Don’t forget about hiking poles. They take a significant amount of weight off your legs. I love my “ “pacer poles” if they are in your budget.
You know the drill. Just start walking as much as possible with as much weight as you can carry. I...
Awww I LOVED reading this. I’m taking my 9yo daughter and hoping for some down time and reconnection and just being together. You are making me feel as though my shorter stages are the smart move! We each are bringing a journal to draw and write...
Not juego, which means game. You are thinking of jugo, which means juice in Spanish, but is not used for fruit or vegetable juice in Spain. Zumo is the word used for fruit and vegetable juice in Spain.
Paradors still offer the Pilgrim's Rate.
It is usually the same rate as their advance booking rate BUT without the advance booking conditions (which are non-refundable, pay in advance). So as a Pilgrim you get the lowest rate but can pay when...
Anyone who thinks negatives re seeing a skateboarder on Camino seriously lacks joy. It would be a really fun thing to see and a good conversation to have with that young man.
Though - skateboards have really small wheels so I think that it would...
Hi, wonderful Camino-forum people! With bated breath and a healthy dose of nervousness, I will start my Camino from Saint Jean the day after tomorrow (August 1, fittingly in a heatwave?) and equally healthily underprepared (but with a reservation...
Agnès Poirier in It is our Destiny
an article published July 21, 2024, in The Guardian describes the multitude of workers who have rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral following the horrific April 2019 fire. Her splendid illustrated personal account...
Almost all has been already been said, but I'll try to give my Spanish approach.
The French Way traverses all the north of Spain, with very different regions and culinary traditions. So I’ll give you my pick region by region.
First, the four...
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