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I and my Partner set out from Porto March 16th with the intention of reaching Santiago on or about April 1st. We reached Tui, checked into a hotel and went out to dinner. On the way back to the hotel, my partner slipped on the sidewalk and...
You can’t lie down on benches in the Madrid airport either….strategic arm rests! I slept on the floor in Madrid airport using my sleeping bag last May 1 . Because that is a national holiday I could/would not pay for a high priced hotel near...
Having trawled through my blog I have found some of my Pilgrim Tinder ramblings!!
Please note this is NOT intended to cause any offence to anyone and is merely a creation of my very bad sense of humour.
"This got me thinking about my pilgrim...
There are many kinds of olives. Just as green apples ( Granny Smith for example) are not unripe red apples, so there can be green olives that are ripe for picking. No olives that I know of can be eaten right off the tree.
Absolutely you do you and I will do me. We should each be true to ourselves to the best of our ability.
Buy we should all remember, in the din of the "It's my Camino" voices, that no one walks a Camino alone, even on the least walked route. You...
I appreciate a lot of this, but for me, "chas[ing] the next goal or pilgrimage" is very much what my overall Camino journey has been, and continues to be, and that's actually what I want out of my experiences.
As noted by someone above, Sarria...
For many people the last 100 km to Santiago could be, in their minds, quite a challenge if they haven't done a multi-day hike before. Often people start with the CF and go on to do the Northern Camino or Via de la Plata. Some people book their...
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