For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
A kind and observant forum member pointed out that my source for the routes through France is questionable. Some years ago in the gift shop of the Orval monastery in Belgium, I bought what I believed to be a reproduction of a genuinte map from 1648. But apparently it is a clever modern pastiche...
I've created a Google map of the pilgrimage routes through France taken from a lovely old map from 1648. I also added all the cultural sites that are protected by Unesco along the Camino in France.
http://g.co/maps/x4chv
I posted this before but it was deleted, I hope it was because of the...
I' Anna from Stockholm. This summer I will do the third stage of a long bike trip, which will eventually take me to Santiago de Compostela. By then I will be in at least "Class of 2013", or possibly 2023 or 2033.
The next stage begins in Germany (Duisburg) and I hope to reach Paris and maybe...
This sounds interesting! Did you ever hold a meeting in Stockholm? And will there be any more? I looked for the "Albergue section" but couldn't find it.
This might be an interesting fact for you silk wearing ladies and gentlemen:
Silk should not be laundered in ordinary modern detergent! The enzymes are no good for silk fabric.
Maybe everyone else knew this already - but nobody told me until the age of 40.
Instead, an oil based old fashioned...
There is a company called Silkbody based in NZ. I have seen their clothes for sale in Stockholm, Sweden, so surely they would have a store in Australia as well.
I haven't bought anything from this brand, so I can say nothing of the quality. But I definitely recommend silk for base layers. I...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon