Hi!
I'm planning my first Camino in June-July 2025. I'm a married father of 3 looking forward to my first solo hiking trip in 25 years. (Maybe when the kids are older, we'll do the Camino as a family). I'm tacking my Camino on at the end of a family vacation in Europe. We'll be ending by visiting my wife's cousin in Lisbon, then they'll fly home and I'll get 8-9 days on the Camino.
Because I'll be in Lisbon, and I'll have about 8 days, I'm looking at possibly starting in Valenca and taking the Spiritual Variant as well. I haven't ruled out taking a train to pick up the Camino Frances. So it's between these two routes.
Philly is a great place to train as far as cities go--there are a lot of green spaces and two very good, long trails. I have a lot of time to plan and train, and I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can here.
I'm planning my first Camino in June-July 2025. I'm a married father of 3 looking forward to my first solo hiking trip in 25 years. (Maybe when the kids are older, we'll do the Camino as a family). I'm tacking my Camino on at the end of a family vacation in Europe. We'll be ending by visiting my wife's cousin in Lisbon, then they'll fly home and I'll get 8-9 days on the Camino.
Because I'll be in Lisbon, and I'll have about 8 days, I'm looking at possibly starting in Valenca and taking the Spiritual Variant as well. I haven't ruled out taking a train to pick up the Camino Frances. So it's between these two routes.
Philly is a great place to train as far as cities go--there are a lot of green spaces and two very good, long trails. I have a lot of time to plan and train, and I'm looking forward to learning as much as I can here.