Not much to add without the risk of being repetitive of many elegant responses above.
2017 marked my last to date after four forays. Back then, I barely recognized the Camino culture's change in just a half-dozen years.
There is a sense of loss, to be sure. But I have plenty of other things to...
Back when I started Camino-ing, this problem was pretty common. Being caught out with no coil or packets of instant my only recourse was to avoid other pilgrims until I found an open bar and downed a couple of cups.
When confronted with a cheery visage enquiring if I was not a "morning person"...
Camino 1 (2012): The decision to get out of the US was desperation to avoid the constant nonsense of a an election year, the result of then being on Camino was Divine Providence. Captured in post below...
Fair points all, @CWBuff !
I guess that I should have been careful and noted that I would NOT propose to go CDG to SJPP all in one go. I favor a stopover in Bayonne (or Biarritz, depending upon the train) before the last leg.
My preference for training direct from CDG is because my way of...
Yes.
If one has no interest in seeing Paris, there are trains heading south from CDG. They may go directly to Bayonne or Biarritz or indirectly via Bordeaux.
An RER station is under Terminal 1, a TGV station is under Terminal 2. I prefer TGV as it saves a lot of time.
An easy way to monitor...
I feel your pain...
I am considered to be a fairly reliable person to "manage tech"....for decades. Capable of programming a DVR or VHS unit without assistance from a 12-year-old, I am.
But those induction units?
Even with the dubious assistance of a beer or two, they are always a struggle...
I don't like it when somebody responds to the OP with a change of their question but I am going to. Please forgive me.
Stay one night in Finisterre then walk to Muxia. It is a much more peaceful end to a Camino, IMHO.
I have always been able to locate a bus stop there to get back to SdC were I...
I agree with everything you said but for...
I get the sentiment.... but it's kinda like walking 800 km and getting the same Compostela as someone who walks 100 km. I had to reconcile myself to Matthew 20:1-16.
It probably doesn't work for everyone but, after several walks? Well, it works for...
Looks exactly as when I passed through in late February 2016.
I have to assume you had as much company on the Camino as I experienced back then. (Spoiler alert: Pretty close to zero)
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Kirkie,
Our weather, east of the Cascades, is colder than a politician's heart.
-18 C as I type. (I got up early to feed the woodstove. 😬)
BTW, "my people" come from "beyond the Pale" so I can use it. Even so, I think even they would never approve of the barbarism implicit in making a...
In order of frequency during any year:
- Blistered Padron peppers (though I have to use Shishito)
- Lentejas
- Caldo Gallego
- Chorizo al Vino (though often just Embutidos al Vino, Debrecziner is a good stand-in)
- Tortilla
As required, I will also make a Shrimp Salad or "Tuna Melt" variant...
So, I am just one person thus the following may seem weird. Take it for what it is worth.
I do wear a broad brimmed hat to minimize wetting of the glasses but just a bit of wind in the face and they are in fact WET.
My experience though, is that I have fewer problems than other walkers as I...
I cannot improve on the advice provided above. Summarized as:
"It depends. The Valcarlos route has its own charms. The Route Napoleon is NOT superior, it is just different."
Buen Camino!
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About the need for the language, I recall an episode from my diary of Fall '17 in Tardajos...
By way of background, I was having to work on an approach to get my Camigo home due to injury, I was nursing my third beer, and my Spanish (poor to begin with) was in total eclipse.
"...I am reviewing...
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