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Everyone keeps saying this is great advice or is it just another opinion? Who cares if people are "rushing" through it. It's their Camino and not yours. I'm still on the Le Puy route with SJPP coming up tomorrow and I've walked from 15km-38km a day. I even skateboarded the second half of the Le...
The Le Puy route is hard. I'm on day whatever and it's still hard to find motivation in the morning but somehow I keep going. I'm currently in Limogne.
The day after my first post I met a young German and Dutch couple that have now become dear friends. They ended in their trip in Conques and...
Today I walked from Le Puy to St. Privat d'allier. The hike was rough. It wouldn't have been so bad but I only had a croque monsieur the day before at 13:00 and decided to check out chapelle st. Clair and notre-dame du France with my 22kilo pack. I figured I could just grab a croissant on the...
I'm sitting JFK waiting for my flight to Paris and I'm as sick as a dog. Only one more hour to my flight. I've heard so many negative comments in the past weeks about bombings, riots, missing airplanes, strikes, hatred towards Americans, other xenophobic remarks, flooding, don't do this, don't...
Thank you for the information, wonderful pictures, and most importantly, the reassurance. I'm leaving for Le Puy next week and only have my first night booked. I figured I would use the tourism office to book the next subsequent nights and just wing it after that. I keep second guessing myself...
Technically your Camino starts from your front door, or so I've read. I was planning on getting a ride to the airport and taking a plane over to Paris. From there a train to Le Puy-en-Velay. Will I not be considered a real pilgrim?
I too searched the word, "porch" last night, somehow I missed this thread and almost posted the same thread. Has anyone done this in France, perhaps along the Le Puy route? Do the French regard it differently? Compiling a mental list of things that I should avoid doing because sleeping outside...
Looks like I'll be depending on my Asian brethren for the spicy hookups as well as the patata bravas and chorizo picante. Thank you for the info.
I didn't even think about there being Chinese restaurants along the way. I'm curious as to what they serve. I'd hope it wouldn't be anything like...
I can only hope that it stays only warmish. Around here we call 50 degrees farenheit (10c) t-shirt weather. Anything over 70 and I might melt. No sweater, just a "cotton" jacket. From what I've read maybe I'll probably find some on the way if I really need it. Can I borrow yours?
I know, the secret is out. Oh how did our ancestors ever make the journey without their 80% merino wool/ 20% synthetic clothing?
It's all good. I understand how being caught in the cold overnight can be life threatening but I imagine the infrastructure on the Camino will probably prevent my...
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