Hi Pablo, You could go to the church off the Plaza de Santiago, though probably too late now. Albergues often have them. Where will you begin? I would recommend doing the Frances, better chance of walking with other people for the start to get...
Hello im Pablo C Vergara - Im in the Film Industry and been on some TV shows and NETFLIX.
I just arrived to Madrid and staying at Tres Cantos tonight and intending to travel north to start my Camino tomorrow!
Anyone knows where I could get my...
I didn't mind the walk out of Leon at all. I didn't find it to be particularly industrial, but seemed more of what I call the "outskirts" of town with small businesses and bars that cater to locals, but aren't we pilgrims lucky to take advantage...
It’s Spain not Disneyland. More real people live and work in the slightly-less-beautiful parts than they do in all the ‘cascos antiguos’. You might as well just take a ‘highlights’ bus tour and not pretend.
Oh mate, don’t fall for that one. It’s just another of those Camino myths. Sure, Leon is a city. It’s got more bits than the pretty bits. Those bits are still Leon and they are still Camino.
It’s in the “industrial” bits that you’ll find the...
Same here. When I walked the Frances I saw more injuries to the young than old. It takes decades to learn ones limitations. I guess we oldies can chalk it up to experience.
Like others have said, go easy on yourself. This is not "your fault". Our bodies are our masters, and we forget that all the time in our normal lives. One of the gifts of the camino, in my opinion, is that reminder that, no matter how in control...
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