In my humble opinion, the contrast between tourism in Barcelona and the rest of Spain is quite pronounced. Barcelona finds itself inundated with all types of tourists, while Santiago follows a different path with more restricted tourism. For...
Yes, I am. My building is still under repair nearly two years after the hurricane. Sanibel seems to have recovered faster than Vanderbilt Beach, oh well. I got an unsolicited offer for my condo which I am seriously considering. What's next for...
The Canadian Company of Pilgrims has travel insurance thru Johnson MEDOC. Age doesn’t seem to be a barrier.
https://www.santiago.ca/benefits-of-membership
I think that when faced with a big excursion into the unknown, as for many of us the Camino is, the tendency is to try and control what we can. We can't understand and control the most important elements of the Camino (like whom we will meet) so...
Barbara walked the Camino Frances from SJPDP in summer 1985. She walked as part of an international group organised and led by a Dutch-Australian called Kosti Simons. Kosti had a religious experience at Lourdes a couple of years before which had...
I agree. Before my first Camino I had some conversations with my mother-in-law about her own Camino and read a book by Laurie Dennett which she recommended and lent me. Along with borrowing Barbara's Camino guide book and buying the Confraternity...
My wife and I are on the Frances. We’re taking a rest day in Sarria. Before we left the US we read and watched videos, etc.. It occurs to me that a lot of us overthink this thing.
On the night before we walked out of St Jean PDP we stopped...
You do best to contact directly the albergue that interests you. I know that the municipals at Barcelos and San Pedro de Rates welcome volunteers from other lands.
I would contact the Via Lusitana. They are a Lisbon-based organization, responsible in large part for the establishment of the pilgrims’ office in Lisbon. They maintain contacts and a loose association with the pilgrim albergues up and down the...
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