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The albergue in Ponte Ferreira was a blast, the hospitaleros were so nice and we had such a nice group of peregrinos, maybe cause we'd met most of them before along the way. We all had dinner (= paella valenciana) together and the bocadillos after arrival were tasty and the tinto de verano...
Dear peregrinos,
Sorry for only replying now. We took all traditional routes (shortest ways).
We never had any single raindrop, the mornings were often misty and hence perfect for walking.
There was NO problem with ATMs, in every place we stopped they had ATMs. I used a credit card for this...
Just came back from my first camino, te PRIMITIVO and I really disliked the final kilometers from Melide where you find just too many "turigrinos".
We did it in 11 walking days (+1 day break in Lugo) by taking the short routes, both times the traditional route, going the route over Hospitales...
We'll have the same thing, arriving at 22.15 with Ryanair. Could catch a bus to Oviedo, but maybe we'll see and go rather the other direction to the seaside and the day after to Oviedo.
Does anyone know how far the seaside is from there, walking? taxi?
Thx! :)
Wow, that sounds awesome, so many people starting at around the same time!
And I WILL BE IN! :-D I'll arrive in Oviedo the 25th in the late evening with a very good friend of mine. We'll start the following day with some city visit and sidra ;-) Then will need to leave Santiago on 13th / 14th...
Re: The Camino Primitivo in October
Hello again,
Thank you very much for your insights and thoughts on my questions, Laurie and the others as well! This reassures us we did the right choice with the camino. I also hope we can make it to Finisterre (otherwise by bus) to end the camino with the...
Re: The Camino Primitivo in October
Hello everyone, I have just read through different threads within the Camino Primitivo post and have gone through many of Laurie's posts. A lot of useful information from all of you, which I will definitely consider for my trip.
I am mid twenties girl...
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