Our symptoms are very similar. I'm no doctor so don't take my word for it but it certainly sounds to me like you have what my doctor diagnosed as meralgia paresthetica. (It's got a name that makes it sound a lot more scary than it is). About a...
I’ve done some forum searching on pinched nerves but haven’t found too much that seems relevant to me. A few months ago, I started having some pain on my outer left thigh, nothing severe, and nothing that has interfered (yet) with my daily...
I am a big zamburiñas fan, too, but last year on the Camino, I had a rude awakening. I was told in several restaurants that zamburiñas are not locally sourced anymore and that the supply that the restaurants have is frozen and frequently from...
Day 10 - Utrera to Sevilla: ~34km
Eleven days ago, I took this photo of the sun’s first rays softly lighting up the AD 1198 Giralda beside the world’s largest medieval Gothic church, the cathedral of Sevilla.
Then I took a bus to one of the...
This sounds like such an appealing route! I would love to head this way sometime soon. I walked from Gibraltar to Seville via Jimena de la Frontera, Arcos and Las Cabezas de San Juan. It took six days but from your pictures @jungleboy this 10-day...
Some wonderful recommendations in this post! There are only two regional delicacies (albeit from the Via de la Plata) that I'd prefer to wipe from my memory:
1) stewed cock's combs in El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino
2) nuggets de oreja (pig-ear...
Looking forward to eating some great food starting in Sjpdp and heading towards Burgos. As they say here in Ireland hunger is the best sauce ,what are some of your highlights of the food you have experienced on your walk
Morcilla de Burgos. Pulpo. Percebes. Tetilla. Tortilla de patatas. Sidra de Asturias. Godello. Pa amb tomàquet. Sopa de Ajo. Jamon de Jabugo. Chorizo Riojano. Cantabrian Anchoas. Almejas a la plancha. Secreto Iberico. Mencia de Bierzo.
Do try...
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