companions/family/friends

Okay, buckle up, friends! This will take some explaining. For secret Santa this year, I am getting a gift for my soon-to-be Father in Law. I'm still new to the family and learning what everyone likes. What I do know: he loves his Catholic faith, he loves his family, and he has expressed...

Can you please elaborate on this? What didn't work for you two? Did you gradually realize there were problems? When you say "we walked separately" do you mean just for the day but you saw each other each evening or you did the rest of the Camino on your own? (this could probably be it's own...

Hi All, I’m Catherine from Australia, We have walked the camino Frances twice as a family of six. The first time the youngest was 7and the eldest child 15. Then again five years later. Our plan is for a family camino every five years, or how it fits in around people. I may have some advice...

We had a small gathering of pilgrims in Lisbon on 10 November

We so far have 7 confirmed — jungleboy and Wendy, my hubby and I, Biarritzdon, and jose Luis and Natercia from Via Lusitsna. Hoping amsimoes can make it too. Anyone in Lisbon on Thursday is welcome. We’re gathering at 6 pm for drinks and/or dinner. In the Chiado at Wine Not...

As others of the tofu-munching wokerati will have noted already, The Guardian has what seems to be a monthly mention for the Camino. The latest offering: https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/oct/22/camino-de-santiago-spain-holiday-walking-with-my-brother

This is a heartwarming story. Congrats to everyone involved. This is what the Camino is about. https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/santiago/2022/10/02/cien-reclusos-culminan-camino-distinguia-presos-funcionarios/0003_202210S2C5992.htm

One drove 80 miles north, one drove 80 miles south, and one had a short 30 mile drive. We spent four hours in Martinez Tacos, and I am sure the rest of the clientele was quite sick of us and our endless chatter and laugh. Thanks to @annmte for the cookies!!! And to @jpflavin1 for his endless...

I presume plenty of people have this situation. I have walked the Camino before in 2015, I walked the Camino Frances. Since then I’ve done lots of hiking trips with my husband. I thought I was done with the Camino. Now I really want to go again. I got Covid recently and it’s all I thought...

Hello, I have been reading this wonderful forum for weeks and many of my questions have been answered, but I have a few that I am hoping you can help me with. Who we are: We are an American family of 4, with kids (girls) ages 9 and 16 (at time of Camino). Kids and us are very active, hike...

I walked the Camino in Sept 2018. I thought I would post my thoughts to encourage other potential pilgrim's that struggle with crowded situations. I was led, driven, to walk the Camino after initially being introduced by the movie The Way, but Paulo Coehlo's book The Pilgrimage, and Shirley...

There have been a couple of missing persons postings on this site and on FaceBook lately. I can understand the reasons of photographs not being shown on this website however given that this website is used by many pilgrims I am wondering if under our individual profile section we could give our...

Taking our kids on the Camino Frances.... We all have our own reasons for walking the Camino, ours is one of a bucket list checklist that following a cancer diagnosis last year made us bring it forward. We were going to wait for the kids to have all grown up, but life is short and this is...

Hi everyone My name is Chris, I'm 29 and from just outside Dublin, Ireland. I'll be leaving SJPDP on 1st July and doing the Camino solo. Anybody else in the same boat on the same date? Let me know and we'll grab a coffee ☕️

I walked the Camino last September with my granddaughter, 22. I was 79. We had wonderful meetings and exchanges with peregrinos of all ages for 500 miles. I will be walking again this coming September, but she won't. I'll be alone or with a friend in his 70s. I'm looking for suggestions, since I...

Hello 👋 New to joining the forum, but I've spent a long time reading through so many threads. My question(s) are likely to be a little long winded so I apologise in advance. I've had an almighty call to walk the camino - something that I can't quite explain. I think it is linked to something...

I’ve been training and planning for my first Camino since 2019. Finally, it’s so close, only 70 days away. My partner just asked if he could join me. Lots happening in our lives……could you please share your highlights and challenges walking the Camino Frances as a couple??? I know it’s so close...

Hello everyone, Planning for my first Camino from May to July. I will be arriving from Canada to Nantes and then will take the train /plane to Bayonne. (Not sure which one is better at this point). I am planning on going from Saint-Jean Pied de Port to Santiago, I am giving myself between 5- 6...

I have walked Camino Frances 6 times. I have many Regrets in life, as have we all, one of my biggest Regrets is the ending of my caminos my lack of empathy with comrades and friends I met along the way. I have a bad personality trait I do not like goodbyes, which seems to others as ignorance...

I'm planning on doing the Frances in May-June and have told numerous people of my plans. I've had several people offer to go with me. Some find it odd that I would go by myself. However, I want to walk at my own pace, stop when I want to stop, stay where I want to stay. Am I being selfish...