I also think that you can't "cherry pick" the prettiest parts of the Camino and have the same kind of experience. I love the feeling that I get after about 10 days on the Camino that "this is where I live right now" that makes me feel so...
Somehow Astorga has always seemed, not unobtainable - very obtainable from many different angles - just never previously obtained. As the conclusion, never previously achieved, of the Plata, and of last year's Camino del Sur, theoretically from...
I am writing this not only because @Joan Fiol (Gronze.com) is following this thread but also because I really like this feature: the Al Loro section that you reach when you tap on the Al Loro tab. In their own words:
Se trata de un resumen de lo...
Another early start. The official camino leaves by the side of a quite busy main road, but I took the vía verde - safer in the dark, and shorter too. Eventually, presumably, the arrows will follow the new rail trail, clearly still being expanded...
You might give Topo Athletic trail shoes a try. They have gotten many high reviews from hiking community and pilgrims alike. I have high arches and like a wide toebox and these were the best for me. Plus, they easily lasted 600 and 500+ miles...
Wouldn’t it be fun if instead of everyone trying to convert Gronze into an English language website people put some effort into reading and understanding the simple, repetitive Spanish and very helpful icons that the site uses.
I have often...
For information and planning a camino, you should use the Gronze.com website. The app is not suitable for this. The app is a navigator track, it is only useful for "on the road".
Whenever possible, we will make sure that browsers and automatic...
At the "Orense [sic]-Astorga" sign by the church in Granja de Moreruela, for the first time I turned right. Not without a slight sigh for the many happy memories of Sanabria and the Tera valley in autumn.
Yesterday's wind has blown most of the...
A few weeks ago, I posted a message about having a bad fall on the Camino Frances, being hauled off the trail by the Spanish emergency services, and receiving unexpected grace and kindness in the midst of personal calamity. Yesterday marked the...
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