Peter, I so enjoy your many contributions on the Not serious thread. You have become a good friend through all our silly dialogue. Happy New Year and I so look forward to meeting you in Santiago in May!
May health and happiness reign over you in 2020! (A very nice photo of you, BTW!)
I saw a video with a rather harsh criticism of a small, municipal albergue on one of the less traveled caminos. They paid 9€. I thought: What does it cost a small municipality to renovate and keep...
On my last Camino (2023) I noticed that there were lots of tourists. It reminded me of a couple of quotes that I have read since my first Camino (2015)
“A tourist demands, a pilgrim is grateful”...
I was hoping to do a walk over ninety days so I researched a long stay visa. This walk would have gone through four countries but the majority of the time would have been in France. So I applied...
"A complete guide to the world's greatest pilgrimage"[sic] by Sarah Baxter.
In a British newspaper, The Telegraph. A right wing daily that does print interesting articles and essays...
I've been trying to figure out how to use the Gronze app and as a first step I need to translate into English - I searched topics on the Forum, thought I found what I was looking for, and Yay! I...
My wife and I are planning to buy a house in the north-west of Spain for our retirement. Today, while scrolling through the ads, I noticed this: https://www.idealista.com/inmueble/106560131/...
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