Hi There, my name is Darren and I'm from Australia. I'm in my late 40's and very much looking forward to doing my first pilgrimage.
I'm planning for sometime from June 2020 and I was hoping to get some ideas on the best place to start from, as a Solo traveler.
I'm looking at doing around 150klm.
I'll already be in Europe somewhere, as I'm volunteering April / May in Poland and then Hungary. I'd love to see the Bay of Biscay at some point too, but that doesn't need to be part of my Camino.
I've recently picked up The Camino Frances guide, but deciding on a starting point is actually quite hard! I don't want to start somewhere, but then someone say "Oh, you should have started in ....xyz.... as you've missed something great!"
Any suggestions would be welcome!
Preferably somewhere relatively easy to get to via Train or Bus, and somewhere I can then arrange to send my backpack onto Ivar in Santiago to hold for me.
It doesn't necessarily need to be easy, I don't mind a bit of a challenge (I've been on a fitness campaign and lost 40kg over the last 12 months).
thank you in advance!
Buen Camino!
Darren
I'm planning for sometime from June 2020 and I was hoping to get some ideas on the best place to start from, as a Solo traveler.
I'm looking at doing around 150klm.
I'll already be in Europe somewhere, as I'm volunteering April / May in Poland and then Hungary. I'd love to see the Bay of Biscay at some point too, but that doesn't need to be part of my Camino.
I've recently picked up The Camino Frances guide, but deciding on a starting point is actually quite hard! I don't want to start somewhere, but then someone say "Oh, you should have started in ....xyz.... as you've missed something great!"
Any suggestions would be welcome!
Preferably somewhere relatively easy to get to via Train or Bus, and somewhere I can then arrange to send my backpack onto Ivar in Santiago to hold for me.
It doesn't necessarily need to be easy, I don't mind a bit of a challenge (I've been on a fitness campaign and lost 40kg over the last 12 months).
thank you in advance!
Buen Camino!
Darren