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Husband and I started from Sevilla on the 22nd March, we arrived in Merida today. The weather up until today has been cold and wet, we skipped the following sections Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos, Fuente de Cantos to Zafra and Zafra to...
For those of us on a budget the taxi may be easier but it is alot more expensive. 33 Euros is usually more than I spend in a full day on the camino. It is actually really easy to use public transportation. If I can figure it out without much of a...
You can either take the metro or the commuter line trains, which are called Cercanías. The commuter trains are much faster and have no pickpockets, but they only stop at T4. If you are flying Iberia, or an Iberia partner, you will fly out of T4...
I enjoy the different styles of ordering beer across Spain. For draft beer, I always prefer to order a caña. The size varies in different areas and if I want more, then I order another. Each one often comes with a small tapa.
For bottles...
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In Spain, when ordering beer, you'll often come across three common terms: "copa," "caña," and "jarra." Each term refers to a different serving size of beer, and they vary in quantity and sometimes even in the type of...
Do you use Gronze.com ?
Great resource. Btw Fuenterroble de Salvatierra has such a lovely albergue., with stacks of room.
From there you could take the variante to Morille / Gronze shows a stop before Morille to shorten the stage . I’m...
Hi Rosway! Thanks for the plug.
Last time I walked I did Cañaveral to Galisteo (27km), then to Oliva de Plasencia (29km), then to Aldeanueva following the greenway part of the way (about 25km). Longish stages but it was February and it was cold...
Something a little unusual on the Spanish news websites today. Two pilgrims forced to climb an oak tree to escape from a cow defending her calf. Apparently they called the Guardia Civil from their perch in the tree and the Guardia moved the...
I am in Alcuescar tonight. There is approximately the same amount of pilgrims everyday on the road, a small dozen, staying either in albergues or hostals. They all are not the same people everyday.
So far, I have been suprised by the quality of...
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