Hello Valleygirlhike, sorry to hear about you knee. I had the same issue back in 2018 which required a half knee replacement. I finished up spending two weeks in Finisterre as we had a pre booked flight out. I suggest check the weather for the next week, if it looks like no rain I would book...
I’ve got a habit that I’ve learnt from doing the Camino is that when ever I leave a place or a seat I alway look back and make sure I don’t leave nothing behind.
Hello Sydney Peregrinos. We always stay at Gaudi Hotel, last June they stored my hiking gear for seven weeks while we toured Spain and Portugal free of charge.
Hi from Melbourne, I’ve walked three Camino Frances and can’t wait till my next one in 2025. There’s nothing like it back home, no albergue’s every 5 km, no great cheap wine and when I’m over there I don’t have to keep swatting flies all day long.
Hello SallGar. Back in 2018. My wife and I got as far as Castrojeriz before having to call it off due to requiring a Knee replacement. I completed the Frances this year but it’s always been on my mind to go back and complete it one day. Hopefully 2025 will be the year.
Hell Brendan. I completed the Camino back in mid May, pre booked all my accomodations. Confirming each Albergue the night before, the only problem I had was that the owners would get confused from Anthony being used for booking and Tony for confirming. WhatsApp and Google Translate...
Hi Paula. You ain’t the only one, I finished my third Camino Frances last June.
On completion I told my wife that it was my last Camino, it didn’t take long two weeks later I started planning my next.
Hello Margogram. As I am getting older and slower I have pre booked most of my accommodations, rearranging my stages I’ve had to cancel some bookings making sure to cancel the booking before I rebooked else where. Some albergue’s are making you pay 50% upfront and the rest on the day, some...
Hi Robert, I’ve never used a 200 eu mostly 50 20 and the most used is the 5. I don’t know which bank you are with but you were lucky that they helped you. We use th Commonwealth bank, they told us that they don’t deal with foreign money.
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I was the same back six years ago on my first Camino I only had Orrison booked , I do have to admit that I was a lot younger and faster. Most days we were first at the municipal Albergue, these days I’m not as fast and have pre booked most of my accommodations.
I found the best way is to send the Albergue an email requesting a check in and check out dates and have used google translate to translate in Spanish. Make sure you give them you phone no as well.
Hi Kiwi-Family. I bought a Salomon XA Pro GTX the stitching on the tongue wasn’t correct and kept rubbing on my foot. Wore them a few times and ended up taking them back to Kathmandu, where I bought from. I had no issue having them replaced for another pair, in my opinion I would have had...
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