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The Pilgrim Garden is an outdoor restorative place for pilgrims to restore, reflect, journal, pray, or simply enjoy nature. Installation May 11, 2024 along Camino Frances in Os Chacotes Park, Palas de Rei. One-of-a-kind design. Grand Opening and...
UPDATE. I went back at 7:55 pm and spoke the the American girl. She said absolutely no passage via Napoleon because of snow. She explained it well. Glad I went back. She was impossibly busy when I was here earlier so I didn’t get a chance to...
I understand everyone's concern about safety (and language...though the OP is fluent in two languages), but perhaps piling on someone asking genuine questions in good faith isn't the best look for us?
I’m not expecting it, of course. I do wish I spoke French, although I am fluent in Spanish. She said she spoke Spanish but it was actually muy poco. That’s fine, we both did the best we could with what we had. I waited 30 minutes in line and...
You definitely could have mentioned that without the lecturing. The person I spoke to at the pilgrims office could barely speak English or Spanish so I could not ask for details on the severity of the weather or strength of the route...
I've just finished the walk about a week ago, and hope my experience/mistake can be of some help to future pilgrims. I spent a day or two in Madrid before and after walking the last 100 km to Santiago. The night before I started the walk, I...
My first case of PF was on the Camino del Norte. I hobbled into Santiago then 6 months of physio and cortisone injections followed before I could walk Pain-free. Since then Ive walked a few very long Caminos always in HOKA shoes (BONDI or STINSON...
As others have said your best bet is walking into a bar. When I was on the VDLP I met a pilgrim who said he needed a taxi as his knee was acting up. We were on a secondary road. I googled taxis in the closest town and found one. I told the driver...
@dfortuna58 , you have some excellent advice above, the bar suggestion is the most commonly used.
I presume if you don't use it already you will be downloading WhatsApp (it's so frequently used by accommodation let alone fellow pilgrims in...
sharing for interested others. Lodging in Zubiri recommended sending bag via Jacotrans to Albergue Casa Ibarrola, right in the old town, since the bus station is quite a distance. It worked great and there’s a bus or taxi to the train station...
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