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How similar are gallego and Portuguese?
It is a language closely related to Portuguese, both of which had virtually the same history until the middle of the 16th century. Despite a divergent history since the Middle Ages, even today Galician...
Looking forward to getting back on the Camino de Levante next week. It’s a long and solitary Camino, although I am as far as Zamora now, where it merged with the VDLP and on to the Sanabres.
Here are some photos from my journey so far.
Went to an orthopedic pharmacy in Leon today ... the very nice pharmacist spoke English and they have an excellent selection of 'knee stuff' ... Go to the Cathedral walk downhill ... the opposite direction of the busy part. Its the pharmacy after...
I can understand trip cancellation coverage, but if you're a U.S. citizen, I don't know why you'd want or need evacuation insurance. Spain is a modern European nation. If I had a medical issue on the Camino, I'd just as soon seek medical care in...
This is only my opinion and suggestion and if you don't agree or like it that is fine and dandy. It will not bother me in the least. For days we have been seeing posts about too many pilgrims, bottlenecks, bed races, etc.
I know many first time...
I think the vocabulary here is a bit misleading. The camino between Molinaseca and Ponferrada is not a highway, nor is it along rural paths. It is a paved path adjacent to a tertiary road between the two cities. In North America we would call...
I wrote this long-winded post to address some of the recent concerns, comments and questions regarding this route, and I hope some might find it useful. I flew from Dublin to Lourdes on the 18th of April, took the train to Pau and started walking...
I feel your pain!! I have been dealing with PF for a while and like everyone else do say the MDs/Physios know best - however there is a lot of conflicting information on how to treat even within the medical community - so definitely can be hard...
Autobuses AMAYA operate a service from Burgos to Fromista leaving Burgos at 1330 on Saturdays. It doesn't have a stop at Hornillos del Camino but does stop at Castrojeriz. See...
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