If you're staying at the Hotel Eslava that is near the Cathedral de San Lorenzo, you will be on the Camino. :) The Camino goes through the park & on to Cizur Menor. No worries about travelling on your own. I've done it for years, & walked the Camino 3 times by myself. You'll do fine!
Definitely take a shower & change! I find that helps me get over jet lag best! I also stay out as late as I can, but usually hit the hay about 9 pm. Follow the advice above about taking it easy your first 2 days. Plenty of interesting places to stop along the way!
If you want to walk the route napoleon while Orisson is closed, & don't think you can make it in one day, you can take a taxi from SJP to the point where the Camino diverges from the road. It's not "cheating" to do this, especially considering your safety.
As always, if the weather is bad &/or...
...an albergue, as well as 2 pensiones to stay at. When I walked that way, I stayed at Casa Marcelino & thought it was a good value for my money.
**on edit** If you still want to go the Route Napoleon after Orisson is closed but can't make it in 1 day, you can always take a taxi up to where...
I have never stayed at the municipal albergue in Logrono, even though I've been there three times. :) Each time I got there, it was already full! A shame to hear that the hospitalero was acting that way. It isn't as though that albergue is the only game in town. The church further down has/had...
First off, welcome to the Forum & Buen Camino!
Second, as a woman who has walked the Camino (or parts of it) three times solo, I can tell you that provided you follow the usual safety tips you do at home, you should be safe on the Camino. There will be many others walking along with you & you...
1. Walk into bars everyday. Before noon. Even on a Sunday. :shock:
2. Go to church wearing a t-shirt, exercise pants, & flip-flops. :shock:
3. Drink Kas Naranja. :mrgreen:
Kelly
Information on how to get from the airport to the Termibus station: http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Sat ... 658432537/ Buses leave every 20 minutes, until midnight.
List (horario) of buses to Logrono from Bilbao: http://www.movelia.es/transicion_alsa/v ... billete=1#
What you might want...
Well, one Camino, I decided to leave my iPod at home (big mistake), so for the first week or so, the only song in my head was "Good Morning Baltimore" from the movie "Hairspray." After that experience, I never walked without my iPod because at least I could find another song to kill whatever...
The Hostal Albany (close to the cathedral in Leon) was about 35-45 Euro in 2009. Nice, clean, close to a locutorio & loads of places to eat, as well as being on the Camino.
Kelly
Even the image from the contact page is more suited than the design of the US poster. Oh well.
We're starting to sound like cranky pilgrims, you know. LOL
Kelly
I posted my views on the FB site. The poster in no way matches up with the remarkable trailer I've been passing around to all my family & friends (all positive feedback, btw--very very rare to see that).
There's no reason they had to use a US road sign with the arrow pointing in the wrong...
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