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Don't think so much about it. Just take a deep breath and enjoy the adventures which are waiting for you. Bon Camino :D
Sigga Kj. from Iceland (Camino 2012)
I walked the way last summer and I walked all the way to Finisterre. I doubt it will take you longer then my to reach Santiago. The trip took 9 weeks, with the days from Iceland and back again and I walked for 53 days. I just took it easy and enjoyed taking brakes on the way and really suck...
I started by using the the book by Rother. I found it very confusing and not good at all. In Leon I could by the Brierley guide book and it was much, much better.
On my way I met a woman who had got lost a few times and she only had this terrible Rother book.
I got lost in Logrono for 1 1/2 hours and when I at last saw the yellow arrow on a wall, I threw myself at the wall and shouted out loud: "Do not ever leave me again". It was like finding a log lost friend again, which it is :D
And when I jumped up and down and called out: "I am so happy"...
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