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I admire your gumption, and you will have an amazing time. Go for it!! I would offer one teeny piece of advice to all those above who suggested you carry a letter of permission from your parents. That is, have it notarized! Anyone can make up...
Genuine question! Do many poor people walk a Camino. Or is just a myth! I genuinely don’t know. It’s seems a largely middle class thing. I was very very poor as a child ( and it stays with me everyday) and the thought of walking or trekking was...
I suffer from depression that reoccurs regularly. In 2014 I was going through a particularly rough time, very depressed and not sure if it was worth it to keep going on even though I was and still am in a wonderful relationship with Janet, my...
Over ten years ago, my then-roommate broke up with her then-boyfriend. The ex-boyfriend then went to walk the Camino. This was my first time hearing about it. I remember looking it up, thinking, "That's quite insane and not something I'd ever be...
I was nearing retirement. My wife and I were transitioning from wilderness backpacking to more 'urban' trekking (Santa Cruz to Monterey, e.g.). She read about the Camino on one if the blogs she follows and I thought abstractly: we could do that...
Sara Bar & Café in Baamonde, next to the albergue, had pretty good burgers, as I recall.
My current favorite is Hamburgueseria Chipper in Astillero. It's a little off the Norte, not really worth a special detour, but if you're in the neighborhood...
There's a chain of stores called HomeGoods (for those unfamiliar, it's an eclectic mix of household goods, bedding, decor, furniture, etc. I think it all might closeouts from other stores).
Whenever I go there, I end up buying a lot of cool...
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