Wishful thinking for sure.
And it's not 'overt sex-discrimination,' just a preference to feel comfortable sleeping. If you've lived 2 decades in a monastic community with genders strictly separated, it's quite uncomfortable to be exposed to...
My morning YouTube fix presented me with a video titled Rome Jubilee 2025. It's not so great but I thought it could serve as an introduction to a forum thread about the topic where questions, answers and tips can be collected. I'm not expecting...
Rome has been prettying itself up in preparation for the Jubilee over the past few months. Almost all major fountains in the city are being cleaned and there are other works going on, in addition to the never-ending work on the third metro line...
Hello to all, I’m Kelly and I’m planning my Camino for August - November 2025. I am going to start in Le Puy, take the GR65to SJDP, then take the Camino Francés to Santiago. I’m so excited! ☺️
Hola Peregrinos!
Somehow, a few months ago, the Camino bug bit me.
Honestly, I don’t even know where it came from. I’ve known people who have done the Camino, and just in the last few months. I’ve started to think that I want to join this...
Pope Francis: "Are people who walk the Camino de Santiago making a true pilgrimage? Or is it something else?”
Mostly, I think it's something else. I include myself, alas.
Food for thought. I think it is hard to have a contemplative time on the...
I was about to suggest that you could learn about architecture when I saw that @VNwalking suggested that (and art) already so I gave her post a like. I've since decided to do a bit more.
In 2020, year 1 of the pandemic and limited numbers of...
I walked it last year in May, always found accommodation including a church and a fire station.
Most of the time was in Albergues, used the Wise Pilgrim guidebook . I possibly met about 12 other pilgrims enroute, some days I walked alone , other...
Also please note, for those who are unaware, that the route on the first day no longer goes through Alpriate, as seen in the itinerary above so there is no albergue on day one. The stage is from Lisbon to Alverca do Ribatejo now, or Verdelha...
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