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I walked along the VF last spring, May 16-June 9.
It's a beautiful route, and a completely different experience from France or Spain. I haven't been able to put my thoughts in coherent order, even after 8 months, so this is just going to be a...
Ha, you sound like me! I did the CF same time but instead of May, I plan to do my 2nd in July. And like you, I will have 4 weeks. After much thought, I thin I am going to do the same as what DaveSy above suggested so I can fully do the camino...
I've been asking myself what's next also, and the answer changes daily:
- I really want to experience that camaraderie I felt on the CF; I'm going to walk the Caminho Português
- Or maybe the Primitivo, but I'll have to train for those hills...
Ruta De Lana is 27-28 days depending on where you start and stop. After reading pilgrims accounts from Peregrina2000 and others it where I’m heading.
I did the Madrid last fall and the Lana sounds similar: less crowded route with great scenery...
Having read some very poignant posts on the topic, my suggestion is this:
Before you walk a second Camino, be sure you understand what suited you about the first, and what you are looking for from a second.
Looking for a second "Camino family"...
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...
A day off hike in East Sooke along the Coastal Trail on Vancouver Island. Intermittent rain, beautiful Arbutus trees, a seal petroglyph and a little rock nest beside the path.
Some more pictures from Ostend. 17k walk to Middelkerke and back.
Walked past Raversijde with the impressive bunkers of WWII, part of the Atlantikwall.
Then also time for my favourite dish of shrimpcroquettes.
Artwork in the evening, called "...
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