I absolutely loved the Fisherman's Trail, but I echo the words of those who have said that walking in deep sand was difficult. Walking in it for three days straight had me wondering what I had gotten myself into. Poles were suggested, but after...
Echoing what others have said; the stages are, indeed, fairly fixed, so there's not so much wiggle room in sticking to 16km or less. But @jungleboy 's outline above follows the stages that I did (in Spring 2023) and it's a great suggestion. These...
Here I am in Figueres, on the Camino de Girona, after finally deciding on this year’s Camino after lots of issues with plans falling apart for other Caminos. I’ll be continuing on in Montserrat on the Zaragoza variant of the Camino, saving the...
Oh, what DIDN'T I lose on that first Camino?
My guidebook, a pair of shorts, a tshirt, a pair of socks, a pair of underwear (basically, an entire outfit, and I was only carrying two!!) my earbuds...
I've lost other things on other Camino's but...
On the Camino in 2014, getting my mind off of a very stressful work environment was a top priority. I stopped to take a break somewhere after Orisson. A couple hours later I made another stop, this time for lunch, and panicked for a moment when...
Phil and I pulled the trigger on our trips to Italy and Spain today. Will do some sightseeing and then walk Lucca to Siena as a sampler in mid February.
Then to Spain to volunteer at albergues and walk Caminos.
Do not forget to stop periodically to look behind you wherever you walk. Those personal pleasures of seeing how far you have come will stay in your memory forever!
I'd never even heard of the Camino until late last year. Oh, I knew that people went on pilgrimage, but to me that meant Lorde's, Mecca, or Fatima... . I'm still adjusting to a new stage in my life, and out of sheer boredom I turned to YouTube...
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