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To be fair, it wasn't a gym mat on the floor (like in Grañon) but a full mattress. Except for being directly on the floor, it was like a bed.
I just saw the monastery in Santa Espina from the outside, because it was closed when I was there. For me, it was all about visiting Urueña.
I did like...
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I met a Spanish couple who turned off onto the Salvador at the same time I did from the procession of pilgrims who were continuing along the Frances. They were using the Gronze Maps app to guide them on the route and alerted me to the river option which the three of us took.
Last summer I also read in Gronze that it was closed, but the spreadsheet I got from Ray and Rosa, which they assured me was more up to date, had it as open. I took my chances. You get the key to the local gym in the bar and, after gym classes are done for the day, they put a mattress on the...
For us Camino afficionados, you are certainly correct. For the audience of this particular article, "Camino" is going to refer to the Frances or one of the more popular routes in Spain, for which he has provided a not inaccurate description. The percentage of people each year who walk a Camino...
So much for TLA.
My training as a descriptive linguist inclines me to say that may once have been the case but usage has changed, and with it the meaning of the word.
I think that this is not a very charitable response. There is more than weather that goes into determining what is needed. And many people, either unfamiliar with long walks or familiar with different kinds of long walks, do not know at the outset what they will need. That's why they come to...
I've stayed at two donativos that provided that kind of hospitality. One was Casa da Fernanda on the Portugues. They were welcoming people to their home and providing the hospitality that came naturally to them. I don't think they were making much of a profit. In fact, I think that their losses...
That's a change from last year. Last year, there were 5 people who were supposed to have the key. But the people who were available didn't currently have it, and the people who presumably had it weren't available (at least, for a good 4 hours or so). This new system was presumably afterwards put...
Trecile's advice about giving yourself more time than you think you will need is my #1 piece of advice for all first time pilgrims. Planning within your limits is good, but if you are just nervous about emergencies, you can take the AlertCops app on your phone. That will enable you to easily...
The source I have found for this anecdote, and that Father Elias was responsible for introducing the yellow arrows is Laurie Dennett, who I believe knew Father Elias personally and has a fair background in the modern revival of the Camino. Do you have reason to doubt her?
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