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Thank you all. After day 3 under our belt we
Are settling in to see just how
Much I am LOVING this! Even in the rain.
Our walk to day from Advance to Pontevedra had many more pilgrims from every country you could imagine! And while steep, rocky...
I walked the "water and stone path" exactly 2 weeks ago today and it was a clear, sunny day and the path had mostly dried out. With the rain you mention I would just go "slow and steady", make sure you have your poles and take your time. No...
Barcelos was having a huge May 1 celebration when we passed through. There was a major unveiling of a sculpture titled Peregrina the following day—very big event. We weren’t there, so I lifted a picture from the news coverage. I’ll be interested...
Yes!!! Ours did the same and we are a week in. Today I deleted & reinstalled it as well as restarted my phone and haven’t had an issue since. The husbands did the same earlier on than mine and he did the same and no issues now. Buen Camino!!!
Hi there! Please tell your wife she will be pleasantly surprised and fall in love with the Camino! We are 60, this is our 2nd Camino and we adjust each day according to our abilities etc. There are many ways to walk your Camino and if she is...
Walking the central route right now and it is FAR less crowded than the CF was this same time last year. Have yet to see any signs that say hostels and albergues are full… We have seen many pilgrims walk into all types of accommodations with no...
I think that is a counsel of perfection - a good idea in principle but probably impossible to achieve in practice! I'm pretty sure that all of us who have walked a Camino approached it for the first time with some expectations even though they...
Regardless of where you start and how far you have walked, the requirement is that the distance you have walked must include the last 100km to Santiago. Here’s the relevant Pilgrim’s Office information page on the matter...
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