Yes I did not have one. It is as basic as determining what to put in your pack. The question you need to ask is will you need one once your off the Camino. As the world outside has changed to resources required to have one for travel. If your...
Greetings! I am planning to walk the Camino Frances next month and am thinking of doing it with only a flip phone and the Brierly book. I think that walking without a newsfeed, social media, WhatsApp messages, etc., would make the pilgrimage more...
I walked at 54 (2014) on my first Camino, my wife could not get off work. I was never alone, as you will meet others. Next spring my wife & I will return to do the Francis from St John Pied De Port. We live in Missoula. Madrid is a busy city but...
I have always walked the Camino with my wife. She has small feet, mine are very large. I pair our boots with laces tied together and placed on different shelves.
It would be a very unfortunate pilgrim who tried walking with a size 4 left and...
When we are visitors in a foreign country, we are all bound by the same laws as nationals of that country. There is no exemption for pilgrims.
The sole possible exception might be a person, carrying a diplomatic passport who is officially...
This is such a sad message. I can only pray that the no respect visitors will become bored with walking, or find the error of their ways. Living in a fire prone place the effect of having to stay indoors to avoid the smoke is not fun. Not to...
All are true. As @Pafayac said, bed bugs are transported by pilgrims. Regardless of how well hospitaleros cleaned and checked for bed bugs in the morning a pilgrim can bring them in the afternoon.
All of the above. Any place that hosts human...
Bed bugs can be living anywhere, but I have walked many caminos since 2008, every year. I have never seen a bed bug. I always check mattresses, liners, blankets, etc. Never seen a trace of them. But I have seen many "pilgrim" brutes, who I would...
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