Honestly, I just pay it and move on.
I am older and make good money, and I know so many are on limited budgets. We almost always pay for meals and drinks for our fellow pilgrims that are in their twenties, sometimes 30s, because I know they...
I was a comment. Your post was clear. They said some things you didn't like. We only know your side of the story. I suspect theirs would differ somewhat. Regardless, a thing was said days ago and here you are still talking about it. Move on...
Get over yourself and move on, that would be my advice. Not sure why you're letting a comment from a stranger at a 5 euro albergue wind you up so much.
Did my 5th CF this past June. After the first two (2016 & 2018), I felt like that was enough. Then a few years later in 2021 I thought well maybe one more in 2022. When I got back from that one, I thought that's it--that's plenty for me. But...
I don't disagree with you. And it's that desire to see new things that has me conflicted about going back to the CF. But that said, I feel like I just scratched the surface of the CF, having only walked it one time. Going back as a more...
After my 2 first CF I thought I should try different routes, so I did VdlP (great!) Mosarabe, and CP.
Nothing pulls me in like the CF, though: I have given up, and accepted it. So next year, I am thinking about another CF (7th....). 😈 The Meseta...
Hi Justjack!
This is only how i feel; you and i may want different outcomes from Camino.
The Portuguese Coastal and Espiritual Variant was my first Camino! I was excited to go all was new to me and an adventure! The subsequent walks have again...
Walked my first CF in 2019, wantet to do the Portoguese in 2020, but then came Covid. No time in 2021. After much internal debating, i went to the CF again in 2022. My main concern was that i would be trying to recreate the experience from the...
What about mixing things up - and starting on a less travelled route and then joining the CF, meaning getting something familiar but also new. So like the Via Bayona/Vasco to Burgos to join the CF which i've done which has one great climb through...
@JustJack, There are so many great responses and reasons listed by others already, although I got bogged down reading, so have only read about half of them.
My opinion is that no other Camino route really replicates the Frances, so you may set...
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