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The bus to Sarria leaves once daily (7 days per week) and tickets for June 11 will likely be available for purchase in mid to late May.
I have attached the bus schedule. There are also connections if you take a bus to Lugo and then transfer to another bus to Sarria if the direct connect bus...
You can try to call them during their open hours. They usually transfer you to someone who speaks English who can walk you through. They sent me a separate pay link (last year) so is that what you are also getting ?
My credit card was hacked in 2022 in Spain. I have learned since that I can freeze or turn the card "on and off" online before and after I use it. It does happen unfortunately and as a result it is always good to have a backup card of some kind. At the time my card was hacked, someone in Paris...
I may be incorrect (and I am sure someone will correct me) but in order to get an eSim with a Spanish phone number you have to physically visit a phone vendor and show your passport. If you don't need a Spanish number and just want data, you can buy an eSim at home and then activate it when you...
I have had both a rain coat and an Altus Poncho. As long as it isn't raining a lot, the jacket with pack cover is OK. Last winter though it rained on me almost every day for a long portion of the day. I was glad to have my Altus Poncho with a synthetic puffer jacket underneath. I won't go back...
My experience is that there were more fruit and vegetable stores than regular supermarkets.
For vegetarian protein there are jars of beans, hummus, and even peanut butter (look in the child snack section) in the supermarkets.
I agree that the pilgrim menu can get quite tiresome.
Thanks for this. It sounds a lot like our first Camino, but interestingly enough we've been back 8 times now. Somehow the sprained ankle, the bilateral blisters, the searing heat, the food poisoning didn't put us off and we returned home with the sense of peace and belief in good people. The...
The bakers Susanna and Chuchi in Grañón gave us a huge paper flour sack ( the kind they buy bulk flour in, and told us to always store the bread in it. The same at Arrés, the baker at Puente la Reina de Jaca told us to store the bread in the paper flour sack and offered us one for the albergue...
I have given another pilgrim money for a bed and supper more than once. I did it knowing I might never see the money again. When I give like that, I understand that once the money leaves my hands, I have no controll on what the other person does with it.
One pilgrim got to Orrison thinking he...
I agree and disagree. I wouldnt expect someone to bring me a lost item, but I think it does happen that people are reunited with lost things from time to time due to the kindness of strangers (even in everyday life). I think people post queries here to get the collective mind and wisdom on how...
Do you need to end in Santiago? If you don't, just start somewhere easy to get to from Barcelona and start walking. Travel will eat into the pilgrimage if you travel to Madrid and back and you will want to be somewhere easily accessible to Madrid of you plan to go to a concert. That's more...
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