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As previously mentioned, you can get sellos at bars, churches, police stations and many other places. I once got a sello in an emergency room. After a doctor patched up my foot, I half-jokingly asked, "Do I get a stamp to remember you by?" And...
I have certainly learned a lot about religion, spirituality, myself, and so many other things while walking and experiencing the Camino. Gratitudes. I’ve returned to the Francés many times because it keeps reminding me of all the people and...
The Frances is a wonderful route, still, I believe.
It's the one I always suggest for a first time Pilgrim.
It has an energy that seems to come to us through the ages and the millions of souls who have passed along it.
That energy will always...
I have walked and enjoyed the Camino Francis ten times since 2013.
I have obsolutely no interest in walking the Portuguese which lacks the appeal to me of the Camino Frances. All the videos I have seen from the Portuguese looks flat and boring...
I only recognised one too, and I'm also a Brit.
I watched the previous series too, and enjoyed them very much.
Whether its a pilgrimage, spiritual trip or just a really good walk, its been designed for entertainment as well as possible...
In these series "celebrities" is a very generous term. I am a Brit. Not very plugged into popular culture though. I recognised only two of the seven names. Fans of UK reality TV might know more of them. I have watched all the previous series...
Good question. I am often puzzled by the self-labelling of people as slow walkers. I think "slow walking" would be 1-3 km/h and I doubt that is what most of those people are actually doing. Speed takes into account:
Cadence - steps per minutes...
I stop when there is a place for coffee or to eat my lunch on a rock, log, or bench if there is one. If there isn't (as there often was not this winter in the rain and with few open bars), I just keep walking until something comes up.
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