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[QUOTE="gittiharre, post: 38199, member: 3568"] Hmmm, I am german, have been living in New Zealand for nearly 30 years and walked the Camino on my own after I turned 50. I had a wonderful time, but it is fair to say that at the same time it was one of the hardest thigns I have ever done. I am a clean freak, so the refugios and shared bathroom facilities without flipflops, as I gave up carrying them were a challenge, so were the communal spaces for my introvert side. Yet overall I loved the experience and the surprises I encountered on the way and very much it is what you put in yourself. Don't expect anything, give a little and magic just evolves. I had blisters, shinsplints and a sore achilles and 3 changes of footwear, but persisted and found that most problems you just walk your way through. Trust and give and the experience will be full, not always perfect, but you always end up getting what you need at the time and learning from it....Last year I walked 1/2 of the Austrian Route of ST James and it was quite strange. Very solitary, hardly any other pilgrims and terribly " civilised" quite a different time, but an experience in itself. Just be ..... [/QUOTE]
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