Interesting to have positive feedback about this problem (is it a sensitive subject? normal body part).
I can't answer re walking and enlarged prostrate but would like to hear more feedback as if it is all positive it could be transferred to...
The system is very closely modelled on similar systems for other countries. UK citizens and many others have been required to make a similar ESTA application and pay for approval to enter the US for about 15 years. Why is it so unacceptable for...
I walked the Via Francigena alone from Canterbury to Rome starting July 30/24 arriving Nov 16/24 at St. Peter’s Basilica. I walked 102 days and took 8 rest days. I have dual citizenship so was very fortunately not restrained by the 90 Schengen...
Personally I would argue that anyone who flies to SdC and visits the cathedral and the tomb of the Apostle in the right spirit is making a pilgrimage to Santiago. 30 years ago the cathedral made the decision to make receiving a Compostela...
Past experience has been that it can take a very long time for the websites to be updated to reflect changes in policy. And the cathedral/pilgrim office are rarely proactive in publicising such changes. A simple unambiguous statement of what the...
Belloc and his hardy friends did a lot of stomping along the Caminos in the Pyrenees. He followed the Camino Aragonese over the Somport Pass and wrote "Tarantella," a long (and not very great) poem about a wild night of song and dance in the very...
It's now seven weeks since I returned from doing he Frances and what a wonderful 40 days it was. I'm sure there are possible pilgrims out there that worry that they may be too old to walk the camino, but I can assure you there is no age barrier...
I think the "lack of accommodation in France" complaint is now a myth! There is plenty. Please check out https://pilgrimstorome.org.uk/shop/guide-books/new-booklet-of-accommodation-and-services-in-france/. I think people shy away from using...
I have been on the Levante for the past 10 days. I have met only 2 other pilgrims so far so I’ve had company every night so far in the albergues.
I have stayed in pilgrim albergues most of the time
None have managers, usually one picks up the key...
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