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Yes. I was also walking this time last year, and saw the very same conditions you are describing. I hope some of the armchair folk who repeatedly dismissed me (and the individual who repeatedly gaslit my reports and called me a catastrophist and...
This might sound totally daft, but I put an appointment in my phone for the day of my return, and in it I make a list of where I stored things before I left. What’s in the safe or locked in the filing cabinet, where the key is for that same...
An excellent point!
I guess what was trying to say was that when “the Camino” provides, there’s usually a human - or several - for whom the thanks is appropriate.
You are so right in observing that these folk can, and do, come from all over and...
In my humble opinion it’s worth remembering that when we hope the “Camino will provide”, we’re really counting on the generosity, spirit and style of the folk who live along the Camino and make their own way by helping and supporting those of us...
I’d second this strategy. Laurent is an amazing host and the albergue is clean and exceptionally well thought out. The communal dinner is a highlight, both for the meal itself and the folk you meet. Borda rocketed to my top five favourites last year.
Albergues are getting stricter each year so those who have done it before were lucky.
Their website says no... so what I would do is book lodging in SJPP, spend the night THERE, then take the shuttle up to Orisson next morning for coffee, and...
Ah you just can’t beat Casa Susi in Trabadelo. The best by a country mile!!! Incredible hosts; low numbers and absolutely superb food. You will not find better!! In my not so humble opinion!!! Liam
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