and May. Here is just a sampling of what you can expect to see in bloom ...
A plethora of poppies
A bounty of buttercups
Billions of bluets
Dozens of daisies
Heavenly hibiscus
Glorious glads...
There is plenty of accommodations that take suitcases -- like 99.9% of them. This is simply a fact. 11 alburges that are part of The French Way federation do not take suitcases. That's it. 11 in 500 miles. (Also consider that there are...
I don't believe that they take reservations or transported bags of any kind, which pretty much rules out anyone that would be traveling with a suitcase anyway. But there are plenty of private albergues that will accept a small suitcase.
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