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The plan is to stay in Oseira Thursday leaving Friday morning. You can avoid Oseira all together by taking the left branch at Cea. I'll probably just join a few pilgrims leaving Oseira for the first hour or so as suggested by Gerald and others.
The night I spent in the Oseira monastery (which was at that time the coldest, clammiest place on the planet), there was a cyclist who arrived to spend some time in the monastery itself for a multi-day retreat.
Their web page describes their...
Has anyone stayed at the Monestery lately. I recall reading somewhere that you can stay in the Monestery (not albergue) if you stay a minimum of 2 nights. I'm wondering what the experience is like. Are you expected to meditate? Or can you move...
I loved the VDLP (from Seville to Astorga) in March-April 2017 and did not find it so lonely, grueling and difficult as people suggest. It does require a comfort with self-sufficiency and coping, an ability to figure out stages, time to allow for...
Planning to do the VdLP in March. I have not even done the Frances and perhaps I never will. I have no interest in bed races and hoards of people. I am glad it is still unpopular and provides a glimpse at what the Frances might have been like...
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