New rules for obtaining the Compostela have just been announced. It is not anymore necessary to walk/bike/ride/sail the LAST 100km into Santiago, any 100km on any Camino will do AS LONG as the last stage you do ends in Santiago. Source:
Day 9 O Cádavo to Lugo
Again a fantastic day, with a burst of good sunshine. No rain and no fog. Relatively easy walk. Lots of eucalyptus trees on the way.
Castroverde is the last place to get any food before Lugo. Otherwise, there are only...
On my first Camino I would probably have been fairly quick and confident in my answer. Some years later I am now much less definite about almost everything. On the whole I think that is a good thing. "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and...
My first “Camino” was a deliberate and conscious pilgrimage to the bones of one who may have stood with the divine.
In the 6 bed couchette on the way south from Paris one of a group of four young Germans asked “why are you going to Spain?” I...
That was my main concern too. I spent very little time in contact with other pilgrims on my first Camino - bilingual or otherwise. And English was far less commonly spoken along the Camino at the time. Like you I found that some creative sign...
It does depend so much on age and life experience. I am an Aussie where over seas travel is pretty much the norm - and I had led a relatively adventurous life.
My 2007 solo European trip and Camino was my second really big adventure. However...
Fears and Anxieties over doing new stuff tends to go away when we actually do that new stuff. With a distance walking Pilgrimage, experience and knowledge is gained which not only allows for the fading away of Fears and Anxieties, but it also...
I started my first of a dozen or more Caminos in 2011 and I didn't have a clue. I was living in Biarritz at the time and had some free time on my hands and so one weekend I took the train down to SJPdP. I bought a small backpack, too small...
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