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My first walking day will be on Tuesday, but because I am now still in the possession of my laptop I thought it would be handy to start this thread already. I landed on Asturias airport on Saturday evening after a short family visit in the Netherlands and since then I have been Camino hopping by...
Spurred on by my excellent experience on the Camino de la Lana last year, my aim this year is to hike this trail, specifically to visit Teruel, Albarracín (off trail but ‘cella vaut le détour!) and Soria. I am trying to cover Spain and am gradually moving eastwards.
There is little information...
Thanks everyone for all your kindness and good wishes on the intro thread I posted a couple of days back! As promised, here's a report from our journey so far...
Day 1: Matosinhos - Vila do Conde
We're here! After landing in Porto from Manchester last night, we hurtled through misty rain...
One day there was this inner knowledge. After the camino just popped up a couple of times in my universe, I knew: I need to go. Tingling in the spine, a slight nervousness. That usually shows me I am on the right track. :)
A dear friend wanted to go and we talked about perhaps walking a bit...
Day 1 - Leon - La Robla
A mentally challenge day, this is going to be tought. If this is a heatwave or the temp continues, I can not make it.
Walking through town and the bells of the cathedral ringing for me got me so emotional. Feel so blessed and thankful for doing another walk. So...
I’m on the Camino Frances since April 4. I just finished the Meseta and it feels unpleasantly busy and has since the beginning. No time time to smell the roses or draw much.
There is a sense from most people that it’s extremely busy and you have to book. I’ve often had to contact several...
Tomorrow I fly to Bilbao to start my 5th stint on the Camino. I did the Frances in three parts (2016, 2017 and 2022). Last year I did the Portuguese from Porto.
I did the first 200 km of the Frances totally untrained, fat and not a walker back in 2016. Started really slow and got hooked. Now I...
Day 1 - To Montserrat we go ......
4 yrs since the last Camino, older, less brain cells, easily confused usually followed by a touch of frustration and sometimes panic :) . I left Coventry, UK at 6.30am and made it to Barcelona's Plaza Espanya by 2.00pm, and also managed to get my folding...
Last year I started the Via de la Plata in Seville with my friend Tom from Sydney whom I met at a yoga studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We and his girlfriend Julie walked the Camino Frances my second time, their first time in the autumn of 2017. With the pandemic dehind us and both Tom and I...
Day 0? I’m here 😊and I start my slow coastal camino tomorrow! Feel blessed and recognize the privilege it is to be able to take this journey. Tomorrow a short walk to Matosinhos - just right for a walk in the rain! Am looking forward to being beside the sea, the waves and sounds will I hope...
I wasn't sure I was going to post "live from the Camino" for this Camino. I'm happy to do so on my solo Caminos, but when I am walking with family, my focus is a little elsewhere and I am mindful of the privacy of my companion. But here goes. Just know that it won't be as detailed as the threads...
Last May I walked the first part of the Norte in the opposite direction, from Santander to Irun. Since I only had two weeks and couldn't reach Santiago anyway, I wanted to swim against the tide, especially since the most beautiful stages were between Bilbao and Irun, which I enjoyed a lot at the...
This Camino is dedicated to mi amiga Teresa and her family.
I walked many km's in 2023 with Teresa and her daughter. For Teresa, the CF was a " true pilgrimmage". A devour Catholic, she encouraged me to attend pilgrim's mass & blessings and visited almost every church along the way - I often...
After a smooth and uneventful flight from Chicago to Madrid on Iberia, the last three days we have been doing some sightseeing in Salamanca and Zamora, and our days have been sunny, a little cool and not a cloud in the sky.
We took the train from Madrid to Salamanca and its historical area is...
Day 0:
My first time ‘live’ (delayed a day or two) reporting. :)
I finished the via de la plata in Astorga today (9 days from Morille near Salamanca where I left off in 2020 due to pandemic). I got a final stamp from Astorga cathedral and headed to bus station where a bus to Leon was leaving...
Well, the Camino project that I described in this post : https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/my-full-camino-2019.58161/ is now officially on !!
Out of the blue, I have a huge 9-10 month window of opportunity that has opened up for me, just this Friday. And my legs are getting...
We arrived in Porto by train from Lisbon yesterday afternoon. Long haul from Australia via Singapore, Milan and Madrid departed April 23. Our first encounter with other pilgrams was when 3 seperate lone first timers saw our Camino patches on our packs on the station platform at Lisbon. Like bees...
Started the pilgrimage yesterday (23rd March), walking from Ise Jingu Naiku to Tamaru. Took the train back to accommodation in Ise as there's nothing available in Tamaru. Was raining the whole day. Very easy and straight forward route all paved. Walked past Miyagawa Tsutsumi park but all the...
Having messed up my train times, I only got to Sagunto after midday, not enough time to start a 30km first day, certainly not with the temperature in the low 30s. So I checked in to a really nice b&b near the station (Domus Atilia, highly recommended), and got a bus to Port Sagunt, starting...
Thanks to those of you who have wished me Buen Camino pm!
My plan was Salvador/Prim, but 1) cold feet because of a knee (old injury) and 2) would have to rush with no possibilty of short/rest days. Now i have the luxory of not having to be in SDC until 17th inkl Finestierre. Have no idea how...
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