The Norte or the Portuguese routes go through areas with enough tourism that there's usually some English speakers around. The Primitivo also has enough pilgrims on it that there should be someone available to translate when necessary.
I met a...
Twice left me longing for thrice. The only similar longing I’ve experienced is homesickness as a young pup serving overseas in the US Navy. Perhaps the two are linked; perhaps it is the feeling of saudade that Julio Iglesias sings of in the...
I have done many route and some of them several times. I have even found myself walking down the Canal de Castille to Valladolid and connecting to the Camino Madrid. Just walk.
In “Journey to Portugal” Jose Saramago who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, said:
'The journey is never over. Only travellers come to an end. The end of one journey is simply the start of another. You have to see what you missed the first...
There is no “one size fits all” answer to this question. For me, once is not enough because of the diversity offered by the different routes; e.g. the Portuguese is an opportunity to experience the Camino in a country other than Spain. Having...
No. My theory is that nobody does the Camino twice. Some people do it once, and that’s enough, they never do it again. Others do it a second time, then a third time, then a fourth and just keep going back. And you can guess which category most of...
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