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Not really, purely a combination of long experience (I've been backpacking - that is, traveling the world staying in hostels - for many years) survival tactics and pure exhaustion.....
Two days later I took a rest day, and booked a private...
Sounds like you and I are pretty similar. My daughter is much like your son. She’s very adaptable and can live in whatever situation she’s put in. She had roommates her first 2 years of college and it was fine, but she realllllllyyy enjoys time...
My son is exactly the same. Also an only child, and whilst he can survive in Dorm situations (school trips etc) it's very hard on him.
I'm somewhere in the middle. Love being social at times, but seriously need my own space at some point in...
That does sound really nice. I travel solo a lot and love it, but I do think the Camino could get a tad too isolating if you had no interactions. That sounds like a perfect combination of both alone time and camaraderie.
For me, the Invierno a few weeks ago hit a real sweet spot. Walked on my own every day except the last one into SdC, but through the course of the Camino met my first fellow pilgrim, then 2nd, finally the 3rd, and where by night 5 there were 4 of...
Hit the Camino around 9 this morning. This would be our last full day of walking. We were hopeful we could grab breakfast in town before we left, but literally nothing was open. When I went to bed, the whole town was up lol. Honestly, almost...
The majority of the ones we’ve seen both have sour, angry looks on their faces. The woman in almost every case (with some notable exceptions) is struggling with a pack that she can barely handle or a pace that she can’t keep up with, and he...
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