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I didn't know where this was going to go when i started this post but i feel better now 🤣
I don't know if this is appropriate in the context of your post!
For me the Camino or the thought and desire to walk the Camino; became a catalyst that...
I have been incredibly inspired by so many stories of loss, pain, diagnosis, or other stories that tug at my heart strings, but one pilgrim, since lost in the threads here, was an 83 year old man who had walked the Camino many times, but his last...
The Wise Pilgrim app has a legend that explains the different symbols. Tap the menu button in the upper left and navigate to ABOUT / LEGEND. Here's part of it:
When are you wanting to go? There is much more solitude in the off season (December to March) on the Camino Frances. Or chose a quieter route such as the Via de la Plata, Camino Invierno, or the Mozarabe?
La Voz de Galicia has reported the death of a 65 year old pilgrim from the United States this afternoon near Castromaior. The likely cause appears to be a heart attack. The pilgrim was walking the Camino with his wife...
Clearly, we didn't have to, but we enjoyed it anyway.
It is a pleasure when you get to your mid-70s to do it from time to time in the interests of seeing what is on the other side
The top marker is from a GR route, one of the long distance trails throughout countries in Europe. Some are transnational, and a few share the same route as various caminos. But they don't always. So in this instance, the GR route does not follow...
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