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    At home, at last!

    In March I asked this forum if I should turn left in Reims, France and take the Via Francigena to Rome. The answer was: “No, go to Santiago de Compostela!” and I did. Last Monday, September 12, I reached Rotterdam, my hometown, after I walked nearly 5.400 kilometer on the Via Monastica to...
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    There is another site where you can download any route you like in .kml format. It is the Belgium site www.compostelagenootschap.be. This is a very good site, but, of course, in Dutch …
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    I use the app from maps.me. For the route you can download that from many sides I guess, but I downloaded the file from the Dutch side www.santiago.nl. You have to be a member to download the file. If you can find the route on some other site, download the .gps file and converse it to a .kml...
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    Thanks for your reaction, Alison! I’ll be frank with you: I’ve had it with albuerges. It is not my cup of tea anymore: 40 people in one room of which 36 are snoring, three showers and three toilets, no, that is bad for your health (lack of sleep and bedbugs, I caught them somewhere). I only...
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    Gracias!
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    Darn those downhill stretches suck - some ideas to strengthen your body for downhills

    Without my poles I would have fallen quite a few times going downhill. And they help you by a steep ascent as well. I am all for poles!
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    Thanks, dank je!
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    What is normal? Since I retired 2,5 years ago I was looking forward and preparing for this trip. I don’t know what will be ‘normal’.
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    LIVE from the Camino Second time in SJPdP

    Today I arrived for the second time this year in SJPdP. Having walked from Rotterdam, Holland, to Vessem, Rocroi, Reims, Troyes, Nevers, I first came to this town on May 4th. On the 6th I walked away to Roncevalles to do the Camino Frances. After I reached Santiago, you cannot leave Galicia when...
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    Walking from west to east on the Del Norte

    Maybe I’ll cath up with you, but I’ll start the Del Norte only on the 12th of June. It’s a long way to Irun, so you’ll never know…
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    Walking from west to east on the Del Norte

    Within a week I’ll arrive in Santiago. From there I’ll go to Finisterre, Muxia and back to Santiago. Then I walk back home in The Netherlands and I will take the Camino del Norte. I already have the route on my telephone, but the signs along the way all point out to the ‘wrong’ direction. Is...
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    What would you do?

    Thank you all for your comments. I think I stick to Santiago.
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    What would you do?

    On March 1st I started from Rotterdam, Holland for my first camino. I hope to be in Reims, in the north of France early next week. In Reims you can change your camino from SdC to Rome, because the Via Francigina crosses the route. In my first message on this forum, I spoke of my fear that it...
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    Nearly on my way to Spain

    Hi, I’m Jos, almost 67 years old and on the 1st of March I start my Camino from Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where I live. From Rotterdam I walk to a small village near Eindhoven and from there, I’ll walk the Via Monastica. This route wil take me through the east of Belgium to Rocroi, just across...
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    Family want to track my route

    You could try “ map my tracks”
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