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  1. MileHighPair

    LIVE from the Camino VdlP starting May 6

    We plan to start in Seville this Friday. We've started a new blog, and we'll be updating it and posting in this thread as often as wifi allows. It sounds like we will have plenty of company along the way. This will be a different kind of Camino for us. In the past we've walked almost 100% of the...
  2. MileHighPair

    Inspirational Proverb

    Ruth wrote our departure date in her day-planner and noticed an inspirational proverb for the month that seemed appropriate. We are both so excited to experience this camino later this year, and thank all those who have gone ahead of us and provided so much information on this forum to help us...
  3. MileHighPair

    Busy Primitivo?

    Greetings Primitivo Pundits. I begin my 6th Spanish Camino on Sept 13th (next week). I would like to do a new route and have read so many of your reports about the Salvador and Primitivo, and have enough days to do them comfortably. They look like beautiful routes with amazing historical...
  4. MileHighPair

    Pilgrim drowns in Ourense

    Sadly, a young man was caught in the current of the river in downtown Ourense while cooling off in the water. An earlier article specified that he was a pilgrim on his way to Santiago de Compostela. This was shared earlier on the CSJ Facebook page...
  5. MileHighPair

    Camino de Madrid April 5, 2018

    We're two short days out of Madrid. We have really appreciated all of the recent updates from @OzAnnie and others who have commented on her thread. I'll be blogging at ourboatleavestheharbor.blogspot when Wi-Fi is adequate. If we see something along the way that seems critical, we'll try to post...
  6. MileHighPair

    Five Years of VdlP Pilgrim Numbers

    Based on these numbers, it doesn't look like the Via de la Plata will be overly crowded soon. 2013 = 9016 2014 = 8488 2015 = 9222 2016 = 9067 2017 = 9138 (From Pilgrim Office Statistics website) Just a little data FYI.
  7. MileHighPair

    Why no increase in pilgrims on the VdlP?

    If my math is correct, these are the numbers through July for the VdlP (from the Pilgrim Office): 2016 = 5424 2017 = 5430 Six more pilgrims in 7 months! This, while the Portugues route increased by thousands! If everyone was required to walk from Seville, I could see why most people would be...
  8. MileHighPair

    VdlP/Sanabres Albergue Report - Spring 2017

    Here is a list of every albergue I stayed in with a few words about each. I walked every step of this Camino, meeting some great fellow pilgrims and also walking totally alone for much of the way! March 1 – April 9, 2017 Seville – Bed and Breakfast Naranjo – 11 Calle San Roque. A simple...
  9. MileHighPair

    March 2017 from Seville

    First day to Guillena. Updates on a couple of themes from this stage: 1. The Guillena Municipal Albergue is temporarily closed. The sign does not indicate when it might open. Alb. Luz del Camino is open, just as you enter town, and it is a great place anyway. 2. The stream, about 5 km before...
  10. MileHighPair

    Beginning in Seville on March 1

    I'll be starting the Via de la Plata on March 1, one week from today. There seem to be quite a few folks leaving later in March or April, so please follow along on the blog. I'll mention important "pilgrim hints" as I notice items that seem to be important along the route. My thanks to all who...
  11. MileHighPair

    Public restroom near Praza de Obradoiro

    I couldn't find this mentioned in any other thread. There is a public restroom at the police station near the Cathedral. As you walk toward the Pilgrim Office from Praza de Obradoiro past the Paradore. Where you would turn right on Rua dos Correlos, just go left about 20 meters. Very convenient...
  12. MileHighPair

    New albergue Casa Saso, north of Salamanca

    We stayed at Casa Saso last night. It is about 23 km north of Salamanca, about 1 or 2 km past the infamous detour with the "con agua/sin agua" sign. About 21 Euro for bed and dinner (no other source of food, it is in the middle of nowhere). The food was great. The facilities were a bit odd...
  13. MileHighPair

    Montamarta accommodations?

    A post on the APOC Facebook page from folks currently walking the VdlP indicates there are no housing options open for business in Montamarta. It is over 40 Km from Zamora to Granja de Moreruela, which is more than we can do. Is there anyone who can provide alternatives for this stretch? We...
  14. MileHighPair

    Recent Robbery on 2nd day out of Seville

    We are considering a Via de la Plata camino, so I was looking a recent youtube video. At the 2:30 mark this man tells of a French pilgrim being robbed last week, on the second (edit: First day?! - see comment below) day out of Seville. Hopefully the authorities will catch the bandit. Here is...

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