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On m first camino 1991, my anckles were so swollen I could not put my shoes back...I stood under the only tree in Atapuerca, surrounded by locals. I was invited to stay in someone 's home who offered to take me to the Red Cross..When I got to the Red Cross, the doctor told me that since I had no...
For me unfortunately was a great test..the ultimate...I failed to follow warning signs from dreams etc...i did fall very much in love with a Belgian pilgrim I met upon my arrival to jato's place, just before climbing Cebreiro in 1995...we began a romance...I visited Belgium in Christmas of 95...
stolen goods are usual in the camino..On my second camino I got my back pack stolen in Burgos ( just like it happened in the Movie the Way) then I got my watch stolen a town before La Rioja, (while I took a shower in the shelter and the watch was not even two feet away from where I was...the...
Re: A new pilgirm in need of advice
My feeling is that a good idea for the first time is to follow the camino Frances... language should not be a barrier. The first Camino is always haunted by all these questions and hesitations, but do not worry. Once you have done the classic Camino Frances...
This is an interesting topic...for me it worked in the opposite way...One day I was feeling so sick in the Camino..my back pack had been stolen and found, then I developed tendonitis and huge blisters almost two inches in width and I woke up in the middle of the night in Rabanal del Camino...
I landed in Paris for the three Caminos I walked
..is simple and part of the Camino as Paris has shrines for the Camino, including the tower of Santiago in rue St Dennis...a TGV ( train at great speed) would take you to st pied the port in 5 hours or less...June is a great month to do el...
Do not just begin in Pamplona. you will miss a great beginning...plus Pamplona is always a huge distraction that sets the tone...there is no immediate plunge into the Camino if you begin by Pamplona, but rather a delay illusion of the Camino for a few more days...also the climb from st Jean...
How I always felt about that is perhaps a bit too subjective and even considered as "superstitious" by some...but somehow that is my feeling I would say after some 43 years linked to the Camino one way or the other..I have done it in three occasions...the first time i was not even planning to...
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