I've been home from the Frances for just over a week. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday. He asked me about the Camino and checked my vitals. I'm 60. He said: "Your vitals are incredible". I've bounced off the edge of high blood pressure...
Only a few days. I wil start on
My way to Santiago. Starting point is Le Puy en Velay. Because I’m working I decided to to it in parts. Now two weeks on the via Podiensis. Next year further on. I could have been waiting till I don’t have to work...
this link does work, at least for now:
nice video with big bear roaming at night
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/somosagro/sostenibilidad/2024/07/12/oso-pasea-neira-rei/00031720782301221706833.htm
Here is a little story about one day on the VF:
2 Swiss ladies, two little dogs, a baby stroller and even more mud.
It is a Thursday and I’ve been staying in the converted barn of a farmhouse at Trefcon. I arrived last night and was told I’d...
Please note Berking is the slang I use for one of the websites you’ve named. I won’t use the name because I hate making their bots happy.
As an aside it’s highly unlikely that the municipal albergue in St Jean will be fully occupied on those...
A local group constructed a pilgrimpath in honour of Christina the Astonishing ( also the inspiration of a song by Nick Cave ).
We did one etapa today. Not signed but you can download the wikiloc.
A combination of the long distance GR path with...
I think the expectation that there is some sort of lighted-up menu board above the bar is ridiculous, ala Mickey D's. Sure, there may be some prices posted on a chalk board and/or a discreet carte near the bar but the price is the price; but...
Perhaps it was a peregrine falcon?
The Camino del Norte is 850 km long. Whereabouts did this happen?
Birds of prey occasionally attack humans in general, they have no specific preference for pilgrims.
I got it all sorted out now: tetanus shot at the doctor's and antibiotics at the pharmacy. It only took four hours... I'll tell ya all about it. All I know is that Isabel is a hero: I couldn't have done this without her help. Health care workers...
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