Thanks for asking, I am back home now, so I try to prepare better for the next attempt 🙂 This thread has provided good tips, valuable, I appreciate ❤️ Kreuzberg sounds to be an interesting place.
It was a bit funny that I caught myself thinking in German, what to answer here 😂
FWIW I have a...
Dear All,
on Jun 12th I started my pilgrimage on Via Scandinavica, from Lubeck to Eisenach. My idea initially was to go finally to Santiago, but… This route seems to be little travelled, because I met only one other person walking the same route. One thing following from that is that services...
FWIW, I did Primitivon August-September 2018. I did not book anything beforehand, but the only tight one was Castro, where I got the last bed. A friend coming after me had to sleep in his tent, but wasn't too happy, as a dog harassed him so that he went on very early…
I'll turn 70 in April next year. I have a plan to travel (from Helsinki) to Lübeck and start walking from there, via Eisenach and Beaune to Le Puy-en-Velay, and then Via Podiensis. Planned it for this year already, but had to get my left hip replaced:)
Yup, I, being a Finn, was quite surprised in 2017 after having talked about my camino plans with a Spanish squash player living in Santiago, I was leaving the tournament (ETC 2017) banquet, he met me and didn't ask, but just hugged me… A quite warm memory for me 🥰
Well, I plan to make my next Camino with a cornett in three parts, not much weight, easily packed in a pouch. Can not stop playing for the length of my walk, lose my embouchure 🙂
FWIW, I walked Primitivo in 2018 with barefoot shoes. They worked quite well, no problems whatsoever, though steeper descents with loose stones had to be taken with appropriate respect. This might be relevant with all types of shoes, however.
I walked my Primitivo in Aug/Sep 2018, had no problems with accommodations. Just that in Castro I was the last one to get a bed, a fellow pilgrim arriving later slept in a tent outside, had some problems with dogs…
Thanks for this topic, as it turned out that I need a hip replacement, too. Encouraging. Don't know the date yet, but anyway had to postpone the planned Lubeck-Santiago from this summer at least to the next 🙂
I did Primitivo as my first Camino in 2018, and some of the fellow travellers asked me "Why did you choose this to be your first?" indicating the level of the challenge 🙂
Well, my decision was based on the fact that it was the first one walked in 9th century, and I as a simple person wanted to...
For me too, as I have a plan to start next year in July from Lubeck, meaning it will be some time in October, perhaps late, when I arrive in Santiago. I also intend to have a sleeping bag with me 🙂
Hi,
I did Primitivo first, as I am a simpleminded technical person (Primitivo is the first pilgrimage route 🙂). I walked it in 12 days, with barefoot shoes, so it is doable. But it would be good to do some exercise before starting, as others have suggested.
I'll attach here a list of my stages...
That might be the difference between lowest and highest point of the leg. I very much doubt that it's the total elevation gain, as e.g. from Grado to La Espina my equipment recorded 1000+ metres, and from Oviedo to Santiago ~7500 …
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