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If economy is an issue, set and book your arrival and return dates, and in between those, take it as it comes.
Life is so full of dates and obligations. Walk the Camino and be free, for once. It may be a revelation.
When you are spending over $1000 to travel from N America to Europe, it's a good idea to have at least a loose plan so that you allow yourself enough days to accomplish what you want to accomplish.
Spanish tiendas and supermercados DO have plastic bags. I believe they charge €0.05 per bag.
To avoid this, and to use as a "possibles" bag, I have used a near-identical item for the past decade...
My name is Henrik and I will be coming down to SJPdP from Sweden on March 26 and start walking on March 27.
I don't really have any experience and I'm not the best at planning and I'm a little bit worried about finding my way so I'm a little...
I walked the CF last year in May 2023. I took two long-sleeve, Icebreaker merino wool tops and one short-sleeve Smartwool. All were 150 in weight. I would wear the short-sleeve one underneath for added warmth. I never took the long sleeves off...
OMG! alexwalker, I usually mostly agree with your posts, but man o man. Not this one. Growing up in the USA I did not have a multi-lingual experience in childhood. My schools did not offer a single language class until HIGH SCHOOL, at which time...
For the life of me, I don't know why you have to be so judgmental.
I grew up in somthing of a bilingual house where I spoke mostly Spanish until I started going to school. I do know the basics. But it isn't a "small effort" to learn enough of a...
I've started 2 Caminos in the afternoon - St Jean to Orisson (came in from Lourdes) and Astorga to Murias de Rechivaldo (!!!) (came in from Madrid). I enjoyed those little stages to help me prepare for the longer days ahead.
I have to agree with the toilet paper, especially after Sarria, but I also dislike it when you read about all the false information from pilgrims on forums like this on wild camping and how they always say that it's illegal in Spain when it's not...
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