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MariaE, I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post. My friend and I, both in our 50s, did this same route in late April/early May. Cold enough in the beginning that there was snow on the ground in O Cebreiro. We did the route in 10 days and definitely slowed down after Sarria to avoid the crowds...
Just for fun my friend & I asked the passport control officer at the Madrid airport to give us our first stamp last month. He was happy to do so & you could tell they rarely (if ever) get asked to do that. His colleague bragged that he was originally from Leon & was tickled to here we were...
Thanks in advance. Flight gets into Madrid (April 20) at 8:45 am and can't figure out how to get to a train or bus to Astorga in time so it looks like we're staying in Madrid overnight. Can anyone recommend a place to stay near Moncloa station or should we try near another station? Can you...
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