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Posting Items to Santiago or storage at Pamplona
In 2004 I met a couple who have posted their warm clothes from Leon to Santiago as they started in the middle of April. They met someone else at the post office who was walking the Camino at the same time. So, forwarding a parcel to Santiago...
Best not to plan ahead too much
I walked in 2004 from Astorga to Santiago. As it was a very sudden decision to go and I wanted to make sure I had the pilgrim pass I stopped by in Leon. There I got a very good leaflet with the hight profile and the list of towns and villages and their supply of...
un poco de espanol
I will be walking the vdlp starting 29 April in Seville. I can speak a bit of Spanish, although I had my best command of the language when I walked from Roncesvalles to Burges in 2000. There I helped other people with my language skills. Maybe take a small dictionary or copy...
books, maps, and so on
I have had a big book, the way of st james which is one published in several languages. I copied out the pages I needed for the leg. Sadly, I could not locate it for the second time. As there was not much time to get shop around for the second time I purchased a lonely...
Hello. I will be walking the via de la Plata starting at the end of April this year. I did the Camino Frances in parts before my final year of studies, in between jobs and on a holiday. I told my colleagues about what I like to do and somehow my manager allowed me to go for a 6 weeks holiday. I...
Feet and Boots
Hello Jonna,
I have walked the Camino Frances in the parts and I was lucky not to have any problems. I have to say the worst feet I ever saw was at the first couple of albergues and these were not mine. I only saw the boots and shoes some pilgrims were wearing and sometimes the...
Roncesvalles, Leon
I have walked the Camino Frances in three parts. I would neither leave out Roncesvalles, where I had to start as I was already in Spain nor the albergue in Leon. The evening service in Roncesvalles was memorable as I have not heard such a good singing of the 4 priests there...
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