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When one watches the behaviours on the Lepoeder pass seen in the EFE video, one understands better why there are these "rescue" operations. This is not a dangerous mountains situation as it is commonly understood. Nobody would dream of speaking...
There is no really direct way to get to Sarria by train from Logroño per the routes. You have to go backwards to Zaragoza and or Madrid.
It may be fastest back to Madrid by bus and take a direct train to Sarria from the Chamartín station.
In the Guardian. Interesting "Letters to the Editor..."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/18/a-modern-pilgrimages-transformative-power?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
It’s not dangerous….not sure why it would be? Plenty of folks live in that region and walk that area every day for the past millenia. The walk is generally flat on well-maintained trails and roadways. It only complicates things in the sense...
The restaurant will provide a lower-cost pilgrim meal if you ask and the church is free if you go to attend Mass (or one of the frequent evening concerts). This is the altar where St Ignatius of Loyola laid down his sword (now in a Barcelona...
Day 1 - To Montserrat we go ......
4 yrs since the last Camino, older, less brain cells, easily confused usually followed by a touch of frustration and sometimes panic :) . I left Coventry, UK at 6.30am and made it to Barcelona's Plaza Espanya by...
Light snow apparently. I saw this post on Facebook earlier this afternoon.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/869651420073723/permalink/2078583502513836/?ref=share
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