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Good luck on your Camino.
I had thought about starting about 1 week of walking before Saint Jean Pied de Port, as way to get some walking under my belt before tackling the Pyrenees.
Did not do this, instead used the Bouricott Mountain...
We splurged in Logrono and stayed in an AC Marriott, outside the old city, for two nights. I asked the Front Desk for a stamp. They said all they had was a stamp with their name and address on it (I think for mail return address).
They...
Ok, so my mistake walking along the river path out of Lalin towards the A Laxe albergue, was to look at google maps thinking, “I love this river path, look, I could continue it further’. Which of course I could, but by neglecting to check with...
OK, somebody needs to clue in those of us who have not walked this route.
I am looking at Gronze and Google Maps satellite view and it does look like there is a viable alternate route crossing the river near a small pond. (Assuming I found the...
We took the ALSA bus from SdC to Porto in November 2022, mostly because there was no transfer like the train trip required.
You could get off at Porto Airport, or the Porto Bus terminal. Both have metro stops.
Whenever I communicated with alberques or hostels via email or whatsapp, I typed my message in English. Then I used Google translate to generate a copy in Spanish, copied that into my message box and sent both versions.
I found most people...
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