Chuck, I think it might be a bit overwhelming as a first camino. If I were you I would do one of the busier ones first and then the Levante. Some knowledge of Spanish essential I think. Also high summer and deep winter not advised-very hot with...
Nope. I’ve met a few pilgrims I wish I hadn’t.
Having drunk in the Coach and Horses when Norman Balon ruled the jump I can honestly state that I have never encountered a hospitelero/a that hasn’t acted with integrity. Even when they’ve...
I didn't encounter any walkers - pilgrims or otherwise - between Valencia and Zamora when walking in February and March. Stages were long and the weather included snow. I would agree that Spanish (and good GPS) are necessary. Any social...
One of the few advantages of Covid, for me at least, was that being unable to walk the camino I was forced to read and learn about it and so I came to the Romanesque, a term used to refer to early Mediaeval architecture. It is really a misnomer...
I am glad you opened this thread, @dick bird. I was about to do something similar myself!
I was born and lived in Rome for about half my life. I don't know if you've ever been there but the city obviously has a patchwork of western architectural...
I guess they interviewed a lot of ex-pats. Some of the ex-Brummie coke dealers currently holed up in Marbella could, probably, hold a conversation in 38% English
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