Well finished my Camino in Santiago, Finisterre is for another day.
Walked from St Jean, and had one hour of light rain, but otherwise superb weather, and maybe because of previous wet weather, a riot of wild flowers along the way.
Deliberately...
Greeting Fellow Pilgrims!
I just finished walking (late May to late June) the length of Spain from Roncesvalles to Finisterre on both the Camino Francés and the Camino Fisterra y Muxía and want to express my admiration and gratitude to all the...
I won't comment this post, but rather take the opportunity to thank all the people who provide free and useful applications or web sites: mapy.cz, gronze.com....
I was one of those who avoided Albergues (the communal sleeping bit). Till last year.
I felt a bit of a 'fraud' and so set out to try a broad range of Albergues.
All were great!
The 'privacy' thing was not really an issue.
Neither was the...
I very much doubt that it is normal accepted practice in Spain to leave half a boar on a walking path, as described. There are laws and customs around hunting, intended to control these activities so they are done safety and respectfully to the...
But you don't know... maybe it was time to vacuum up the gunk from pilgrim boots on the floors, maybe it was time to put new prayer books and other materials on the table and set up parishioner information access... It's not just about the alter...
This afternoon I arrived in Zamora 🇪🇸 to start the Vía de la Plata/Sanabrés to Santiago de Compostela. This will be a test for my new hip which I received in March🚶🏼♀️👟 🎒. I've walked this section of the Camino before, hence the title.
Many...
There's a quote from a book that I just finished reading that struck me as helpful. Perhaps others may find it so:
“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she...
You got the itch then?
It will never leave you. Members of your family will think you mad. But you will go again, and again.
I strongly recommend travelling alone next time. Your first experience was probably constantly with the same group of...
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