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Book swaps aren't common.
Language barrier for one thing.
Possible hygiene reasons for another.
The weight of books also puts people off carrying them.
Bring your kindle
I am currently working as a Hospitalaro in a newly reopened Donativo Albergue in Vergen del Camino, just a short distance from Leon. It was closed for 5 years due to, initially the pandemic. It is sparkly clean and looking for wayward Pilgrims
I started walking the American Discovery Trail back in 2019. My plan was to walk the southern option between Cincinnati, Ohio and Denver, Colorado that fall, and then to fly to Delaware in February 2020 and make the full coast-to-coast walk...
Hello all, I posted a few weeks ago that I was doing the camino as a last minute trip - well my partner of 3 years walked out on me on Sunday and I am a broken mess. I am trying my best to carry on as if things are normal and let myself cry, my...
My issue with top bunks is that I often have to urinate during the night and getting up and down the ladder, in the dark, while trying not to disturb anyone else usually causes me to stumble or slip.
I stayed in a hostel once and someone dragged the mattress to the middle of the floor and I though, hygiene aside - what a disrespectful thing to do! The room was small enough without making it so untidy.
Solution:
In privates, book in...
I started from Pamplona this morning for a quick week walking before starting service as a hospitalera next week back in Pamplona. The trail up to Alto de Perdón has only a few big puddles left after last week’s rain, with good stepping stones to...
I have been looking every day for weeks and weeks to purchase tickets from Santiago to Segovia at the end of my Camino on May 13th and was getting concerned as on both the Renfe and Trainline websites it kept saying "no availability" every day...
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