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A friend of mine will be walking the CF very soon from SJPdP to Santiago. He is a Catholic priest and would like to preside at or concelebrate a Mass in the Cathedral when he gets there. An English language Mass would be ideal. Does anybody know what the procedure is to do this please? He...
I need to get from SDC to O Porto on Sunday July 17. I'm not having much success online for various reasons. Can anyone tell me what is the best way of getting there or at least steer me to an easier site. I have tried Alsa and Renfe and Alsa tells me they don't go to Porto and Renfe tells me...
We are looking at Lugo as an alternative to Sarria but need to know if we need to take an alternate route from somewhere before Sarria or do we have to pass through Sarria anyway? Has anyone done this and is it worthit or should we just go through Sarria as originally planned and skip Lugo...
My son will walk the Camino Frances next April but of course as a nervous, doting mother I am thinking about all sorts of issues that could affect him. One thing that bothers me greatly is the issue of valuables like wallet, passport etc. Should he be sure to take these to the bathroom when he...
Some time ago I was reading about a very popular albergue in Larrasoana (I think). Can anyone tell me if I have this right or does anyone know of a good albuerge in Larrasoana please.
I know that this is probably a question you get asked over and over again, however, as I am relatively new to this forum, I haven't seen the answer as yet. We're now down to real planmaking for the Camino which we will attempt next August 2009. Question is: Where in St Jean Pied de Port does...
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Can anyone tell me anything about public buses from Madrid to Santiago de Compostela please. My sister wants to get to Santiago to meet us when we finish the Camino. It would be great to get details about time tables, duration, price (not important) etc. Many thanks
Hi everyone, my name is Kate and I live in Brisbane Australia. I first visited Santiago de Compostela in September 2002, but that trip along the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port was done by car. I am now just starting to think about doing the real thing and walking the same route...
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