Many of us who have had the opportunity to walk the same camino multiple times agree with these lovely, poignant lines by Jose Saramago.
"The end of one journey is simply the start of another. You have to see what you missed the first time, see...
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
Heraclitus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclitus
I walk. I walk around my neighborhood, which is by the beach. 7.5 miles a day. 2000+ miles a year. Yes, I am retired. As I was telling a friend just the other day, when I walk, the world is mine. And, although I walk the same 7.5 miles, through...
I’ve posted similarly previously but I find the general obsession with showering and frequent laundering of clothes intriguing.
Mud tends to come off trousers and boots in the next rain shower. Merino wool takes several days before it starts to...
I'm just going to interject here (as I always do once the Primitivo gets talked about) that if you get 3 weeks, the Salvador/Primitivo combination is a sweet, sweet pair of Caminos that naturally connect. You would start in Leon. Check back here...
If you plan to do social dinners, you will most likely have to stay in albergues, not private places. Money saved, that can be used on cold beers. :cool:
How about walking the Primitivo? Interesting hilly topography (particularly for a Netherlander..), arguably more opportunities for quiet reflection than the Frances, plenty of time for developing a camino family (my Primitivo gave me my most...
I think to do it in one go is always the ideal, but of course as you say not everyone has this luxury. If you are fairly fit then it shouldn't take you more than a month, which is within the realms of most Western European holiday allowances.
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