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A short story about siesta from my first Camino:
I was staying at Corazon Puro at Bizkarreta (before Zubiri) in a lovely place run by a pilgrim couple from Hungary (sadly, now it is closed or at least changed hands, I am not sure which). I had...
When I walked the Frances in 2022 during a heat wave I booked the hotel that you walk past when you first arrive in town because they advertised air conditioning on Booking.com.
They do not have ac and my room was very stuffy when I checked in...
Hello all. Here to give a brief account of my (and many others) first day on the Camino on May 1.
The trip to Roncesvalles was tough. I went Valcarlos route because napoleon was very ill advised due to the snow storm.
I did not have the proper...
Hello and welcome
Seems the most popular options are:
Fly to Madrid then make your way to Pamplona and catch the bus to SJPdP next day.
Fly to Paris and take a flight to Biarritz then Express Bouricott to SJ or
take a train from CdG to Bayonne...
Starting late Sep I took a single season down bag with me. For the first 2.5 weeks, there was a bit of a heatwave, but even so I made use of the bag at night, even if I had it unzipped or half open. Then it started to get colder and I was...
My second Camino (2017 I think) was in September and I had very nice weather pretty much the entire time. I had a liner then and I always only bring a liner - end March early April too.
Some recommendations between your start and end point...
Hola Mendo Girl. My wife, my niece and her husband and my neighbor and I will be walking there at the same time. One of us is old and slow (me) so say Buen Camino as you zoom past us. We will each carry a silk liner treated with permethrin...
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