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Hi Monica,
I was Type 2 on the first Camino, and I had no problems. The first stretch over the Pyrenees is my "happy place," so personally I'll always take that route—even with the ups and downs. Living in a mountain state makes it much more...
Yes, walked it about four years ago or so. Lovely walk and some of the most beautiful countryside you’ll see on Camino. You can actually start directly from the airport and cut across to the marked path, but I preferred heading to Bayonne first...
Pilgrim office at beginning and end. Pay with your passport or with the credential. Of course it's not foolproof and easily avoided, but the point is I'd bet more would give than wouldn't. Thoughts?
I would establish a user fee of $20 per pilgrim to establish a way to cover the costs (especially in rural areas) for the clean up of the trash some pilgrims leave along the way. These small towns and villages shouldn't bear the brunt of pilgrim...
If you're looking to buy a print of Las dos Marias, you'll find many of them, if not exactly that one, around Santiago. A good place to start might be on Rua do Preguntoiro..
I'm trying to find a piece of art that showed up on a wall behind Leigh Brennan on the Camino Cafe podcast with John Brierly early last year. It's of the two ladies in the park. Leigh told me this was recorded in A Trastenda De Xabi in Santiago...
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