Perhaps it was a peregrine falcon?
The Camino del Norte is 850 km long. Whereabouts did this happen?
Birds of prey occasionally attack humans in general, they have no specific preference for pilgrims.
If their tap water is contaminated then they should not serve it at all, even if a customer insists. This wasn't some out of the way bar in the middle of the Meseta. It was a very busy restaurant in the middle of the most touristy part of...
I love water and am lucky that the water that comes out of my taps comes from a spring on the fellside above my house on a Cumbrian hill farm, and is delicious - soft and cool and instantly refreshing.
Some tapwater in Spain is really...
It is all in the timing.. The pilgrim office in SJPP is a cute as a button and the most genuinely beautiful people volunteer there.. That in itself it lovely to just be with people who share what they can to help
people like us... So YES.. I...
New-old or current pilgrim I feel a visit worthy even if just to honor their selfless dedication.
There is no pressure towards purchasing items and I didn't, however they accepted a donation with grace.
You can get a printed list with all the albergues in the pilgrim office. That list also includes distances between the towns / albergues, availability of kitchens ect. in the albergues, how many beds, prices. ect. Very useful!
Also, a printed...
Three minors had been arrested for robbery with violence. They had been identified for the victims and an eyewitness who recorded a video of one of the agressions. Probably more possible suspects will be arrested in next few hours, because one of...
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