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None of the responses here mention the choice of trains over planes in light of their relative environmental impacts. Since getting to Europe from North America necessitates air travel, once in Europe, with its myriad of train options, we always look to trains to lessen our environmental/travel...
Also the information from the Jacobean Association of Almeria’s newsletter was terrific. The only thing missing on the trail were pilgrims - we only met 2 others in our 8 days.
Almost live from the Camino… we are in Córdoba after walking from Granada. We fully expected to do a lot more navigating on this trail. But when we started off it was apparent that the yellow arrows were in good supply. That is until the Alcala La Real to Alcaudete stretch, about a third of the...
Adrian you rock! You spurred us on to phoning the Montserrat instead of believing the booking site, and were able to get a room. Getting reminded of lessons learned on previous caminos!
Hi Adrian, glad to hear there's some sunshine and beer in all this too! We have booked the Casa Higueral as well 4 nights hence, so it was nice to hear your + report. We couldn’t find a place in Pinos Puente so will do a bit of backtracking/bussing and stay in Atarfe for our first night walking...
Ok thanks very much, Adrian, we do have that info, and Gronze, so it should be fine. We delayed our start until after SSanta to minimize potential issues, glad to hear you’ve managed well so far. As for our walking speed it’s been a pretty leisurely 2 week lead-up to when we actually start so...
Hi, thanks for the update, we start from Granada in 4 days. Could you provide a contact for the Jacobean association you mention? that’s assuming it’s not the one based in Almeria. I contacted them and they basically said they would only be involved up to Granada, not past. So glad to hear your...
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