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I don't drink alcohol as strange behaviour for someone from Finland that might be (one is too many and... you get the idea). This did not cause any kind of problems during the 2 caminos I have been in. Last time though there was this odd dinner where a couple of over -aged teenagers(old ladies...
For once you can enjoy the real winter all the way in Santiago ;). It has also been snowing more than in years in Finland this winter. Lately the winters have been warmer but now there's lots and lots of that white stuff everywhere...Seems pretty though those streets in Santiago covered with...
I gather there's a lot of people who walk only a part of the route at a time and they have a right to stay at the albergue as much as anyone else. There's always a possibility that the albergue is full; it's happened to me sometimes but in most cases it has been quite easy to find somewhere else...
Oh, I see :D . I think that all kinds of restrictions of -who is a real pilgrim and who is not- should be kept to minimun and are against the spirit of the Camino. The diversity of the crowd I meet on the Camino makes it all more exiting! I heard from other Finnish walkers last summer about a...
I think albergues should accept everyone in. I have understood that the idea is to treat everyone equally and that would not be the case if there were some kind of inquiry about persons economical situation. If only "poor" pirlgrims were accepted in there would also not be donations of larger...
For me: the journey. Definitely. My friend wanted to know why the frack I have to go spend my holiday to do a pilgrimage in Spain. I told him that "I like to walk".
I walked my first Camino on 2006 from Astorga. After coming back I started to plan walking again and this time from Saint Jean. My hubby commented from the couch:" OMG, this is getting grazier all the time!" :D . I confess that I must have been acting like I'm obsessed; for months I planned how...
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