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After undertaking a monumental adventure, there is such a reward in sharing with friends and fellow pilgrims in Santiago. Jumping ahead a day, means you arrive in Santiago on your own with no one to share the memories and experiences with...
I did the “100 km in 24 hours”, and i’m kind of glad that I’m not the only one, apparently. I did it for a mundane reason, but it turns out i did because I needed to lean an essential Camino lesson. But it took a while for the shoe to drop.
I...
Yes, I have fallen for it! What an idiot. I am always telling people to be careful when purchasing on-line. I am planning a shortish camino (Roncesvalles to Logroño) in September of this year.
I often use Booking. Com for searching out...
But that leaves you with less than 22 k per day which is maybe less stressful than you think as you might develop hikers legs along the way. But that was not your question, I know :)
I personally would never cut any part from the middle as it...
My least loved sections? Probably Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Burgos, and Leon to Astorga..
And as for those stages west of Sarria? Not my favorites by any means -- I'm a Meseta man! -- but if ya ain't walked Sarria to SdeC at least once, ya...
Shells - I greatly enjoyed your post!
I fell asleep instantly at night and slept dreamlessly. As did I !!!!!
Neither did I think about troubles at home, at all. I hurt sometimes. I was tired,
I was hot, cold and wet and sometimes miserable...
watching YouTube videos of the Via Podiensis, I noticed how the weather was often dicy, cold, and rainy in early Summer, which seemed odd, since I'd assume the South of France would be quite balmy by then.
I asked ChatGPT to summarize the...
like many said above, the trick is to let go of expectations.
The Camino has a mind of its own, and it won't just 'give' you what you want (or expect).
But that's precisely the beauty of it.
Let things happen, and that will make many things...
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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