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I agree that it would be nice to leave some beds for walk-ins.
Here’s the part I don’t get though. I understand why some pilgrims don’t want to book accommodation in advance in a general sense (play it by ear, see how far you want to walk as the...
May 5th is the Sunday following a mid-week May 1 national holiday, so many took the entire week off and are returning home. I bet if you can train to an intermediate point (Validolad?), hole up for the night, then continue on May 6 you'd find...
Not to dispute the long, illustrious history of the Camino providing for Pilgrims but I would be very surprised if, when Alfonso II set out from Oviedo on the "first Camino", he didn't have runners riding ahead making sure that he and his...
Hi! I can't help with the taxi share but I was puzzled when you mentioned walking to Muxía after lunch.
Lunch being typically around 2.30 or 3 in Spain...
From memory, it is about 30km or just over. That's a few hours walking, at least 6 or...
This is the James A. Michener, "prolific author," 😄 noted mostly for his voluminous and hugely popular works of fiction written back in the mid to late 20th century. Iberia is one of his rare books of non-fiction, inspired by his deep, life-long...
"Iberia" was my introduction to the Camino way back in 2001, when a friend recommended "Iberia" as a good read before my upcoming trip to Spain. James Michener's pilgrimage to the resting place of "Spain's patron Saint, and mine," in thanksgiving...
@TravellingMan22 , I agree.
Yes Spain, as with many other countries, used to be a cash society - and in some smaller villages it's still very much is. However as we have discussed here numerous times on the forum COVID changed all of that. Or...
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