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Everybody who has walked the Camino Francés knows the albergue in Manjarin. An albergue for six pilgrims, without water and electricity, but full of hospitality.
Tomás Martinez de Paz started this albergue in 1993 in an old, abandoned school in...
First, this was my fourth Camino and was the most consistently beautiful walk I've done. Hilly, varied and so scenic!
My daughter and I walked from Puebla de Sanabria to Santiago Apr. 14 - May 2 and were incredibly lucky to hit a period of...
There are conditions like bronchiectasis which require the lungs to be cleared. It is not infectious and is even more irritating to the sufferers, who do not present as being sick in any other way, than it is to others suffering listening to the...
Yes, it's really bad what you hear about the CF at the moment. I don't have any generally valid suggestions either. In any case, I'm glad that at the age of 77 I've completely pre-booked this year's Camino Astorga - SdC. (Start 20.05.24) It's a...
As a newbie who just returned from walking my first Camino, CP, mostly on Senda Littoral, Coastal and Spiritual Variente, I thought it was so beautiful. I was very lucky, both in weather and number of people walking. There were enough to share...
I love them and wouldn’t walk without MMDD on any route that has one. I do plan and book in advance and I do like to know details like what services are available on and close to the route. The extra weight carried is only the essential pages...
Yes, sections do get rerouted from year to year. Sometimes, the on-the-ground signage doesn't quite catch up (or the old ones dont disappear when the new ones get posted). Usually this reroute is because of some new gite that's just opened up...
I walked the Ruta yesterday. It was one of the most beautiful spaces I have ever been in. The emerald of the moss, ferns and new leaves was almost blinding. A wow at every turn. It had been raining hard, the stream was rushing and quite beautiful...
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