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We arrived in Lisbon yesterday, 48 hrs (by choice via Singapore, Milan and Madrid) after leaving home from regional South Australia. Train to Porto tomorrow hitting the pilgram path on Saturday to commence our 3rd Camino concluding at the...
Starting a journey for me starts with the planning. This year everything aligned so here I am about to leave Canada to begin my 2nd Camino - the Portuguese Coastal. With three weeks to get my mind and spirit in camino journey mode - this forum...
There is a bus that goes along this route pretty closely. The Monbus route leaves from Sarria weekdays in the afternoons and stops along most of the major stage towns on the Camino.
https://www.monbus.es/
I have attached a pdf of the schedule so...
We have been travelling from Australia via Dubai and have been caught in the kaos in Dubai airport for over 3 days. Sleeping on the floor of the airport and finally Emerites put us up in accomodation. Just arrived in Madrid 6 days late but now...
I enjoy a nice ‘cuppa tea’ with milk too but I’ve found it often difficult to order at a bar in Spain; HOWEVER…. whilst walking with friends last year …. One of them was familiar with what was available and had no problem at all asking and...
You haven't provided much information and that makes it very difficult to figure out what your problems might be.
A WhatsApp call may go unanswered for many reasons including you calling at a time when the person receiving your call is asleep...
This is speculative but the driver himself may have reported you to the Guardia Civil (GC) considering your condition when he picked you up. He may have thought something worse happened to you and was concerned.
In our recent Camino on the CF, we...
I was sexually assaulted at a fysio office while walking the camino portugués 1.5 years ago. I am continuing my legal case in hopes that this person doesn’t do it again. The trial is in Feb.
I learned a few months ago another peregrina fell...
I don’t plan to engage in the discussion about the replies in this thread although I largely share the opinion of some posters and made it clear by adding emojis. I was surprised to see the photos in this local news article. I then discovered...
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