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I am starting to get an itch to walk some of the Kumano Kodo, having had an amazing trip to Japan in April (at the 3rd attempt due to Covid lockdowns), as well as my Camino Portugues in October.
Camino+onsens+lovely Japanese food definitely appeals. (Hmm, Buddhist pilgrimage, I wonder if that...
I asked exactly the same question before my September/October Camino Portugues. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/pilgrims-meal-on-cp.83234/#post-1184874
I had a 3 course menu do dia lunch for 10 Euros in Vila do Conde (forget the name of the restaurant, 1st one I came to south...
Alcohol free wine is not just grape juice. Alcohol free traditionally alcoholic drinks are fermented but have the alcohol removed subsequently. I have yet to taste an alcohol free wine that is other than foul, but there are plenty of alcohol free/0.5% beers that are eminently drinkable, (almost)...
@C clearly - perhaps wrath was too strong a word.
I am proud to say I have never been on Facebook, so my comments are not due to "preconceived criteria that they have read about on Facebook".
I have read on this forum dismissive comments about booking accommodation ahead, the use of luggage...
@Roland49 - I made the very specific point that I'm not opposed to new infrastructure and recognise the need for new power lines, but when there's an alternative route (see the map in Wise Pilgrim's initial post) that doesn't involve chopping down the ancient trees on the Camino, surely they...
As a Camino newbie, likely to invite the wrath of the hardcore (on the basis that I stayed in private rooms in an assortment of pre-booked hotels, casa rurales and the odd private albergue, and not in dormitories in municipal/donativo/voluntary albergues on my Camino Portugues) I have no problem...
E-mail sent, complete with arrival pic in Santiago, referring to my completing the Camino Portugues 5 weeks ago, and stressing how much I enjoyed walking through the woods. Sadly, I don't have any pictures of that section, but I included one of me in Praza Obradoiro.
Thank you WisePilgrim for...
I've recently discovered Paramo's e-bay outlet store. The trousers I wore for my Camino Portugues came from there (bought for a safari holiday next year, in the sort of bush sludge green I'd never usually wear). They were great because they dried quickly when I washed them and had a handy little...
My mum sent me the review from the Times of 28.10.2023 of a new book "A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages - The World Through Medieval Eyes" by Anthony Bale, which sounds like it might be of interest to folks on the forum.. The focus is on pilgrimage to the Holy Land but I imagine aspects of the...
I clearly wasn't trying hard enough!
I temporarily mislaid my credencial and Wise Pilgrim book at one place I stayed, but I had a pretty good idea where they might have gone, and the accommodation manager unearthed them (from the hammock in which they'd been bundled up the previous evening)...
There was at least one gelateria in Redondela but it was rather disappointing. The Stromboli gelateria/heladeria in Pontevedra, on the other hand, was as good as I've found in Italy.
For what it's worth, the business that I'd like to see set up would be portaloos, even paid for ones...
Getting to the last 100km really feels like a milestone. It did after I'd walked 160 or so km from Porto, so I can only imagine how good it must feel after walking all the way from SJPP.
I really admire how you are continuing to see the positives in what sounds like a really tough couple of...
There's something very reassuring about those yellow arrows or blue and yellow shell signs that tell you you're on the right path. I quite understand why even if you were going in the right direction along the highway, you felt a little uncertain.
The conical roof thatched building looks...
If you can afford to take 2 days to get from Porto to Vila do Conde along the Littoral route, do so. I did Porto to Perafita (just north of the ugly oil refinery) one day and then Perafita to Vila do Conde the next, taking the route out of Porto along the Douro and then heading along the...
It sounds like you've experienced 3 seasons' weather in only a few days on your Camino. Must be quite a contrast with what you're used to at home if you live in Hong Kong.
I love the fact the cafe where you found tortilla and cafe con leche was called Oasis. After a snack stop desert with no...
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