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Australians here might be interested in the ABC Compass program being shown on Good Friday at 7.30pm AEST. It follows the inaugural 6 day 'Camino Salvado' walking pilgrimage from Perth to the Benedictine Monastery at New Norcia. New Norcia was founded by Father Salvado, a Spanish priest, in...
In 2011 I'm planning to walk the Camino Frances again, this time with my daughter. However, I've just been told that I urgently need knee replacement surgery, which really floored me and is quite daunting. Apparently arthroscopy will not do the trick.
As I don't know anyone who's had this...
As I'll be in Bayonne for four nights in September I'm hoping to stay at the Hotel Paris Madrid as feedback here has always been really good. Does anyone have an email address for the hotel? I know they don't have a website, but phoning from Australia is a little expensive, and I don't have a...
Last December's issue of 'Australian Gourmet Traveller' contains an article on Santiago de Compostela. One of the accompanying photos is of a small church covered with scallop shells, with the caption 'The early chapel behind the main cathedral'. I've been in Santiago twice but cannot remember...
Finally I've worked out how to upload my Camino photos to YouTube. So, if anyone is interested in seeing more pics, and music, from the Camino just go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Qu5x23Ozk
Cheers ... Trudy
Carol and Ann are cousins who were walking the Camino in May/June this year. We walked into Logrono together, but as I stayed there 3 nights due to ill health, we lost contact. And we forgot to swap email addresses. Would love to know if they made it to Santiago.
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