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I was frequently the provider, and while I didn't mind I was always surprised at the lack of planning of some peregrinos. Water, cheese, bananas, and nuts handed out to people who didn't have and needed something now. How can you not think to...
I hear you. To be fair though, people often say the Camino provides when they have been helped out of a jam rather than something you can rely on for the future, but it irks me that this help can be taken for granted when it is the kindness and...
Or do you prefer Cromwell's attitude?
Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry.
I am starting to get tired of the attitude that it isn't necessary to take reasonable care and thought, because somehow there is this warm, fluffy, and...
@bkkboy, my sympathies. Good that it was just your cash.
Regrettably it does pay to keep your cash etc in bed with you, although even that’s not foolproof - I know of several cases where people had the foot of their sleeping bags slit with a...
Re "Camino" family.
Yea, you'll have no problem falling in with a little group if that's what you're looking for. I did it on my first camino.
The people in groups dancing and hugging - many started 5 days before and sang and danced the entire...
As a newbie who just returned from walking my first Camino, CP, mostly on Senda Littoral, Coastal and Spiritual Variente, I thought it was so beautiful. I was very lucky, both in weather and number of people walking. There were enough to share...
The quote about the Google search is funny because it is so true, as we all know the answer to that question. I have recommended a podcast here before that is so full of the history of the Camino. There was a second season started by the...
I am not too sure what I think ... seems to me that the moment someone sits down at home and thinks about "which Camino next" because that one is prettier, etc, they may have already lost focus on what the pilgrimage is, or why it was ... a...
Its a little late for people who already have their plans set in stone or who are already on the ground. My husband and I were talking about it this morning walking to my work. Most new pilgrims often don't realize that May and September are the...
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