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After the first week on the Frances, I developed a terrible set of blisters (NEVER get a pedicure before you go). I am recovered enough to walk 25K without problem. But, there are NO hills here. I want to use a luggage service for a stage or...
Was on a hike on easter sunday in the Dün, a small hillrange in Thuringia near Bad Heiligenstadt.
What a nice surprise to find several mojones in the forest (parts of Via Regia and Loccum-Volkenroda and the soon to be established Eichsfeld...
I am a physician who has worked many years in the tropics. Permethrin is a safe and effective preventive measure for bedbugs (and other insects). I am on the Camino right now and my sleeping bag liner is impregnated with permethrin.
Motivations can change. I started considering the Camino Frances about 3 years ago when all I wanted to do was get away from things. Over the intervening time, I have become much more drawn TO the Camino than rather than
needing to get away...
I don't know if you've had a 'squee' moment. It's what I call that magical time when you realise that your plans are getting very close to fruition. I live in Burma (aka Myanmar), and life has not been pleasant here for the past 3 years, since...
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