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It was lovely! Everything I needed and wanted before I started walking. Looking forward to going back again one day. Drinking my morning coffee, sitting at the window watching the rising sun glistening on Porto was worth it alone!
During my volunteer days at the Pilgrims Office, I stayed at the Hospederia San Martin Pinario. I did not mind paying from my own pocket (26 Euros for single room which includes breakfast buffet worth 9 Euros) because the place is about 5-minute...
When I was 27/28 I asked God to send me a man: named Ken (to my Barbara/Barbie), 6’2”, 190lbs, single, well-educated, never-married, no children.
When I was 40 on my second camino I met him in Roncesvalles at the pilgrim’s dinner. He lived on...
I am from a small town located on the Camino Vasco / via Bayona. Few pilgrims here and even fewer foreigners. I can assure you that with the attitude you have just described you will only ensure that the next foreign pilgrims who arrive at the...
I said I would post the guide I made with my notes from our walk on the Vasco earlier this Spring. We just got back to the US and here it is. I hope folks find this helpful. L
Hi Elaine, that was the descent that did my knee in. But what s beautiful little pueblo. I am still paying for it, but I hope that with ice, rest, and stretching I will get it back to near normal. Things are pretty flat for a while so that’s...
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On my first Camino with my granddaughter, we used to stop each afternoon and have our Cervezas. She would order them each day speaking Spanish. And we must’ve been about halfway through and on this day she told me “Nana, it’s time for you to...
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