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I agree completely, 100%, absolutely. I am verging on what cannot be written about on here, but - a pilgrimage is a process, an internal/external process, it isn't something that can be Googled to know the answer, or be done in a hiking holiday...
The Camino, camino is. If some of the people who wander down it’s ways have no notion of camino that matters not a jot to camino. If the hoteliers, restaurateurs and merchants scattered along the ways are gazing, disgruntled, at the fortune...
I just read this article.
https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2022-08-19/descenso-peregrinos-camino-santiago-frances_3478222/
Here are some points in English:
"That pilgrims abandon the French path, which is the initial one, the most
traveled...
@felicitywelsh , welcome to the forum!
Personally I prefer to book the first two days of any camino and then take it from there
You will definitely be safe walking alone, Spain is a wonderful country.
Others have made useful contributions. I have done the del Norte several times (good mix of pilgrims, good seafood, the occasional beach, etc) and would suggest that you take very seriously the challenges of the first week-- the first day, and...
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