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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 attractive to us— but the next time I believe we'll...
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 abuse, and it would create an income stream in...
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. Is anyone at all familiar with the art, the...
Un-retouched photo from this morning between Palas de Rei and Melide. (We got in the way of a high school tour of about 150 kids). LoL.
It's not the rule, it's the exception, and you can find your solitude out there.
Just short of Ages yesterday after a great walk we came upon an unfortunate scene, where an older Spanish gentleman had taken his own life shortly before by hanging. It was incredibly upsetting and my wife and I and others alerted other walkers as to the situation so they could steel themselves...
Hi Doc,
We had the same fears just before starting from St Jean on April 20th. Just walked into Najera this afternoon. Nothing but bliss. Don't trust everything you read, and don't let yourself be scared off. We saw less than 30 pilgrims in 20km. It ain't bad out here.
Thanks for this topic and please don't think of this as the ramblings of a "Camino-snob." If you are a flatlander, these are hills. If you are from anyplace in the world with mountains, these are just a series of very brief, very easy, very manageable, mini-day hikes. Our first camino (in our...
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