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I cannot speak highly enough of Izarbide Aterpetxea. It was clean, the owner and staff were extremely pleasant and accommodating, and the location was stunningly beautiful.
After waking up with numerous bites on my back in Muxia two nights before returning home from the Camino, I think it's a worthwhile discussion topic, especially because the aftermath of dealing with them at home, despite my best efforts to avoid hitch hikers, is something I neither wish to...
Does anyone know where I can purchase a bed bug treatment spray in Spain on a Sunday? (I'd try the black plastic bag treatment except for two things; one is that it is overcast and cool and the second is that tomorrow I get on a bus to Madrid to catch my flight home).
Headed out from Seminario...
Hi Beth,
I can't give you any numbers but I can tell you that while my tolerance for roadside walking was exceeded during the first ten days on the Camino del Norte, it was rarely exceeded while walking the Camino Frances from St Jean to Santiago.
Yay!
I'm so glad you won't be using it in the albergues! Had a spectacular pre-dawn light show courtesy of headlamps just this morning in an albergue. (Sadly, the flashing lights make it around the edges of my eye mask).
Best of luck finding the right head lamp for you!
Joe,
Thank you for your response. I have actually walked 10 stages of the Norte, from Irún to Larefo. I was just curious to know what Liana's experience was of it after all her research and questions about it.
Thanks again!
I feel the same way and this was emphasized last week when I met two pilgrims from Canada whose backpacks were list by their airline. The packs didn't catch up with them into five days into the Camino.
Just the thread I needed to read, 2 years after the last post, right here, right now, in Oviedo as I teeter on the edge of starting the Primitivo.
Thank you all for sharing your personal experiences, reflections, and insights. I've been sitting here judging myself regarding my second Camino...
Hi Liana,
I'm curious to know whether or not you ended up walking the Camino del Norte and, if so, how you felt about the asphalt/roadside/next-to-freeway/in and out of big city/modern subdivision walking on this route.
I lasted for 10.5 days before I gave up, not because of the physical chal...
Regarding reporting and police reaction, here is my recent experience:
A few days ago, I was leaving Castro Urdiales at around 1:30 in the afternoon alone. Not far past the Castro albergue is a tiny tunnel that serves as an underpass to a road. Parked just on the other side of the tunnel was a...
Luka, my friend just finished walking to Santiago via the Francés and then the Invierno, where she rarely saw anyone. She was very happy with that choice.
I have had my own struggles on the Camino this year and have had to make difficult choices to follow my heart and do what is right for me...
Lol. Yes. It's a VERY flexible plan Anemone. If at some point an opportunity to serve as an hospitalera for a week or two should crop up, I will be open to it, which will change the plan. Or, if I grow weary of walking and want to spend a week somewhere, that's fine too. Last year I planned to...
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