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Roamer, I am walking the Le Puy to Santiago route next year. My French is OK however should I have any problems coordinating accommodations along the way I will be most happy to ask for help from the people where I am staying the day(s) before for help. I have read a great deal about the...
that would be great. there is a great Facebook group for the Le Puy section. It is called - Way of St James - Via Podiensis - Chemin du Puy-en-Velay. Lots of great info there. I am starting from Le Puy en Velay on 4 May. Not sure if I am staying on the CF route after Pamplona or not. Depends...
Gena, I am a friend of Bob - you'll understand.
I walked the Camino in 2013 and those Camino friends close to me understood why I did not partake in the enjoyment of wine and or beer along the way. While I had many years of abstinence there is always the temptation, that I appreciate. Never had...
I walked 25 May - 23 Jun 2013. I carried a very lightweight sleeping bag (good from 3 degrees Celsius) and was very happy that I did. People forget that much of the Camino Frances is walked on a plateau and not a sea level making some evening very cool and sometimes outright cold. Yes to the...
many of the suggestions above are ones I utilised as well post my Camino in May-June 2013. I work hard to maintain the positive energy that was all over me on the Camino. Lastly as mspath said assist others in planning their Caminos and plan for your next one. I am returning in May - July 2018...
I walk the Camino Frances in May/June 2013 with a 30L pack. It was plenty big enough, bigger is not necessarily required but as you will find, each of us has a different opinion.
David that is exactly how it was for me each and every one of the 30 days I walked across. I still feel this elation 15 months after I completed my Camino.
I thought about extra tourist days as well however I had made such strong connections with those within my Camino family that I didn't want to leave the group.
I compensated by staying at a hotel in Logrono and Leon plus I rented an apartment in Santiago de Compestela for a week to host a...
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