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I did not carry a book on my walk from Le Puy last year. I did have a tablet and read the online New York Times many days. This year, late September I'm going to walk from Nasbinals to Rocamadour (le Puy route), time and lodging permitting! It will be the height of the US election season. I...
Seeing a total eclipse is a VERY cool experience, so I wouldn't discourage anybody from going to see one.
Consider this from https://eclipsophile.com/tse2026/
Viewing the eclipse in Spain is complicated by the low sun, only 10 degrees of elevation on the north coast and a mere 4 degrees above...
For me in France this year, it was mostly dry sausage, nuts, fresh fruit, fig newtons (a similar French product FigOla), occasional cheese. I rarely had to buy dinner in a grocery store but one night I had some quick cooking lentils, supplemented with sardines and a tomato. Garbanzos sound like...
Speaking as someone who has never (yet) been to Spain.
After the transient life of the Camino, I would spend all of those four days in Madrid. hmm, Maybe an extra day in Santiago before leaving for Madrid.
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