Hmmm.. it looks like there is an 8:00 boat from Vilanova on July 10, so you could likely make it that day to Santiago. ( 27k). Working backwards, from Armentiera to Vilanova on the 9 th.(26k) From Porto to Armentiera is approximately 200k -...
Yesterday we left Mouthier Haute Pierre early because it would be a long steep stage (23,5 km with 849 height meters) with some difficult parts. So we rose early, had a good breakfast, packed extra water and discovered after a few 100 meters that...
We enjoyed it a lot, I recommend it and we’ll certainly stay there again on any future VdlP+ camino that we may or may not have pencilled in a few years from now! There are 10 beds (five bunks) and we were only five people so everyone got a...
The VF del/nel Sud (other names are avaialble) goes from Rome to Bari (the embarcation point for onward travel to Jerusalem on the Via Egnatia) or on to Santa Maria di Leuca, the tip of the heel of Italy.
It is a beautiful, very quiet, extension...
Something I forgot to mention was that as we passed two local women in the rain this morning, I said ‘Buenos días’ to them, and one of them replied, ‘De bueno, ¡no tiene nada!’
(Basically: ‘there’s nothing good about it!’).
She's like a mother hen, kindness itself! When I came in cold and wet in late October she insisted on feeding me a big steaming bowl of caldo to get some heat in my bones before signing me in.
I was going to stay there on Thursday night and have a short day to Santiago, but two of my Camino friends that I met while I was on the Francés were leaving on Friday and wanted to get together with me before leaving, so I walked from Bandeira...
Ah, what a pity you couldn't stay at Reina Lupa, it's a lovely albergue and Carmiña fusses over pilgrims with such love. But you have a pleasant last day ahead of you..
Well, if you’re looking for something to do, take a walk down the hill to this place:
https://casabeatnik.com/
It used to be a sedate, majestic old pazo, Pazo dos Galegos, but it was sold and the new owners have definitely changed the vibe...
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