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From the publisher:
A moving, funny and fascinating account of a religion scholar's 5-week pilgrimage down the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Is the journey more important than the destination? Are some pilgrimages more "authentic" than others? Can agnostics have as deep a spiritual...
I'm almost halfway across, and had a great experience overall. But for those on their way, here are two albergues to avoid:
-Municipal/Polideportivo (San Cipriano) in Ayegui. Cold, no kitchen, and hospitaleros were mean (and a bit bigoted toward the Koreans I was traveling with). Then they...
Partly depends on where you want to start from. People starting in St Jean usually come from Paris. If you want to start in Roncevalles than Madrid to Pamplona and up is easier. It's actually a little complicated to get from Madrid to St Jean, as it requires trains and a couple buses (at least...
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