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  1. johnnyman

    Camino Books

    Here's a link to an interesting read: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015ROXT7Y/?tag=casaivar02-20
  2. johnnyman

    Best Camino Books (nonguide books, in English)

    May I be so bold as to toot my own horn and recommend: "Camino: Laughter and Tears Along Spain's 500-mile Camino de Santiago"? Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015ROXT7Y/?tag=casaivar02-20
  3. johnnyman

    Camino -- laughter and tears

    Click here for a completely unique look inside the Camino, and a man searching along its path for meaning, fulfillment and adventure. You'll also find lots and lots of good tips from a two-time Camino veterans...
  4. johnnyman

    Four weeks - where to start?

    I allowed about 28 days to walk from Pamplona and it wasn't enough. I was 53, had trained quite a bit, walking as much as 20K in less than four hours, but it turned out that 20K on the Camino was a good, full day. I walked up to 28K a few times, but was satisfied with my 20K days. As I got to...
  5. johnnyman

    Camino: laughter and tears along Spain's 500-mile Camino de Santiago

    Get your copy today of a wonderful new book about the Camino. Special 99-cent download offer going on now!!! Click here: Camino
  6. johnnyman

    Primitivo starting 26 June

    Howdy, y'all, I will be on the Primitivo probably beginning around June 22(?). Maybe the 23rd. Something like that. Tall guy with floppy hat, fresh buzz-cut hair, blue trekking pole, walking with another tall guy who speaks English with a fairly strong British accent. We are starting in St. Jean...
  7. johnnyman

    starting at Oviedo

    We are now thinking of doing exactly what you recommend -- Sgt. Jean to Pamplona, then Leon to Oviedo, then the Camino Primitivo and on to Santiago!
  8. johnnyman

    Avoiding Brierley stages?

    Avoiding the Brierley stages is highly recommended! By me, anyway. I stayed in some wonderful little albergues before I landed at the municipal albergue in Logrono. A nice place, but so busy, busy, busy and crowded, so many people rushing around, crammed in like sardines. The next day, my new...
  9. johnnyman

    How to train for the Camino?

    Compeed really didn't work for me. I developed a hotspot on the ball of one foot, stopped and bought some Compeed and stuck it on there. By the next day, I had a major blister the exact size and shape of the Compeed. It wasn't until I stopped using Compeed and simply applied cotton held on with...
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    starting at Oviedo

    Howdy, friends! Well, it looks like Johnnyman is headed back to the Camino :D One of my 2011 Camino Frances friends and I will reunite in mid-June and cross the mountains from St. Jean-whatever into Pamplona, then bus or train it over to Oviedo and walk the Camino Primitivo. Neither one of us...
  11. johnnyman

    Getting from Santiago to Madrid

    My overnight bus ride from Santiago down to Madrid was pretty interesting! I've never ridden a bus long-distance, and was lucky enough to somehow wind up in a front row seat, with no one sitting beside me, so I could sort of stretch out. Most of the rest of the bus was filled with a bunch of...
  12. johnnyman

    Which Camino do I choose?

    Cool, I will check it out!
  13. johnnyman

    Which Camino do I choose?

    Well, my friend and I want to hug the coast as much as possible. I'll check out the Camino Vasco. About 16-18 days of walking from Irun to Sahagun? NOTE: I just looked at the Vasco route, and neither one of us are keen on retracing our steps. In other words, re-visiting the parts of the Camino...
  14. johnnyman

    Which Camino do I choose?

    OK, here's the plan: I will walk from Irun along the Camino del Norte, then head south at some point to meet with friends in Sahagun and Leon. A friend who lives in Spain, with whom I walked my first Camino, is joining me and so is involved in the planning, but I wonder if anybody out there has...
  15. johnnyman

    What was your first day like?

    My first day was pretty darn memorable. I, too, wound up in the underground bus station at Pamplona, completely disoriented and jet-lagged. I dragged my duffel bag up the steps to the outside, looked around and had no idea what to do next. Luckily for me, a wonderful young lady happened by and...
  16. johnnyman

    Camino Support Group....

    Glad I found this topic. I walked the Camino Frances in June-July 2011, and it was a life-changer, to be sure. I'm afraid, however, that the experience has "ruined" me, as far as my everyday life is concerned. I'm so incredibly sick of the every day 9-5, pay bills, go to bed...
  17. johnnyman

    Which Camino do I choose?

    Howdy from Texas, y'all: In 2011, I walked from Pamplona to Sahagun, took a train and bus to Sarria, then walked on into Santiago. Next summer, I am meeting several of my walking companions in either Leon or Sahagun, and walking with them from there to Santiago. I was thinking of walking from...
  18. johnnyman

    My experience

    I probably averaged 20 km a day on my Camino last summer. This was not nearly the mileage I anticipated logging each day before I got there. I thought I'd walk a lot more each day. But it was difficult at times, and I am glad I didn't "kill" myself trying to do too much. I met a number of...
  19. johnnyman

    Has the Camino helped your career?

    The Camino (last summer) hasn't necessarily helped my career, but I'm sure it has helped me. I'm a public school teacher, and not the most patient, tolerant and nurturing-type person, but a lot of people have remarked this year how much I have changed. Calmer is one description ...
  20. johnnyman

    Boots, shoes or sandals

    Definitely no need for boots. Hiking shoes will serve just fine. There are slippery spots at times, and the hiking shoes soles help with that, but otherwise, you're not climbing mountains ... geez, I can't wait to get back :)

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