I have frequently been the only pilgrim -- and tell the truth, if it's the state of affairs over several days in a row, it does get boring, even IF you are a psychological loner.
When a second pilgrim turns up, it's extremely variable, I've...
I do most of my Camino walking in winter and often on less-travelled routes. Quite often I find I have the albergue to myself. I've always considered it a luxury and I can't recall ever feeling any anxiety about it. My favourite experience was on...
Some footnotes to my first post:
I ended up the only pilgrim at Albergue El Texu overnight. It looks like most Albergues outside the standard stops are truly in shoulder season, booking anything from empty to close to full from day to day...
That movie was the impetus for my wife and I to walk the Camino. unfortunately she succumbed to a decades long fight with breast cancer. However? She will be joining me for every step next year. Congratulations by the way, for completing your...
A special tv emission
with President Macron at Notre Dame Cathedral will be broadcast live world-wide beginning at 09:30 local Paris time this Friday November 29, 2024.
Just after 9am this morning I turned the last corner of the Camino Frances and stood in front of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela!!
It's been 33 days since I left Saint Jean Pied de Port and it felt very surreal to be standing at that end...
Yes, I'd like to visit them sometime in Dec!!! It was an emergency stop when I walked over the hill after Salas with a big lunch, and one of the best albergues in Camino Primitivo!!!
Hi there! We are Thijs and Gepke, 2 pilgrims from the Netherlands. Since october we are running Albergue El Texu in La Espina on the Camino Primitivo. We offer community dinner and breakfast and can acoomodate 18 pilgrims over 3 dorms and 1...
This is beautiful, thank you so much for posting
Allow yourself to take your time, with your injured ankle it can't be easy - but sometimes there's a reason you need to slow down. I also see from your previous posts that you're the one with all...
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