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  1. Lotta

    How arduous is the climb over the Pyrenees?

    Pax et Bonum!
  2. Lotta

    How arduous is the climb over the Pyrenees?

    We skipped the Pyrenéers because we had not trained for that. The pilgrimage isn't just the P's! You are still a pilgrim if you start in Roncevalles or Pamplona! It's your way of thinking, actually - how you take care of your body and mind that counts! And the P's is not the only place that is...
  3. Lotta

    Pamplona to Burgos?

    We had our credencials from the Cathedral of Pamplona! Easy peacy!
  4. Lotta

    Take sleep mat or not???

    Carried mine without using...
  5. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    Well, it aint the same without you! Not even one little "zip"! And it isn't Parador in Leon... It's Lissabon... Though, the breakfast is great! But, SKÅL to your lovely upgrade! Because you worth it!!!!
  6. Lotta

    Concerned about weather/heat

    Finished my camino...yesterday!!! Those days when it got really hot - I made a layer extra under my hat... I had water on my thin buff and put(ed?) that one on first on my head, and then the hat! It made a big difference/different(?)!!!
  7. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    I'm/We are soooo glad, that we met you Kat! We really enjoy our stay in Santiago, but miss you! Tomorrow we go by buss to Lisbon/Portugal, that makes it a little bit easier... I will hope and pray that we might meet eachother in Leon, having breakfast again! But this time... Celebrating that the...
  8. Lotta

    Botafumeiro

    When is the ordinary time for mass with butafumeiro included? Mondays and fridays at...?! I will arrive to S d C on monday, before lunch! Arzua now!
  9. Lotta

    Is finishing in Santiago important?

    !!! Hey! I have to tell you! Yesterday we had the pleasure to meet a german family! They had 4 children, 1, 4, 6 and 9. They were doin' the camino from Sarria t Santiago. They had it great! To day we met an english fam, 4, 7 and maybe 9 or 10! Best regards from Arura, 40 km to go...
  10. Lotta

    Training advice.

    Follow Amorfati1's advice! Walk/rest/walk/rest and so on... And... When you rest - Take the shoes of!!! And the inner sole AND your socks! Yepp, two pair of socks! Pair of wollsocks. One thin, and one outer, thicker. Put'em all in sun for drying, or change! Keep your feet dry, clean and soft...
  11. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    Hal! That was a really lovely alb!
  12. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    We loved doin' the walk with you Carrie! I still laugh (?) [laaaaf] (!) the camino really provides! I recently saw your text about the train aswell! There is some kind of power that is taking care of us! The albergue is great by the way! Very very good! See yah' tomorrow! Cause you will have...
  13. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    She told me that she realized this - that we met on the forum - just after we had ended the dinner and gone to our different albergues. It is soooooo amazing?! Well, this morning, we met again in one of thoose albergues just after Sarria. We went together after that. Talking... - a lot! And...
  14. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    Hey! Last night at dinner, the waiter sat a girl next to us and we randomly chatted through-out the meal. This morning, about 5km into the walk, we met CarriePhoto again and discovered we had been talking on your thread together! The camino provides!
  15. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    CarriePhoto: I had the lovely pleasure to meet Kat in Leon! (The photo with us drunkning champagne at the breakfast in Parador!) Maybe I will have the same pleasure and meet you in Sarria?! I will come to Sarria 18.34 today: 21st of july?! Take care of you and your blisters! And a big hug to...
  16. Lotta

    Is finishing in Santiago important?

    The pilgrimage is in your mind and hart! And I think you already have that - and have made the answer by yourself! I'm in Ponferrada right here and now, with my 16 yr old daughter. There have been everything between 7 km' and 22 km's since we started in Pamplona. We stayed two days in a small...
  17. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    Kat! It was soooo lovely to meet you! As you know we took the train to Astorga and I have been thinking a lot about how great the camino is! You know... The camino provide thing! We are soo happy that we had the pleasure to spend the time with you - and - on Saturday Linda and I will put your...
  18. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    The Green hat is in Leon! Hope you're feeling better already Kat! Take care! Lots of hugs! (To day, I also wear a very Green longsleaved blouse (?).
  19. Lotta

    The best Tapas bars on the Camino Frances

    RiMboMbin! Burgos, Placa Mayor! They have lots of them from lunch to evening! Spoke to a female guest and she said to me that it is very popular and it has very good prices if you compare to the high quality! We ate there, because we at first slept there! Just some days ago! 60€ for two...
  20. Lotta

    LIVE from the Camino When your Camino doesn't go 'as planned'

    Dear Kat! Pilgrimage is not about the distances! It's about your heart and mind! You can be a pilgrim even if you can't move a centimeter och an inch! At home in Sweden I have a book with different pilgrimage themes. In those themes there are suggestions on places in different invironments like...

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