In the environment of the Camino, it could be thought that neither, would be applicable.
Alternately, when lans are made, there is always a chance where Mr. Murphy may get his chance…😎
Walked the Camino to Santiago over 12 times now, never once did I go into the Cathedral.
I was impressed by it's understated magnificent facade never felt a need to go in. I am not unreligious just never felt the need.
Let us go back a few hundred years. The Pilgrim of the Day would set out with very little, I imagine they were priests, for the most part so they may have begun with nothing. In that day, numbers were few and they had to survive on the blessings...
Centro Commercial As Cancelas is the big Mall in SdC. It can be easily found on any map app you choose. But it is up the hill from el Centro (downtown SdC). There are more than 100 shops there and includes a big grocery store.
The thought only occurred to me tonight as I lay in my bed in Santiago. After fruitlessly trying to find food with no luck I am faced with waiting till ten A.M. tomorrow in Madrid. I wonder how other insulin dependent diabetics fare here? Using...
No rocket science but to simply choose the correct layers and wear them in the correct order. I understand that wearing a jacket under a poncho is essential to try to keep the cold out but if that jacket was replaced with a puffy down jacket or...
An advantage of learning a few words of Spanish...ask locals, "Donde esta la lavadora?" Where is the laundry? If there is one thing we as a Society must re-learn is how to build community and to start that we must re-learn how to communicate. The...
Hotel Capital de Galicia - 20 min walk from the Cathedral. It shows 111 euro right now but as many have said, check with the hotel itself. It is the only place I have ever used once I have reached SdC. The big Mall is just up the hill.
I thought the second part of your post was spot-on. "evaluate ... adjust" BUT with the proviso of starting cautiously for a few days and then increasing effort until you reach your limit, if you want to.
That is hard to achieve if day 1 is to...
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