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I do hope you shall find a place. In my opinion, booking beds ahead is killing the Camino. It's a tourists jaunt now. People staring at their phone apps simply to book the next evening. No adventure, no surprises. Taking on the unknown can be...
Personally, having a shower in the morning when walking long distances is a no go. I want completely dry feet in the morning, otherwise, I get blisters.
For my second Camino Frances i had a vague list of places i might consider for staying the second time around but made the decisions more from how i felt in the moment. I also had a vague list of places i did not stay and might like to stay, but...
Both! On my last trip across the meseta I stayed at the same lodgings in Hontanas and Boadilla as the first time and they were still excellent. After that it was new towns and different lodgings.
Also: both. I have a few favourites but like trying new places. Also if I’ve met people I’d like to spend time with - or avoid - I like the flexibility.
Those places I really really liked I try to revisit. Be it accommodation, food, places to eat, places to rest and sit. All I did not like I try to avoid next time. And the broad field in between just varies randomly. If I then add the weather and...
Repeating a visit probably means that you are going to have preset expectations about a place.
My biggest disappointments in life have always followed my expectations.
That is exactly what I meant earlier. Some of us have our special places we want to revisit again and again.
I always book the same accommodation when arriving in Fisterra for example ... and I was never disappointed :cool:
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