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fransw reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread Will the Protest Against Tourists in Barcelona Come to Santiago? with
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Tom, tourism never was a major part of Barca’s economy. It was an adjunct. The city is a major manufacturing centre, a financial centre and a port. The cruise ships bring very little benefit: passengers eat on board and save most of their... -
How brilliant was that! Great thinking on your part. Regularly, I have seen questions posted on this forum regarding short connection time and making the next plane or train. As often as I have zoomed through immigration and customs, I have just...
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fransw reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Death of German peregrina in Zuriain this morning with Sad.
A local Navarra website has reported the death of a 61 year old German peregrina this morning in Zuriain. The cause appears to have been cardiac arrest. The third death of a pilgrim in Navarra in recent weeks...
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Yes I have walked from Rome to Santa Maria de Leuca. Many fewer people.Quite a number of variants along the way. You can choose how soon to reach the coast.You could take in Monte Sant Angelo for instance. Waymarking and infrastructure slowly but...
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fransw reacted to rappahannock_rev's post in the thread Variant from Mansilla De Las Mulas to León with Like.
Take the bus.
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fransw reacted to Mefo Phillips's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino Back on the Via Francigena with Like.
I rode my horse Leo from Canterbury to Rome along the Via Francigena (mostly!) in 2006 - admittedly I took what was then the little known secondary route by leaving the main VF at Châlons-en-Champagne and rejoining it at Pontremoli, having...
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fransw reacted to Lindsay53's post in the thread I have now narrowed my book choice down to two. with Like.
I sat in Cafe Iruna in Pamplona reading 'The Sun Also Rises' Certainly put me in the moment.
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This is how we came to our first caminho. We were visiting my boss in Madrid in 2012 and he showed us pictures of his first ( and last) camino from SJPDP and immediately and spontaneously I called out “ I am going to do that too ❗️ My wife...
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My first Camino was 18 years ago this month. My first day was memorable as the hospitalero at SJPP convinced us to cancel our booking at Orrison. I cried every step into Roncesvalles and that walk almost ruined my entire Camino. Since then...
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Hiking 20 km up to the 1060 meter Ibaneta pass via the Valcarlos route to Roncesvalles the first time in September 2004 at 65 was one of the most difficult days on the Camino and certainly the most physically exhausting day of my adult life then...
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