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Walk what you can at a pace which suits you best. You may not be able to reach Santiago this time, but there is often another year to finish it-- this is very common practice among Europeans. Or, as others have sugggested, start closer to...
Personally I'd try to walk what i could, even if I didn't reach the destination in one go.
Does your route/budget allow you to split stages? I'm not familiar with the route you're walking -is there an easier camino you could do instead?
Other...
Don't be too hard on yourself! Have you already booked accomodation? If not, there are enough options to do shorter stages from Porto. You could book the first few nights closer together and then just walk what you can each day and see how it...
...I am on day eight of walking the Francés at the moment. It is quite busy. A lot of talk about beds (and the need to book ahead).
I don't book.
Today I tried really hard not to get a bed. I really tried.
Got up late. Took my time to pack...
In October I met a family on the Camino Frances with a very friendly medium size dog on a leash. Too friendly, it wanted to and did jump up on all passing pilgrims' legs. Dirty paws. In 10 Caminos I have only seen about half a dozen pilgrims...
A friend advised me to get a debit/credit card that does not charge, or absorbs ATM fees (in my case, Charles Schwab). Using that card in Europe, and refusing the "do you want to exchange for local currency" query, I have NO fees for any of my...
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