A lot of ups-and-downs during the first section, less pilgrims and pilgrim support, competition for albergue beds with non-pilgrims like hikers and surfers, less ability to choose a distance to walk as the villages are not as a frequent, and more...
CroPilgrim, I don't know if you are a male or female pilgrim, but knowing a little about the minds of village church ladies, my thought is:
She watches who goes in and out of that church.
She saw the pilgrim girl go in.
She saw you go in a little...
I hope there was a valid reason. I don’t have a clue what it could be since she didn’t close the church or anything… prepping for the noon mass is to early at 11:15, altar that size takes about 3 min to prep…(elements already there) but ok… it...
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Hey everyone… I just want to check with you about a very strange situation I just had… or there is an explanation for that… It was 11:15 am (10 min ago) and I was at La Portela de Vlacarce. Small church was open so I entered for a rest and a...
God has its ways I guess. I also had a delay in München, made it to Bordeaux all happy with a chance to catch the train to Bayonne after all… but… on the highway there was a brutal car crash and took us hour and 15 min to get to Bordeaux train...
This has been a day.
1. Weather delay in Dallas, TX
2. Have to buy a new train ticket because I miss my original reservation.
3. Get notification of train issues in Bayonne
4. Train I am on stalls for about 40 minutes and now not sure how I...
For now the train from Bayonne is going to SJPP. I’m just on it now. I didn’t see any warnings about train canceled in the evening… so I hope it will all be fine by the time you get to Bayonne… 🙏
So happy for you! I agree that SJPDP is a truly beautiful place to relax and become centered before starting out. Such a sense of being part of a historical spiritual community. I found that lighting a candle and sitting in the simple, beautiful...
I'm on the Camino Francés right now, and this is also a very busy time for the early stages, but I saw a total of five other pilgrims while I was walking today. The reason is that I'm not staying in traditional end stage towns. Last night I was...
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