Only one time, by a fellow passenger boarding for a flight, not to Spain. She recognized the patch and mentioned she really wanted to go. Cheered her on. I talk it up with my neighbors, but no takers so far.
You might look in one of the albergues to see if someone left a pair. I stayed in the nunnery, and if I remember correctly (always a risk there), they had a can in the office with items, mine gave out in Rabanal and I picked up one someone else...
I only ever walk with one hiking pole, I find the additional utility of a second pole to be of less value to me than the additional hassle of wrangling a second thing to remember to take with me and to juggle with in city situations when I am...
I completed the last 200 miles of the Camino last April.. To be honest, at the end of most days I was just happy to get something to eat and some wine to wash it down with. Although, I do remember getting the greasiest chicken I ever ate in...
I will repeat my earlier comment - this sounds like typical EU bureaucratic big brother regulation. In its “wisdom” the EU obviously wants hotels to be able to advertise for free on booking.com. How is it “free”? Someone uses booking.com to...
I was there in April, still that way. Not many pilgrims there, thoughts . I paid an euro more and had a smaller room, larger bed. Turns out I was the only occupant.
I'm seventy and for me the last civil war is the past. I had two uncles recruited by Franco' s army who controlled Galicia who went to war without knowing what was happening and had " to invade" unknown, hot and sometimes very cold dry...
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