I would start afresh, to give the bad experience some time to settle down and go quiet in my mind. If it calls you back again someday, by all means go. But don't do it just to 'tie up a loose end." A camino is a big commitment, don't let your...
I don´t think we should leap to conclusions yet. Lightning does strike in the same place twice.
Incidentally, Pablo, if you read this: giving a thread the title 'Trouble with Hospitaleros' could be contentious, if not downright provocative. In...
@pablovegara,
Allow me to put things in a little perspective with a personal anecdote.
I read this forum and avoided posting on your previous thread. A little introspection on your part would not go amiss and I do not wish to irritate or cause...
Hello again!
I just published The Camino Francés: My Illustrated Camino Diary 2. I walked the Francés for the second time (and went on to Muxía and Fisterra) in the summer of 2023 and drew/painted and wrote this sketchbook diary every day of my...
In 2023 I walked the CF from SLPDP. In 2024 I walked the Vía de la Plata from Seville. For 2025 I was/am going to walk the next logical option - the Camino Portuguese. Seeing something different by starting in Portugal seemed like an obvious...
Well friends, I can happy and proudly said that I'll start my sixth time volunteering in St. John the Babtist albergue in Gañon from next October the16th, to October the 31th.
If you decided to stay and rest a day there, you'll be welcome.
If...
Thanks! I had no trouble putting my large duffel bag in the overhead shelf on my train from Madrid to Pamplona, so I hope this will be OK on an AVE train. Today I’m just killing time and “chilling” as we say in the States, appropriately since...
A common misconception is that the Pola route is the easier of the two - it isn't.
There is a long, tough descent into Pola, followed out of Pola by the longest ascent on the Primitivo.
The Hospitales route is the shorter and less strenuous of...
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