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On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 10.0

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2nd ed.
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

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A selection of Camino Jewellery
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
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Camino Frances
Saint Jean Pied de Port
Peppers

photo taken October 10, 2011



Named after the town of Espelette, about 35 km NW of SJPdP on the local voie Nive-Bidassoa, red Espelette peppers provide a piquant taste in Basque cooking. Such Chili pepper seeds were introduced to France during the 16th c. by seamen returning from Central /South America.
 
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Fail to prepare? reduce your risk by buying this book full of practical info.
2nd ed.
3rd Edition. Vital content training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
A selection of Camino Jewellery
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
Ideal sleeping bag liner whether we want to add a thermal plus to our bag, or if we want to use it alone to sleep in shelters or hostels. Thanks to its mummy shape, it adapts perfectly to our body.

€46,-
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
3rd Edition. Vital content training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
Camino Magdellena /Frances
east of Granon
marker

photo taken February 20, 2007



Depicting the route of the Camino de Santiago crossing Rioja this marker is located on the Camino Magdellena which branches off the Camino Frances to arrive at Granon from the SE via the cemetery.
 
Could you let me know how easy it is getting hotels and private pensions in November on Frances? I’ve not gone this late before and am concerned about available accommodations. Thank you
 
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Could you let me know how easy it is getting hotels and private pensions in November on Frances? I’ve not gone this late before and am concerned about available accommodations. Thank you
frank john,

During the years when I walked in late autumn /winter I never had any difficulty finding a place to stay but I almost always stayed in non-reservable municipal albergues and only reserved for the last days in Santiago in a pilgrim room at San Martin Pinario. Since I always wore a full backpack I could easily stop whenever/wherever some place was open. The only constraints were the weather and, of course, my strength.
 
Thank you for your prompt reply. I prefer a private room/bath since I have experienced albergue living on two caminos. I just need to be open to other possibilities.
 
April 12 2019, between San Juan de Ortega and Agés.
This is 9 in the Morning, I started that day in Villafranca Montes de Oca at 6:15 in total darkness. So I walked into a hazy sunrise. It was a beautiful morning walk.

Continued all the way to Burgos later that day.
 
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A selection of Camino Jewellery
Camino Frances
Granon
parish albergue San Juan Bautista
door knocker

photo taken October 28, 2010



I have stayed in the parish albergue San Juan Bautista in Granon on the CF 10 times. Upon arrival seeing this door knocker adorned with shell, staff and gourd was always a thrill.
 
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The long walk into Burgos.
I wish I had known about the river route. I'll be cleverer next time.
CF, May 2017

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Actually, it is the "worst" stretch of the whole Francés maybe ;-) But it is also part of the whole blend of impressions and inspirations.
I really enjoyed seeing the good, the bad and the ugly as it is the blend that makes the Camino whole.
 
Camino Catalan. Stage 0.
Cap de Creus.
Have you seen a similar plaque? where?
Powerful graphics, striking materials. Few words, yet universally recognizable. The plaque is genius. Here’s a plaque set into the pavement in Bordeaux, which caught me by surprise before heading to SJPP (2012). It is more text-heavy, but the words are very encouraging: Suivons les ! Let us take up our staff !

 
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Camino Frances
walking path parallel to P-980
west of Fromista

photo taken March 1, 2007



This elegant stately marker topped with a cross is a welcome contrast to the more recent low concrete bollards alining the Camino Frances path parallel to Palencia route P-980 west of Fromista/ east of Villalcazar de Sirga.
 
I am referring to this symmetrical plate.


This second plate is in Fisterra. I'm sure a lot of you have seen it. The photo is not mine.
In memory of the twinning between the easternmost and westernmost points of the Iberian peninsula.


Here is more information.
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/notic...grafica16-enero-1998/0003_201601C16C11991.htm
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
3rd Edition. Vital content training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
Camino Frances
path towards Sahagun

photo taken November 8, 2011



Wherever our paths might lead
may we go forward with hope.

"...but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope."
Romans 5: 3-4
 
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
Camino Frances
Villalcazar de Sirga,
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca
door

photo taken November 6, 2011



Unchanging interconnected units form this massive historic door; similarly camino paths are continually composed by innumerable pilgrims walking towards Santiago .
 
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Today, twelve years ago.
Mansilla de las Mulas.

The kind of multifunctional place that you often can find in smaller towns and villages.
I spent a wonderful night at the municipal albergue in Mansilla de las Mulas that night.


 
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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
A few photos from Portuguese coastal last week, mixture of sun and rain but warm
 

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