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If everything goes well without any surprises, I'd say yes. That is enough time. My 16-year-old daughter and I (46 at the time) took 31 days and that included one forced rest day due to extreme diarrhea. If you don't make it, don't worry. It is such a wonderful place to keep returning to. :)
If you asked me, I'd say the wine fountain is a fairy tale, it doesn't exist. I never saw it. Seriously.
@asb6918 , buen Camino. I'm excited you get to go! I wouldn't worry too much about the accommodation, even if it's Easter. You'll find a place to sleep.
I'd probably vote for that one in Azofra, too. The walls are thin and you can hear the other people but still, it felt like such luxury to have your own little cabin.
I like English and I like communicating in English and I will respond very quickly in English if I receive input on someone speaking English. So thank you for saying "Hello, Buen Camino". However, I don't carry this Brierley book. I carry a German Camino guide book. But I speak better English...
I checked my credential. We made it to Carrion de los Condes. And it was lovely, after 13 days, your feet don't hurt that bad and the blisters are almost gone and the albergue of the Santo Espiritu was really nice.
I realize this not a new thread but I will go ahead and throw in my observations. The youngest kids I have seen in albergues have been maybe around seven or eight. Most of them have been Spanish kids who have been walking with their own families and only for a relatively short time: for a week...
"Can I reasonably expect a bed or mat on the floor at an albergue if I don't wait until late in the day to look?" YES, you can. I carried a mat all the way across Spain and the only place where I used it was in Finisterra... on the beach. :cool:
31 days, I was 46 and my daughter was 16 at the time. We had done zero training before, but regularly commuting by bike had yielded me a good basic fitness level and my daughter's young age helped her to get in shape really fast. The first days were bad for her. We played by ear every day, and...
Sorry, I had to return. This is a good discussion, makes you think! You know all those shadow selfies many of us take? That also has a lot to do with Camino and undertstanding time. That really is all that we are. We are just a passing shadow, a momentary foot print in the dust, soon to be wiped...
The camino is a parallel universe for me. It is like having a chance to lead a second life. This is so hard to explain, but I think many others feel something similar. Once on a Swiss camino a local, who was excited to see a pilgrim, stopped his car when he saw me and wanted to share about his...
Early mornings are lovely. Especially because the afternoon sun is... , well, ... hot. Sometimes it is basically impossibly to tolerate. Learn to enjoy the early mornings.
No, I haven't walked with a child/children. However, I would like to tell you that every child I ever met walking seemed perfectly happy. Even happier and more excited than any of us adults. I walked both of my two Caminos with my teenage/young adult daughter (she was 16 the first time, 17 the...
Our 2017 German Camino guidebook still claims tourism is not economically very important for Galicia. I found it a bit odd, because you don't really see so much obvious tourism anywhere else on the Camino as in Galicia.
The Way has been there for years and decades and centuries and our presence is just a blink of an eye. My footprints will be gone in a matter of hours. I have a feeling that all the graffiti, stickers, shoes even the crosses on the fences etc are a small effort on rebelling on our...
Encountered many hunters with their rifles and dogs, especially on Sundays. Face to face they were friendly and not scary at all. However, once we experienced the gravel rocks hit us after someone shot at the road right behind us. I'm pretty sure the shot was not aimed directly at us but more...
I'll go ahead and answer numbers one and four. 1) I walked my first camino basically without any preparations. And it was totally OK. From Burgos to Santiago you'll find as many people you only want to walk with you and the route is so terribly well marked you won't need any information, maps...
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