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I think you are referring to forum member @Sara_Dhooma's video about her horrible experience on the Camino Salvador, outside Mieres. The silver lining to Sara's story is that she was able to testify and participate in the process that wound up...
Fly to Madrid, train to Pamplona and start walking from there. That simplifies the travel.
Start points are totally arbitrary.
Best wishes to you and your family. Your husband will most certainly not be the only one walking with ‘history’.
I think it's also useful to know that you can leave by the bus from the airport if you're going to a place that bus goes. In 2021 we took the bus (made tickets beforehand) to Leon and began our Salvador. It's also on the Frances route and would...
Hello everyone.
My husband has been talking about walking this trail for over 35 years —- since he was 20 years old.
But, life’s problems alway seem to get in the way, don’t they?
He’s been amazing through it all —-dirt poor newlyweds, raising...
It's been quite a while since we stayed in El Burgo Ranero (2014) but at that time there were I think 4 albergues in the town. We ambled in about 1530 (3:30 PM) and they were all full. We got a room above one of the bars, and it's one of the...
err...my Compostela is significantly larger than my credencial. Any of them. Do they issue a wallet size now? My credenciales (mostly) do sit inside their tubes, as that is safe storage for them. The exception being the first one, which is...
I knew when I started this thread that it would be controversial. And reading through the comments, it certainly has been.
I have not raised this and I am reluctant to start a new thread, but there is clear evidence that Spanish authorities in...
There were two that meant a lot to me. The Ignaziano, from Loyola to Manresa, was a much more difficult camino than the Frances. It was not our first and we knew what to expect and how to deal with the challenges. When we finally arrived in...
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