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    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    I did the Camino last year for the second time (first time over 20 years ago). I did have some of this experience that you describe. Not exactly the same issues in the same ways, but it did strike me as incongruous that we were all appreciating the natural beauty -- but flying hours to get...
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    Plantar fasciitis.

    Oh boy. I GOT plantar fasciitis on the Camino last year, and I wouldn't want to do anything that aggravated that! I finished June 24th. Every day my feet would hurt when I woke up in the morning, but would get better after walking around for a little while. I would just massage them periodically...
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    LIVE from the Camino Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Santiago

    I did that route last year (Aragonese to main drag), then diverted to the Invierno at Ponferrada. If you get tired of being swallowed up by the masses by that point, the Invierno would allow you some quiet again. See how it goes.
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    LIVE from the Camino Oloron-Sainte-Marie to Santiago

    I stopped in Xavier last year and loved that castle. The exhibit about Francis and his times is really well done. And there are places to stay and eat there, too.
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    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Return library books.
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    LIVE from the Camino Arlés in April

    Buen camino! I started in Somport last year (morning bus from Jaca to get there). I don't know if you should plan on spending a night in Somport. There was pretty much nothing up there. The hostal place was closed and other than that, there's nothing but ski resorts (which I think were also...
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    A Camino medical tale with a few lessons

    Wow, glad everything worked out well in the end! Yes, the Spanish medical system is excellent. I have lived in Spain before and knew that back then, but also had a medical issue arise on the Camino last year and got to experience it. I am very healthy, no medical conditions or anything. Last...
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    Wow! Hotel Norte y Londres prices

    I was traveling with two other people (a couple), and we stayed in Burgos 3 nights in order to play tourist a little since we were there. We got a great apartment in the old city for I think 99 Euros/night. We did breakfast and lunch in the apartment, did laundry for no extra cost, etc. It was...
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    Aragones / Invierno advice, please

    Yeah, first time I was in France (in Paris, no less) I was bracing myself for that stereotypical rudeness, but never experienced it. People were friendly and helpful. And that's been my experience since then, too. I wish everyone would just retire that stereotype. It's not fair to the French people!
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    Aragones / Invierno advice, please

    I started at Somport this past spring -- as a woman walking alone. You're right that there's no one around for hours, but I never felt the least bit worried or vulnerable. I did have hiking poles, but only had to use them for conventional purposes. I wouldn't hesitate to do that route again...
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    Aragones / Invierno advice, please

    I started in Somport May 2 last year and diverted to the Invierno at Ponferrada, as you're considering. There's pretty much nothing in Somport, but it's easy to get there from Jaca. There's a bus that leaves the bus station in Jaca around 8 in the morning. I suppose you could start at Canfranc...
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    Start Invierno next week?

    Walked it in June, after starting from Somport and taking the Invierno after Ponferrada. I thought the Gronze stages were too long, so I broke it up a lot. Do stay at the albergue in Villavieja (you need to contact them ahead of time to get the door code -- it's not staffed), even though that's...
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    Transport Paris to Somport/Camino Aragones

    I started from Somport this year. Went from Madrid to Zaragoza, then Huesca, then Jaca. (I think train on the first part of that and bus on the other two, but there might have been another train in there.) Spent the night in Jaca in the old city (which is worth some time exploring!) and took the...
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    Nice place to stay between Belorado and Burgos?

    I second this recommendation of Como Sapiens in Atapuerca! And do try to get to the Atapuerca site itself, too!
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    Contact info ? Number to reserve albergue in Villavieja.

    Yeah, Las Medulas is its own climb. No way I would have been up for getting all the way there from Ponferrada in 1 day! There were several points on that route that it just seemed better to break things up more than the standard guides suggested.
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    Contact info ? Number to reserve albergue in Villavieja.

    Yeah, that started out as a really pleasant, easy walk out of Ponferrada, but by the time I got to Villavieja, I was wiped out! There were people who went on quite a bit after that place to the next place (maybe Las Medulas? I forget), and I couldn't believe it. That was tough enough for me! But...
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    ? Accommodation in Montefurado?

    Ha! Next time!
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    ? Accommodation in Montefurado?

    If you start there after taking the train, you get there so early in the morning that absolutely no one is up and about! So if you want to meet Casimiro (or a woman who I understand hangs out around the area of the church and wants to make sure it's fully explained to every pilgrim walking...
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    Contact info ? Number to reserve albergue in Villavieja.

    The suggested donation is 10 Euros/night. I forget if that was on the box itself or in the email I got from them.
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    ? Accommodation in Montefurado?

    I walked through there in June, and it seems to me there was very little there that wasn't in ruins. I ended up doing some weird thing around there that had me walking to somewhere just short of Montefurado, taxiing back to the place I was staying, and then taking a crazy early train in the...

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