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With all my complaining above I'm sorry to state that the much spoken of 1% is a myth.
In addition re:many many many wealthy people... I always maintained that no matter were one stands in the wealth configuration- chances are pretty darn good...
The OP is not walking (or cycling) on a Camino de Santiago in Spain but on the GR 65 from Le Puy. Doesn't this make a difference, isn't the infrastructure somewhat different?
Asking for a friend who has not walked it yet but is considering it...
There never was a policy-- the Camino only has one policy, that for the last 100km before Santiago, you must collect two stamps a day if you want a Compostela.
Market pressure is clearly creating more accommodation spaces for dogs and dogowners...
Each albergue has its own policy. Most of them say no because a dog, or any non human animal, in a dormitory is clearly unacceptable. Some places may allow a dog to sleep in the yard or garden. The only exception is certified service dogs: they...
The stone pillars were already there in 2009 when I passed by. I seem to recall a place in the countryside, on the trail not far from the pillar in @fb1 photo. It was a memorial or milenium project honouring the three peoples who dwelt together...
Fantastic sleuthing all, and what a great initiative by the authorities to evoke the convivencia that existed in that part of Spain during the Middle Ages.
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I never learned to read Hebrew but it does look like cursive Hebrew script. And a number of towns and villages like Hervas along the Via de la Plata had significant Jewish communities. So perhaps it is Hebrew or Ladino...
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