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    • gml
      Hi everyone again. Thanks for your comments. To clarify one thing — I’m not going for a vacation. I’m going to a physically and mentally hard path, to find answers to my questions. I know a lot about this path, credentials and so on, because...
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      gml reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread Pilgrimage - selfish? with Like Like.
      We can only change ourselves. And it takes time. It takes time for many people just to connect with their own lives and their own bodies, let alone those of other beings. Not everyone lives to help others. But you can.
    • gml
      You haven't provided much information and that makes it very difficult to figure out what your problems might be. A WhatsApp call may go unanswered for many reasons including you calling at a time when the person receiving your call is asleep...
    • gml
      We have had threads like this in the past, so before I take the time to think about how to answer your questions from my own vantage point, I would just like to post a “preemptive strike.” If you are not concerned about these issues, please just...
    • gml
      I, too, stayed at Largo da Sé, but can't recommend it! Although I prearranged a time to drop off my backpack, I found the door locked and waited for 1.5 hours before staff arrived. My room looked nice and clean, but around 1 a.m., I awoke with 15...
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      gml reacted to jungleboy's post in the thread Driest Camino route in October? with Like Like.
      General truths: Andalucía - dry. Galicia - wet. Routes like the Mozárabe, Vía de la Plata, Vía Serrana etc would be good bets for being dry in Oct.
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      gml reacted to Simperegrina's post in the thread How long is the Meseta? with Like Like.
      Not long enough
    • gml
      Have to disagree. Yes - there would be fewer services. But "dull"? Not my experience. There are now 50 pilgrims on the Camino Frances for every one that I met on my first Camino. I could go for days without seeing another pilgrim. But it never...
    • gml
      I wish there were fewer locked, inaccessible churches. That may be because of fear of, or actual, vandalism. I was surprised how many churches were closed. I would have liked quiet time in many.
    • gml
      Not much, at least about the camino itself. The beautiful and ugly, the serene places and the parts near a motorway, the cities and vast empty spaces...all those things are part of a whole. People are another story. I would love fewer entitled...
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