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I certainly don't regret spending the extra time and rest days in SJPP, Pamplona, Burgos and Leon. There was so much to see and experience (as well as eat) in those places!
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...
I have lived in Japan for 35 years but had never considered the Shikoku circuit until I started approaching retirement. A few weeks back, I finally took a one-week plunge (by domestic air to Kansai Airport, then to Kobe, and a bus from there)...
I concur with @trecile, don’t go in with any expectations, just let the experience unfold. I know personal anecdotes can be annoying but here’s mine… On my first Camino, it was a year after my dad’s suicide and a few months after being laid off...
Please, leave any expectations of the Camino changing your life at home! Expectations just lead to disappointment.
It's true that there are lots of people who say that it changed their life, but it's not something that you can anticipate, and...
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