November 1st, All Saints Day, is a very popular day to arrive in Santiago, and there was a wave of perigrinos aiming for that arrival date when I walked in 2021. One thing to be aware of is the days are short, sunrise is late (like 9 am in late...
So nice to see a photo where I spent 16 days serving communal dinners. Yes it’s a wonderfully restored 17th century building, used to be the home of a nobleman! The attached church downstairs is high baroque, beautiful at night in the dim...
Just got to Rabanal. Started May 20. It is not crowded. No traffic jams or conga lines. But I’m not here to argue about “crowd” hysteria—I’ve done that enough over the last few years and likely irritated a few veteran Forum members.
Instead, I’m...
Well I’m alive! The up wasn’t nearly as bad as the down during the drenching pouring rain. I have to admit I was quite scared on the rocky downhills. I may have cried.
Now we’re staying at the Pousada Armenteira, what a funky place.
I can imagine that Ivar might wonder how the years have galloped by since he devised the project that 20 years ago became the Forum. It is of course a tribute to original values and ensuing adaptations that the standards have been maintained and...
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