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Waywalker, if you do decide to do this trail please post back and let us know how safe you felt. I am considering the same trip, single, female, middle, non wresler type.
I walked the Camino Frances on my own last fall and loved it. I was scared as a single woman, older, walking alone. But that trail is well travelled and you are never on your own long. It was my intent to do the Portuguese trail, likely again on my own. I was told it is less travelled and so you...
What a great group of folks are on this site. Great encouragement, advice and most importantly NO JUDGEMENT whether you choose to stay or go home to pursue another "life Camino". Nice to know if I hit a wall and need a pick me up I can come here. The world should go on a Camino.
too funny. Yes I looked in the Catholic catalogue for self-inflicting pain tools. Flagellants and scourges were all sold out but there was a special on caminos. They also had a buy two get third free...
Ivar sends out an email each week on the most popular threads for the week. Been a while since I logged on. The top thread was "dreadful walk, awful people". The first words that leapt to mind was oh sh..t and other more choice words followed. I have yet to do my camino - doing it in the fall...
Thank you Nonami for creating this "meet and greet". Not likely I will catch up to folks who go before me but likely will meet some who follow. Buen Camino to everyone. Mary K
Thanks Peter. This is my first. Have been dreaming and thinking about it for years but taking the time away from work for a long period was challenging. Making the time now. I am excited and apprehensive. Going solo. Folks in this forum have been great answering questions on how to get to St...
Hello, My name is Mary K and I will be starting from St. Jean on Sept 11/16. Please add me to the list. It would be great to meet up with fellow pilgrims.
Hello GML,
I am looking at the Air transat flight to Paris from Toronto that gets in at 11 am too. How long did it take to clear customs in order to get a train ticket? I am going in September 2016 but you can't seem to book train tickets more than 3 months in advance. Is that what you found...
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