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Hi there! I too will be starting from SJPP on the 20th. Will be my 4th Camino having walked 2 of the previous 3 Caminos with my eldest. All of them beginning in mid October and ending little past mid November. Perfect weather, culture, food, and company. No matter how hard I may try, I’m never...
Good morning, recently completed the Norte and may have some food for thought. Between Irún and Bilbao the local train system parallels you more or less. It is therefore possible to stay in San Sebastián and use the train and it’s several stops to adhere to your 15k. For instance, awake in San...
Hi everyone! I’m unicorns and rainbows. My daughter and I will be on the Norte from Irún around October 17…to Muxia this time. Her 2nd, my 3rd. Glad to read these missives from fellow adventurers, I say go get ‘em! As my dad says…just do the damn thing carefully.
Nothing embarrassing and seemed to be the norm. I wouldn't and haven't hiked in 90 heat in the US for long distances. Not something that ever occurred to me to be an enjoyable time. This Camino, there was no choice but to plug ahead no matter the heat or distances. As such, my footwear choice...
So wow, that was something. Portugal offered 90 plus degree heat, fires in the hills, feet eating hard pavement, and some very, very nice people. The Lisbon to Porto stretch was as everyone has described and 7 out of 10, and 10 was about the number of hikers I met between the two cities...
I was sorry to learn of your experience and I'm surprised to hear the cobblestones have the potential to test us so much. I've been alternating shoes to feel the best fit and after wearing the boots today and reading the above posts, think I've made my decision.
Decided that I was tired of rolling my ankles on the rocky and rooty trails of New England and had an epiphany...which amounted to "what the hell am I doing?". What I did was book a flight and what I will be doing is embracing the Portuguese Camino from Lisbon to Santiago starting September 5...
We arrived this afternoon to Santiago. Our Camino lasted from October 17, 2018, to November 17, 2018. We will soon be off to Finisterre! Thank you to all.
Absolutely loving it, left Leon this morning and will be in Santiago by the 17th...Fisterra three days after. We will be tourists after we receive our Compostellas...fact is, need to rest each evening so we see very little after vino y pinchos...
Starting day four south of Pamplona and shared the albergue with a pilgrim who had his insoles stolen the night before. Don’t steal someone else’s insoles. And of course his feet were in tough shape last evening...not sure but that may be one of the cruelest things you can do to a person during...
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