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The one point I would disagree with you on, my friend, is the race for a bottom bunk. Tonight at the municipal in Viana, I got the last bottom bunk at 2 pm; the upper bunks are still not full (7:30 pm). One place I tried in Estella yesterday had...
I am back from the municipal albergue in Los Arcos. Spoke with two lovely hospitaleras. Never full this year. As of Saturday April 13th 6.15 PM there are 46 pilgrims in an albergue with 70 beds capasity. I will not follow up anymore: This...
Are you saying that you have two reservations in Santiago and that you have no idea whether you will use them?
Perhaps, if a few hundred others have done the same the fact that Santiago is “booked out” is explained
Let me preface this by saying please understand I am not picking on anybody, I fully understand that mistakes happen and how. Been there, done that.
I have been astonished to see so many lost and found reports over the last two weeks. And not...
Stories like this amaze me. I live in a Colorado ski resort serviced by an incredible volunteer Search and Rescue group. Locals receive cell phone alerts when Mountain Rescue groups go out, as well as follow up messages on the outcome and ways to...
My French and Spanish are minimal but I think the core meaning is fairly clear. For those who have even less linguistic ability than me then Google Translate and a phone camera should make it even clearer. Something I have done a number of times...
Obviously "they" means something different in Norway. "They" means "not me, somebody else, I don't know". Katar1na asked if I got an explanation for the discrepancy and the answer was clearly no explanation available.
It’s not dangerous….not sure why it would be? Plenty of folks live in that region and walk that area every day for the past millenia. The walk is generally flat on well-maintained trails and roadways. It only complicates things in the sense...
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