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Thank you for the link, @jungleboy. The thread has not only information about the accident with the school bus/van but also about renovation work during the last few decades and lack thereof. And I had remembered it correctly:
“Surprisingly for...
I think the road should be re-routed away from the arch and the monastery. The pilgrims can take their chances, and if the don't fancy it there are excellent albergues in Casterojeriz. Personally I can think of worse places and ways to go than...
According to the hospitaleros a stone fell from the arch onto the roof of a bus. Shame to close the whole place down, but that's local bureaucracy, no friends at heart of donativo hostels in any case. But there will always be such places, they...
This is a wonderful thing to do, I hope it's there for a long time, it'll do so much good for the many people on the Camino who struggle with this demon. Lots of cheap booze doesn't help and this is something so many people need. God bless you sir.
What luck to have stayed in this magical place two nights ago. One of the best albergues on the Camino and therefore one of the best places anywhere on earth.
Closures are becoming a big problem. To my knowledge Emmaus in Burgos, Luz de...
What a shame for this most magical place, which was made more beautiful by the very fact it is just so basic and rustic. I hope it does not become a place where there is more metal girders propping everything up for health and safety reasons as...
In 2013 my wife, daughter and I were in the municipal albergue in Bilbao when in walked in two tall young Frenchmen. I assumed both were in their twenties but one acted immature. We invited them to share our dinner in the albergue. Along with...
Lucky probation officer!
On this trip she met a young man who was walking the 500 miles with his probation officer. He had had the choice of walking the Camino or going to prison
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