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    LIVE from the Camino VDLP update feb 2024

    I am in Alcuescar tonight. There is approximately the same amount of pilgrims everyday on the road, a small dozen, staying either in albergues or hostals. They all are not the same people everyday. So far, I have been suprised by the quality of the accomodation. I’ve stayed in both albergues...
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    LIVE from the Camino VDLP update feb 2024

    Hi, I departed from Sevilla this morning, sunday 24. I am staying at the Luz del Camino tonight. Yesterday 10 pilgrims stayed over here and 10 tonight, which looks a good score for the VDLP. I took the new route with the bridges on the right passed Santiponce which was a good pick considering...
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    Why so few pilgrims on the Via de la Plata? Article from local website.

    I selfishly hope that all the different caminos will keep their specifity for any pilgrim to find its own. The francés for the sociability, the Via de la Plata for more intimacy or solitude, the Portugués for a bit of both etc… May all the caminos don’t look the same !
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    Phone connection on VDLP

    Thank you all for your answers !
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    LIVE from the Camino VDLP update feb 2024

    Thank you for the updates ! I am about to follow your steps.
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    Phone connection on VDLP

    Hi, The Via de la Plata is renowned for its long stretches between villages or cities. I was wondering if mobile phones can get connection on those long stages or if you only get some when you approach civilisation. Thank you !!
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    Sur Les Chemins Noirs

    I’m sorry to bother you with that but the video contains so much material that can be related to one’s camino state of mind that I inform you, just in case, that the youtube instant translation is quite accurate. This might interest some of you in discovering this great mind that is Sylvain Tesson.
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    Sur Les Chemins Noirs

    exactly, in fact this name comes from the fact that these trails are drawn in black on the IGN (french national geographical institute) maps.
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    Sur Les Chemins Noirs

    The film is great, the autobiografic novel even better, by the popular french writer-traveller Sylvain Tesson. I wonder if he ever walked a camino and what would he think about it. I guess he’s more a solitary wanderer and mountain climber. It’s always the greatest pleasure to listen to him...
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    Portuguese Drivers

    That said, it didn’t ruin my experience at all. And I still enjoyed every minute of that camino. I didn’t mind the industrial zone or the normal roadside walking. I took it all, as it is.
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    Portuguese Drivers

    After 2 days out of Lisbon, I bought a yellow safety jacket, the same the numerous Fatima pilgrims all wearing. I felt safer. I think the problem is more the configuration of the path than the reckless driving. It is indeed impressive on some parts as you are so close to the road. The worst...
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    Interesting sites along the Portuguese Caminos

    On the central way, in Conimbriga, there is a nice roman site (Museo Monografico). The ruins are not the most impressive, as they aren’t big monuments but this is the biggest roman site in Portugal and the mosaics are superbs. It’s on the camino, at the end of a great stage, and the albergue is...
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    LIVE from the Camino Caminho Português Interior october 2022

    Hi Jim, As planed, I stopped in Chaves to catch the bus back to Porto. So I don’t know the answer. Once in Verin (the next stage), you can continue by joining the camino Sanabrés to reach SDC and I guess you would get a compostella then.
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    VDLP weather February/March.

    Thank you Robo and LTfit. Thank you Trecile for the great link ! After all, the cold doesn’t bother me that much. That season is a good catch. It will be better than walking in the heat, which, as a mediterranean, I try to avoid at all cost.
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    VDLP weather February/March.

    Thank you for your answers and advices ! It looks like it will still be a winter weather, maybe even from Sevilla. So I will bring my warm sleeping bag, some extra clothes and hope for the best. Nobody seem to regret a winter departure, especially on this camino.
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