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Not exactly the answer you're looking for, but once I finished my camino a few days early. I took the bus from SdC to Salamanca and spent 3 days exploring this beautiful, historic university city before catching the train on to Madrid & home. Also in the past when I had time to kill in Madrid...
I met this fellow in my bathroom at La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo...mildly poisonous Montpelier - I grabbed my lance (hiking pole) to joust him out into the hallway, then out the door into the night. I must have looked Cervantes-esque battling monsters in my underwear!
Funny thread - thanks all! I walked the full CF a few years back at 75 - then went back for a 2nd dose the next year. Now I'm planning the Ruta Portuguese, but that will have to wait until I'm a little bit older. BTW those are Rx sunglasses I'm wearing so I can see all those 'certain age' girls!
I would say 1 day in Pamplona, 1 in SJ, if you need a rest after the trip down the mountains, take another rest day in Pamplona then. If you're doing fine, I'd save the day for a little extra time in either Burgos or Leon, or any other city you'd like to explore. Buen Camino
Funny - At this moment I'm reading this thread in a top bunk in a hostel in Grand Lake, Colorado. I chose it because I can get a glimpse out the window and I'm happy. Im also 77. On my Caminos, I just took what was available, prefer tops .
Buen Camino! I'm envious, wishing I could get away for my camino #3 this year... I should have studied harder in school & become someone with a better paying job.
Hello Gerhard,
It seems all of your questions have been fully answered.... I walked the Frances from St Jean in 2015 at age 75, then returned last year to walk again, although only from León, to accompany a good friend. I am considering another pilgrimage next fall - yes I'll be 77 then - so...
I love my Exos - 2 caminos, plus lots of local hikes over the past 3 years - It has a few stains, but no real signs of fatigue. More room in it that I needed on the Camino, but nice to be able to buy some gifts, and some 'civilian clothes' at the end and still get everything in for the flight home.
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