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  1. grilly

    VDLP -- Day 9, Arco de Caparra, Hostal Asturias

    Just to say that it is nice being back on the Via de la Plata. We´re taking short stages -- up to 22 ks and doing well for the moment. We´re no longer the walkers we were in 2005 when we walked from Le Puy to Santiago, but we can´t complain, even though our bodies and bones do. Life is good and...
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    VDLP, The Return

    A little over a year after we had to stop the VDLP in Alcuescar because of a fall I had, which turned out to be bad. We are flying this evening to Madrid. Will pick up a train to Salamanca, two nights there, then a bus to Alcuescar. We'll start walking from Alcuescar next Saturday morning (si...
  3. grilly

    A shorter stint on Via de la Plata than anticipated

    Via de la Plata, End of Phase I, Sevilla-Merida (September 2011) Greetings, If you have a sixth sense, you know that our Camino this year did not go as planned. Paul and I just returned yesterday from Spain and decided that we will return to the Via de la Plata next year to pick up the Camino...
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    Day 10 -- Villafranca de los Barros

    First time that I got a chance to put my hands on a keyboard since Sevilla. As you all said, it´s very hot here. It´s very hard for the young and well-trained as well as for us, older and not well-trained. So in a way, this is reassuring. We all wonder, between 11:30 and 12:30 noon what drove us...
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    Two more days and we go

    My husband and I will be flying to Madrid on Wednesday, take a train to Sevilla on Thursday, and start walking on Saturday, a day of thunder storms Google says. It should be a cooler then. We are planning on starting slowly, spending with some time in Itálica. My pack is still too heavy :-) Two...
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    Pilgrim's Beatitudes

    These 'bienaventurazas' had been given to me by a friend on the occasion of our first Camino. Another friend gave them out to me today. They may have been posted here before (Sil?). Usually they are in Spanish (only in the masculine form). I have translated them in English, while taking some...
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    Sellos

    As I am mentally preparing to leave for the Camino, I just remembered a friend who always took two sellos: one for his creancial and one for his journal. Thus, after 60 odd days walking from Le Puy to Santiago, his journal had, of course, a fantastic collection of sellos. I have followed his...
  8. grilly

    A Hymn, To Be A Pilgrim

    A friend of mine who knows how much I love to be a pilgrim sent me this hymn she used to sing in her monastery. It is said to have been composed by John Bunyan... http://youtu.be/5LwZvJf431U I am very interested by all that is about pilgrims. Prayers, music, art, stories... claire
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    Shipping a bag/small suitcase from Sevilla to Salamanca

    Is it possible to ship such a bag to the Poste Restante (Lista de Correos) in Salamanca, even though it will take us more two weeks to go there? If not, is it possible to ship it to the albergue in Salamanca? to a hotel? Thanks for your help. claire
  10. grilly

    From Barcelona Airport to Barcelona Train Station

    Do you think two hours are enough for going from the airport to the train station to catch a night train to Burgos? Thanks in advance, claire
  11. grilly

    Shipping a Suitcase From Ponferrado to Santiago

    Two friends, first time pilgrims, will be walking from Ponferrada to Santiago from May 18. They will be touring before. They already have a hotel in Santiago. What would you recommend? Shipping the bag directly to the hotel, and how? or having a light bag that can be put in a box and sent to...
  12. grilly

    Booking ahead on a train

    Hi, Would you recommend I book two berths in the train from Barcelona to Burgos on Oct 12 or will it be no problem finding space? Thanks in advance, claire
  13. grilly

    Credential in Somport in November

    Hello, does someone know if I can get a credential in Somport when I get there or should I get one beforehand? Has someone walked from Somport in late November? Any particular recommendation? Quite a few albergues look closed at that time, so I guess right there there will be a challenge of...
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    Via de la Plata in October/November

    Hi, we are thinking of doing la via de la plata in October-November. What would be your recommendations? Weather? Albergues? How many days would it approximately take? We are in our 60s (feels so odd to write this).

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