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oooh, ouch!
I have TONS of previous traveling experience in Europe, thankyou very much, but the camino is the ONLY place where I have routinely been given a choice of a bottle of wine or a bottle of water along with a meal.
But hey, thanks for the ...
Greetings all!
I’ve been watching this thread and now wondering if I made a faux pas?
Not much of a wine drinker, so when the pilgrim meals offered it, I chose water. It wound up being a new (sealed) bottle of water every time, so when the meal was over, I took the bottle with me. Should I...
Hi Alexander.
Not exactly on point, but… depending on how many time zones you’re crossing on the way to Europe, I’ve found that the first few days are kinda blurry because of jet lag. Roughly 12 hour difference from where I start, so I’ve learned to fly into a place that I’d like to see, a...
I’ve only done the Camino Frances. I shared a table for dinner at O Pedrouzo with a gentleman from Germany. He had walked from Germany using the coastal route and was a bit upset with the number of pilgrims he had encountered after Sarria. Compared to beginning in SJpdp, I thought the same...
Greetings. I walked the camino in September and October, had great weather, and got to see a bit of fall colors as I got closer to Santiago. The meseta was pretty bare because the harvest had already been take in. I'm thinking about walking the camino again next April/May to get a different...
Everybody gets to do their own Camino!
You’ll meet wonderful people. Some will travel faster and leave you behind, some slower and you’ll leave them behind, and some will be your pace. Just enjoy the opportunity to meet more people as you go along.
Buen Camino!
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