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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Sounds like a driving holiday might be the way to go. Massive thanks to you all for your sharing and advice.
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Sounds like happy memories indeed, thanks for sharing :)
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Many thanks indeed for your brilliant suggestions. I have been fortunate to visit Spain (mostly southern Spain) previously so absolutely agree on Andalucia and Granada. I feel a bypassed Astorga somewhat, so wouldn't have connected it with food. Most useful, thank you!
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Love the tapas. Logrono is high on the list of places to potentially return to, mostly for that reason!
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    thank you for your response. The 'exploration' aspect is a big part of it I think - giving more time to these wonderful places walked through but not really 'seen'. Or seeing them through a different lens.
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Thank you, Margaret. We stayed an additional day in Santiago and it certainly was not long enough! I love the idea of sitting in the square and watching the pilgrims finish their journeys there. Best wishes.
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Oh I would absolutely love to walk another Camino route - in fact I have no doubts that I will in the future. But I see that as something different. This is about returning to a place I have already been to, and feel drawn back to, but without trying to recreate that original experience. Not...
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    Anyone returned to the Camino for a holiday?

    Hello everybody, I walked the Camino Frances in October of last year. It was a wonderful 5 weeks and a time I return to often in my head. Has anybody ever returned to the Camino but not to walk, instead to holiday/vacation in a single destination along the way? I would love to hear your...
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    What did you do with your Pilgrim Passport and Compostella?

    I framed mine and my partner's credencials (it's quite convenient having two, as it means you can display one side of each and still see the entire journey). Our compostelas we've simply stored away in their tubes. Those we only bring out for special occasions! But I love having the credencial...
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    LIVE from the Camino Avoiding "standard" stops

    Seems we had almost identical experiences almost exactly a year apart, MargLav! Early last October I struggled to find accommodation in a very busy Logrono (it was a holiday weekend I think), but was rewarded with the beautiful Ventosa albergue the following night. The night after we powered on...
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    cold and wet

    Hi Nancy! I walked the Camino Frances throughout October last year and live in Yorkshire so feel relatively equipped to share my thoughts on this :) - As many others have said, 2L of water not needed. I carried 2 x 0.5L bottles and filled them from fountains along the way. Never a problem. -...
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    Larrasoana

    I can't speak for the municipal in Larrasoana, but when I passed through last October I stayed in Albergue San Nicolas and it was brilliant. Lovely host, delicious home-cooked dinner, small rooms (mine only had 3 bunks in) and brand new bathrooms. The owner and his wife seemed very kind and I...
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    For those who walked in tennis shoes or trail runners...

    I'm on the Camino at present and have sent my trusty old Salomon walking boots home, in favour of some Salomon trail runners I bought in Logrono. At home I have always walked in boots, mine are a couple of years old and well worn in, but on the Camino I found the ankle support too rigid and I...
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    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    Hi everybody! After 6 months of planning, reading, worrying and planning some more, myself and my partner are two days away from leaving to walk the Camino Frances. We've left our jobs and home in London to do this and we're following it up with a jaunt around New Zealand up until Christmas...
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    Memorial Shells for Denise....

    Like @CaminoDebrita I am able to carry an extra couple of shells and will deliver them to Nate and Faith upon my arrival in Santiago. Feel free to PM me. They would need to reach me in London, England before 29 September.
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