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    Camino Ignaciano

    Wow, I never expected to be back posting on this forum but you got me here. I am pretty sure that most pilgrims walking the Camino Ignaciano are well aware the Ignatius was on his pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His destination in Spain was to Navarrete to collect a debt, then to Monserrat to visit...
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    Compostela Craziness!

    I read his post six times. How much listening do I have to do before I get to ask a question?
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    Compostela Craziness!

    Have I mistakenly assumed that a forum was a place for discussion?
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    Compostela Craziness!

    You lost me here. There is time to chat up pilgrims and answer questions but not enough time to ask "Can I see your credencial" and see if their name is legibly written? I'm pretty sure if you started with the third person in the queue, you could keep ahead of the pack and still have time...
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    I'm taking a rest day in Oviedo today.

    I am starting to think that the difficulty of the walks is 90% in one's mind. I had heard about how difficult the alpine walk from Irun to San Sebastian was as well as the Hospitales route. I really focused on making sure I was mentally ready for those stages and when they came, I thought they...
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    Stones at Cruz de Ferro and Crosses on Fences

    Hi Paula, Leaving a small stone on cairns on mountain passes is an ancient tradition but leaving them specifically at the site of the Cruz de Ferro, in the amount that is left there....? that's most likely a more modern tradition. One day, when you have walked your first Camino past this site...
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    ABC_GPS Watches

    Hi Bette, Welcome to the forum. Maps.me is a GPS system that uses your phone as its hardware. It works on an iPhone or an Android phone. The maps and trail markers are saved on your phone so that you will not have to download anything else via data or roaming data. Even in Airplane mode...
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    Advice for the Camino Primitivo

    It was indeed a listing of all places on the Camino route, as listed by Gronze back in March. I'm not sure what @alaskadiver thought I missed on the list but it doesn't matter much. I actually stayed in one of the listed pensions in Fonsagrada - two nights because of a lack of beds in Castro. I...
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    Botafumeiro burner

    Hi Steve, I just found out a few weeks ago that the botafumeiro swings at the beginning of some masses, rather than near the end as I had always seen it. I guess there may be times, therefore, when they signal that is okay to film it but all the times I have seen it, they haven't. I'll take...
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    Botafumeiro burner

    First, I am very happy for you that you got to see the use of the Botafumeiro. Sincerely happy. I am curious though... what gave you the impression that "they were happy enough to allow" photos or videos during the use of the Botafumeiro, which I believe is what you are saying? They do...
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    Advice for the Camino Primitivo

    Here is what I used as a guide for a 12 day Primitivo Camino in May. Hopefully, it is self-explanatory.
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    Will the camino excitement die?

    That may possibly be true at some point in the future but certainly not in my lifetime or, more precisely, "... in the lifetime of my legs." I plan on walking at least one pilgrimage every year, although they won't all end in Santiago. My walks are "pilgrimages" though and they all have some...
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    Compostela Craziness!

    You may not understand why I get tired from the rants against leaving stones at the Cruz de Ferro or wearing the pilgrim shell during the Camino but at least we can commiserate in a shared misery!
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    I'm taking a rest day in Oviedo today.

    Earlier this year in April / May, my wife and I walked the same trail that you have from Irun. I wouldn't say that the portion after Oviedo was more difficult than before but the day with the Hospitales section will be the biggest challenge before you. We are 60-ish and we don't exactly train...
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    Blogs on the Italian part of the Via Francigena

    Ahhhh.... no wonder I couldn't find it. The iPad issue AND the wrong Via Francigena page. https://www.facebook.com/AssociazioneEuropeadelleVieFrancigene/?fref=ts FYI, I just did a search and there are a LOT of VF Facebook groups.
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