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The SNCF connect app is very useful to have for options of train travel in france. You can search for some options with start and end points. I am travelling in July straight from CDG to Bordeaux.
I agree. Zaragoza is amazing. I spent a week there last october after the camino olvidado and it was during fiesta del pilar. Fantastic celebrations. Also wonderful mudejar architecture.
I have just walked the Olvidado with friend Janet and to get the certificate in Villafranca it is at the tourist bureau ..but note ....the bureau is currently open10 to 12 in the morning only. That was on October 3 and we arrived after midday.
I agree GPS essential..on our smartphones. We used...
I am interested in this thread. I have an analogue phone and two years ago walk part of the via romea germanica in Italy and I had downloaded maps.me plus the maps they provided on their website. I must admit I really have no idea what i was doing but it seemed to work. I certainly noted when...
I had to reply as the date registered in my mind. First camino 10 May 2005 ..2nd day of walking from Roncesvalle to Zubiri..we had breakfast at Burgete first taste of tortilla. I don't have digital photos. However we looked very happy in all photos.
This is so great this thread and all the comments are thought provoking and i am agreeing with alot of the comments ! Luckily I have 10 days for Spain in September and hopefully a short camino. I do love Spain so much..if I am not walking I can always train or bus. Meanwhile i can walk locally.
We stayed on the Norte and used alburges almost all the time on that section. But is was 10 years ago and there was good amount of accomodation. It has smaller towns.
In March this year I walked 2 short days on the Nakasendo way. My resources were from a friend plus looking at various guided site itineraries. I haad spent a week mainly in Kyoto but I had a couple of days to fill in before heading to Tokyo. I caught a train to Nagoya and then to nakatsugawa...
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