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This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
The Camino Portugués starts in Lisbon, so starting in Porto is no more "complete" than starting from Tui, Barcelos, or Ponte de Lima. A "complete" Camino is one that ends in Santiago de Compostela, and if you want to receive a Compostela at the...
A few times over Christmas at Granon one year, we had pilgrims tell us they "followed the light in the bell tower" as they walked into the village from Santo Domingo. One was a young pilgrim from Russia walking to get over a lost love. He walked...
On our first Camino in 2010 herself fell off the top bunk in Roncesvalles and broke her heel. Ended our first attempt on the France.
She's a tough Marine though, was back the following May.
I have walked to the tomb of the apostle along the four major approaches, ie from Ferrol, Sarria (from SJPP), Tui (from Lisbon) and Ourense. I know that there are people who find Sarria to SDC busy, and suggest it is boring. It is busy, but of...
Enjoy and thanks for sharing your camino and your art!
Apart from the usual churches and other highlights (eg the castle at Coca) that you will come across, two places I loved that you might enjoy sketching are the the tree-lined Canal de...
A couple days ago I started the Camino Madrid from Segovia. Some of you may recall that I posted a few months ago looking for a relatively flat Camino to test out my body to find out if I could make another try on the Camino Frances where I had...
Or just stop issuing the Compostela and other certificates altogether? Is an endless succession of pieces of paper really necessary? As the pilgrim office no longer takes any active interest in a pilgrim's motives the Compostela no longer really...
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