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Best post I have read in a long time.
Technology is IMHO depriving the former spontanituity of the Camino. Combine with the huge increase in firsttime pilgrims, uncertain and unknowing of the Camino's (former, "normal") walking, the willingness...
This is a complex issue, and one that I have had many a conversation about with albergue owners. It is a topic I have spent a LOT of time wrestling with.
It has not occupied me as a pilgrim, because as a pilgrim I am rather staunchly a fan of...
My main point here is that many pilgrims rely on other sources than the albergues themselves about the booking situation, and it creates panic when booking.con (as @Tincatinker calls it) says that everytihing is sold out. This is not the factual...
Just another comment on booking ahead: As we all (except newbies) know, booking sites like booking.com only have a few beds at their disposal in each bookable place, so they state "full" at places where only their quota is full. Furthermore, most...
You might like this one. On the far right you'll see The Vézelay route 'Via Lemovicensis', English edition; updated July 8, 2023 (PDF) available for download.
EDIT: For cultural and historical information click on Achtergrondinformatie...
Last year I walked from Le Puy to Santiago, and in addition to the invaluable Miam Miam Dodo, I took along the great Cicerone guide to the route by Dave Whitson. This thing was great! It had just the right amount of cultural and historical...
About one week ago the Portal of the Vézelay Route (Via Lemovicensis) to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port was handed over to the French Associations managing that Route, to begin with: the Amis et Pèlerins de Saint-Jacques de la Voie de Vézelay. The URL...
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