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I just accept that I will have to fly a really long distance to get there. I do reuse items, clothes, sleeping bag, pack etc - but I do need new shoes. Apart from shoes my gear lasts me a long time. I am taking stuff on my next one, that I bought...
Sad news, Nely closes her albergue in Almería, La Estrella del Camino.
Here's her message:
Donativo doesn't work: recent pilgrims were leaving not more than €2 . And that includes breakfast! In February, she started asking €20 per person, and...
17 June 2019 - Lorca to Zarcilla de Ramos (31 kms)
Well after nine months' delay (family illness) I set off from Lorca this morning. Very glad that I had a week on the Costa Blanca getting acclimatised to the sun and the heat. Not a cloud in the...
Hello all, I walked the Ruta del Argar from Almeria to Lorca in January this year (2024). The notes in this thread were so helpful, thanks @islandwalker ! For the final stages into Lorca, I had trouble finding accommodation in the following...
Walked the part Naumburg to Erfurt. Amazing landscape, very good wine, friendly people, many signifant historical sites near or on the trail.
My (now former) wife at that time stayed in an Hotel near Bad Sulza (Auerstedt).
I really recommend...
Thank you for posting. It reflects the Via Regia very well I think & and it brings back good memories.
I walked it last year, for a second time actually, that's how much I liked it. May consider a third time, to try the alternative routes you...
Just a few days ago I finished my first Camino video. That one was about Camino Frances. The first Camino got me addicted. Two years later I was back on the Camino - this time I started walking from Lisbon.
For the second video I added also...
My husband and I walked the first half of this camino in 2019, from Görlitz to Leipzig. You can find my general information on the route, info on the first part and a Photovideo here...
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