I'm in Chicago tonight, having crossed into Illinois earlier today and then taking a train from Matteson into the city to visit friends for a couple days. This means I've now crossed Indiana twice, following first the southern branch and now the...
19 months ago, I started walking the American Discovery Trail in Cincinnati, Ohio, heading westward. A lot has happened since then! I was supposed to arrive back in Cincinnati roughly a year ago, having started that leg of the trip at the...
Hi,
new to this forum and new to the Camino and already so grateful for all the fabulous info here. Thank you all.
My husband and I (mid 60's) and my son are planning to walk some of the Northern route next year after a few days in San Seb...
I stayed at the monastery in Conques and saw the incredible light show. A priest was on the organ playing "The House of the Rising Sun", coordinated with the light show. It was surreal and a memory I will never forget.
There have been a few posts...
Conques is a very special place and worth more than a mad dash in/out. Do read what fellow forum member Lovingkindness and I have written in this earlier thread re the glories of Conques.
I couldn't find any posts about this on the Forum, so I thought I'd share...
One of the most beautiful stops on the Le Puy route is Conques. It's a picturesque French village featuring the beautiful Abbey of Sainte Foy.
Like many churches, the...
I stopped in just to get the stamp.
Also, if you have anything you don't need any longer (for example, Via Podiensis guidebook), you could leave it there to be passed onto other pilgrims.
We put black plastic garbage bags and a change of clothes in the garage before we leave. When we return home, we put everything but electronics in the bags and put them in a car that is parked outside in the California sun. After several hot...
Lots of good ideas here.
My approach is... assume bed bugs, even if I have no bites.
1) Wash and dry everything I can immediately when I come home. Nothing sits inside until it's been washed and dried (in a long cycle).
2) Everything else...
I used the mapping app... maps.me. And downloaded the GPS tracks from Gronze. I'm sure other mapping apps would work well. The GPS tracks were very accurate.
If it helps... I put these instructions together for my sisters last year (they're for...
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