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Sahagun to Mansilla de las Mullas: 60km+ (with bonus bus trip to Leon!)
Day 17: I had ended up on a different schedule than the two friends (will call then R & J for their privacy sake) who were on the Camino with me. One, J had finally gotten to a doctor after the bottom fell out of one of...
I know it was possible. Back in 2013 two young kids (early twenties), a brother and sister, from an Eastern European country I can't quite remember were on the Camino and joined our familia, but they only had about 300Euro between the two of them for the whole trip from SJPDP to Santiago. They...
I don't know... I am so afraid to work on Spanish now, ever since I tried to book train tickets in Barcelona with the ticket counter lady looking at me like a crazy person... only to realize I'd been asking her in Japanese (my second language) NOT Spanish! very embarrassing.
Yes, lets get some further info from you @paige
First, what type of dog is it exactly? What sort of exercise regimen does it hold and is it use to walking on multiple surfaces (mud, dirt, cobblestone, lose rock, asphalt, sidewalk etc...)
Second, where are you from and what climate conditions...
If you are looking at spring, I'd suggest to keep it late just in case weather gets out of hand...
But, might I be the one to suggest a Summer Camino Frances? I personally feel like overcrowding is a symptom of planning your Camino "By the book" which can be SUPER USEFUL as a guide, but...
My Nutrition Professor says that eating lost of processed foods and junk food (McDonalds, Pizza, Pre-Packaged Chips and Sodas with lots of sodium, sugar and the like) can slow down your metabolism as it is quick glucose, your body doesn't have to work as hard to transform it into easy energy or...
Just adding my thoughts from my 2013 Camino (YMMV Obviously)
I trained my body lightly before my camino, but I was already an endurance sort of walker/swimmer and used to going for long periods of time. I had hopes of losing weight but kept my feelings realistic (after all, the guy in "the way"...
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