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When you start your Camino at your front door. The two pilgrims I met more than once on the Camino de Madrid were Madrileños, walking from their homes. I cheated a bit on my front-door Camino. Living in Canada, it would be a challenge. But I used...
I am not religious but the Camino is a pilgrimage. I try to respect the pilgrimage by getting a stamp at the cathedral or church where I start the Camino, at the end and at any open church along the way. Parish priests always seem delighted to...
Hopefully this is allowed, but I intend to approach my local basilica or maybe the City Council, and ask them for a stamp, ie my camino starts from my home town which is Invercargill, New Zealand (which is 19,100km away as the bird flies).
Anywhere and anytime. I am a unapologetic stamp addict and can easily amass a dozen in a day. My favorite is going to a post office, buying a stamp, pasting it in my credential, and getting the local postmark with the date. This one is from...
I've walked 35k a couple of times and I had a "walker's low" cuz I was dragging.😅
Now, quite a few years later I drag after only about 25k and I prefer to break up stages when possible to 20k.🙄
During my volunteer days at the Pilgrims Office, I stayed at the Hospederia San Martin Pinario. I did not mind paying from my own pocket (26 Euros for single room which includes breakfast buffet worth 9 Euros) because the place is about 5-minute...
After doing the Camino Portugués Central (loved it), then Sarria to SdC (hmmm), I’ve very excited to start the Invierno today as my final Camino of this trip before heading home.
Anything the Invierno lovers (and anyone else, of course) would...
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