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Breaking in a new backpack can be a hassle. If you have one that works for you, it may be better to stick with your original, especially if the weight difference between the two is negligible.
Throughout your life and your son's, there will be times when you are apart. It doesn't matter whether it's three weeks or three minutes. Things happen that you cannot control. Provided that you are happy that your wife can manage him without you and that you are not taking risks doing the...
On the camino frances, there is a party atmosphere for the first week down to Pamplona and La Rioja. Thereafter it becomes quieter especially on the meseta between Burgos and Leon. I found my best interactions with others during this time. In Galicia, after Sarria, you encounter the 100k crowd...
I accept that it is an opportunity to work on a specific relationship away from the normal environment. However, I walked for a week bumping into two brothers who were doing the camino together. One brother was introvert and distant, the other brother extrovert and talkative. I felt that both of...
Go on your own. Do not go with people you already know. If you do, you will inhibit interaction with other caminantes. It will allow you to experience solitutude on the road and the company of strangers equally alone. It is major part of the experience if not at its very core.
Better to avoid a second country (in this instance France) due to differing Covid regulations. Many Americans fly to Oporto in Portugal and overland or fly to the Basque country. The rail network in the North of Spain is Amtrak standard (tortuously slow). Bus is more frequent and flexible.
I apologise for the phlegm in the middle. The wonderful Spanish have never hear of dairy intolerance. It was wonderful to taste but hard on the gut. Still, the ancient infrastructure on the camino frances that they maintain is sans pareil as far as I know and it was one of the most pleasurable...
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