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I am helping a friend plan for his first Camino and we are trying to order his train ticket for Bayonne to St Jean on the Renfe site. We are having troubles, Bayonne comes up but St Jean does not. What are we doing wrong???? Thanks in advance for the help! :)
Hi all, I'm hiking from Burgos to Ponferrada. This is the last section of Camino I need to complete. If anyone is interested in reading about my experiences they can follow me at www.scottstravels.blog. So far it has been a challenge, but great! Thanks and buen Camino!
I lost 10 lbs last year, walking from SJPP to Burgos. I walked the first 10 days in 90+ degrees Fahrenheit heat. It was brutal. I'm actually surprised I didn't lose more:)
I hate getting up super early, I'm just not a morning person. On my first Camino I walked from Ponferrada to Santiago and after Sarria I had several days where I walked into a town in mid to late afternoon, exhausted and had to continue walking around from alburgue to alburgue to pension, just...
Just a heads up for those traveling to Spain in the near future.
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/3.0.15/news/on-euro-weekly-news/spain-news-in-english/145531-first-two-days-of-strike-action-suspended-at-spain%E2%80%99s-airports-to-allow-space-for-talks
I know I sometimes snore, especially when I am tired, which is probably every night on the Camino. For my second Camino I started trying to book private rooms in Pensions and hostels, and to avoid the "Bed Race" I would book many of these options months ahead of time. It is more expensive, but...
One of my friends that was planning on doing the Camino sent this to me last year and was thinking of changing his mind and not going. All I could do is laugh, and feel sorry for the author, that poor person has probably never been happy about anything in their life. ;)
You might want to look into going with one of the many tour groups that organize groups trips. They have the contacts and experience. It would be quite a bit for one person to try and organize by themselves. Just my two cents:)
Ponferrada to Santiago - I walked for 14 days, with a day off in Sarria. That is about 12 miles a day. I was gone for 20 days. I took a couple of days off in Santiago and had to allow for transport to and from Madrid.
Last year I walked SJPP to Burgos and it took me 16 days. This is about...
I did Ponferrada to Santiago in 2015 (you can add another 4 days and reach Finisterre), then SJPP to Burgos in 2016 and doing Burgos to Ponferrada this fall.
The challenges are part of the journey on the Camino.
My first time on the Camino, I realized very early (on my first day) that the Camino isn't a leisurely stroll down a nicely paved and flat sidewalk:) It's not easy and the best advice I can give someone, is to listen to your body and don't...
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