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I am 68 and walked solo Porto to Santiago. I got so much wrong, but so much right too. I had trained - somewhat.
I began 27 March in run up to Easter and walked into terrible weather on Coastal route. Poncho ripped in the 40 kms wind day one...
Absolutely yes. That’s not just my feeling but after my first Camino in 2012 my sister remarked on the difference in me, something profound enough that she embarked on her own Camino. Every time I return to walk I discover (and rediscover) the...
I’m with Verizon (in the US). They want $10 per day to use my phone internationally with limited data. With a 30-40 day Camino, that’s more than I care to spend. I’m planning to use the free WhatsApp to make calls when I have WiFi (Albergues)...
Firstly, I am very happy about people of young age walking the Camino: It can be a lifechanger.
Secondly, you will make new friends: When I was 60, I walked for several days with a Dutch man, 22. We are still friends. Age is only a number.
On my first Camino with my granddaughter, we used to stop each afternoon and have our Cervezas. She would order them each day speaking Spanish. And we must’ve been about halfway through and on this day she told me “Nana, it’s time for you to...
Thanks so much for that. Sounds a lot like my history though my solutions were explosive rather than surgical. Not sonic explosive but actually camera and laser penetration. Luckily anesthesia meant that I attended in body only.
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