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...
I've just had a look at the public holidays next year, i.e. 2025 in Europe, and there seem to be none close to your chosen starting date.
Easter Sunday ist on April 20th
Labour Day on May 01
Ascension Day on 29 May
Pentecost on 8/9 June
Corpus...
The first two weeks of May this year (and also in 2023) we had full house every day in Roncesvalles (and much to our regret we had to send away many, many pilgrims who did not have a reservation). So it really doesn't matter whether you start a...
How to know the difference between a Schengen visa and a Schengen ETIAS travel authorisation - both are for travel to a Schengen country and a short stay of up to 90 days in the Schengen area:
If you paid €90 - it’s a Schengen visa.
If you paid...
Graffiti and garbage are an issue especially on the Camino Francés but this is not the topic of the documentary.
Even when you have not watched the short documentary you can tell from the German title "Tourimeile Jakobsweg". Tourimeile -...
Last autumn I walked the Via Baltica from Swinemunde/Swinoujscie (at the very north eastern point of the German- Polish border) to Bremen. This is app. 600 km. Those wishing for a longer walk can of course start walking the Via Baltica in...
There was a recent thread about EST (Erhard Seminars Training) which I have to say I have never hear of, but it got me thinking.
I undertook some rather 'left field' training about 10 years ago, that may have some lessons for those grappling...
Hi all - I have often wondered about the whole cutting grams, going as light as .. (I do it too!!) .. thinking about the "real" world with soldiers on the march and what they carry .. Roman legions ...
now I have discovered Clara Wilkes - and...
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