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I’m just back from a two-part Camino. The Via Serrana from Gibraltar to Sevilla, and then the Invierno from Ponferrada. I am experiencing the standard post-camino letdown, so I thought I’d reflect a bit.
I have gone from walking the more...
Just spent the night in a packed 8 person room with a gentleman who was very ill and coughing all night without a mask or covering his mouth. As former healthcare provider and clinical microbiologist my guess is that one or two of our roommates...
Today when I was having some embutidos snd bread since I arrived too late for lunch in any restaurant, I commented to the bartender that the bread was really good and wondered if it was from the king’s bread maker. He told me — “claro, estás...
Currently in Fromista about 32 miles from the halfway point of the Frances!
Did approx 22 miles today. Going to have a shorter day tomorrow. Life is great on the Camino for this Pilgrim! Only 1 rain day but mornings have been pretty chilly. Mid...
Based on the feedback I received from my previous posting I've been working away at producing an updated version, with the results available at https://de-calixtinus.org
You can view the release notes at...
I'm trying it out. I'm typing up my reactions here as I do so.
The first thing I noticed is that I was stumped on the very first question. :) It asks me my preferred travel style. The choices are " Walking", "Walking (Naismith's rule"), and...
Hi all,
While walking the Camino last year, I spent a lot of time thinking about how to optimise the stages. We'd started with a guidebook and then switched to the Buen Camino app but I was thinking about how to globally optimise the stages...
I’m on the Via Imperii at the moment, to date I’ve covered over 250km, and have yet to see another pilgrim. So imagine how I felt when I came across this today:
Stamp, drinks, guest book…
Just a thought, I started walking the Camino Frances 2013, 11 times since, watched many blogs and videos, some good some poor.
The one common thread throughout is the groups (Families) that form organically along the way. The social fabric of...
I found it to be a pleasant stroll. No real challenges, some nice towns here and there, a couple of options where one option was shorter but very urban while the other was slightly longer and less urban.
I managed to catch a street market the...
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