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You may be interested in reading Walking with Sam - a fairly new book that came out recently. An excellent read about Andrew McCarthy walking the Camino with his son. You may want to write your own after this trip!
you are in for a treat! My 72 year old husband and I (67 yo) did the Coastal in May 2022 from Porto to Santiago. It is absolutely beautiful with plenty of time to reflect and to meet others.
I'm attaching a "cheat sheet" for our Coastal Camino in Portugal. My husband and I had a wonderful Camino in May! It is a compilation of mileage and places to stay so we knew what was ahead. We did not adhere to the standard days - for example, on day 1 we started slowly from Matosinhos to...
Which route will you walk? We begin our walk from Porto around May 10 - and can't quite decide which route to take. I am curious about your journey. Buen Camino!
Super excited about starting in Porto around the beginning of May. I have done two long sections of the Frances on my own and will be accompanied by my husband on this trip. Very much looking forward to exploring the Coastal Route.
As I read some of the posts about returning to Camino - some as early as June/July, I have been wondering what the Camino might look like after everything is lifted - will the albergues continue with shared bathrooms, multiple beds, etc? Will peregrines be able to be in very close quarters (as I...
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