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My flight to Zaragoza (23th of April) was cancelled by Wizzair last week. I was offered a 100% cash refund or 120% credit for future flights (in a 2-year period of time). I chose the latter.
Dear formysons,
The camino from Porto to Santiago is a lovely one, less cobblestones and greener.
Some stages are longer than your planned daily walking distance, but you can adjust them on the way.
Think a bit in advance; you can always call ahead for accommodation.
Late august will be a hot...
I have just returned from Camino Portugues. I started in Lisbon, but I wouldn't have done it if I would know how it would be like. If I were to do it again, I would start in Porto. The reasons:
I didn't seen any pilgrims for the first week. Slightly many after Tomar. Many more from Porto.
There...
Hi, Rich. Santiago-Finistere is a nicer walk than Santiago-Muxia. Consider walking first to Finistere, spend a night or two there, depending on your time and desires, then walk further to Muxia. The walk and view are also nice. You can return by bus to Finistere the same day. Or the next...
Tim, when you went for the first time and found yourself on the Camino, you didn't know for sure that you will have good moments, when they will arrive or where. Now, you think back and say that you had "best moments". Nothing is going to be the same. You may have other best moments, but you are...
I don't think you are crazy, e.s. bateman. You are a mother who wants to be a good mother. We all have read your questions - about food and eating, sleeping, and safety issues - and many of the members have offer you good advice.I hope you read all the posts.
It might sound like a good idea to...
3 kilos. For a better idea, I started at 75 kg and finished at 72 kg, at a height of 175 cm, F, 41 yrs.
I was not really trying to lose weight, but I was thinking that any loss would be appreciated...
I walked CF in 28 days, one day rest in Santiago, then 4 more days to Finisterre.
Breakfast on...
Chapeau! For both of you, dads!
You will enjoy your time together with your girls, and they will have a great time, too.
No need for booking, no need to worry about buses, because there are places to stay over night and buses to catch for return. As rometimed said, just ask.
Do not worry about...
If you have 41 days, you have enough time to give it a try. I would almost bet my boots that you would enjoy walking all the way to Finisterre, maybe even to Muxia. (This last day was the most quite one of all my Camino. I was on my own almost all the way.). Perhaps you know about that ritual of...
Feelings are not right or wrong, good or bad, positive or negative, as we tend (or taught) to see them. They are the expressions of the profound, inner world of us, and they have the function to signal, to (re)mark what is inside us (our thoughts, our sense of ... everything), and bring those...
Robo, I see things a bit different.
At one point you said that you'll "actually have each other for company all the time. " If you are concerned about being together all the time it could mean that you two are not enough used to be with the other. Maybe you don't spend enough time together at...
Glad to be helpful, Justabob.
I perfectly understand what you mean by having your life completely changed for the best. I know now that on the Camino one doesn't have to look for anything in order to find what he or she needs. I found all I needed without going after it.
I also travelled alone...
It is about choosing between two attractive options. Both caminos have benefits so look for that having those that appeal the most to you. Of course, you haven't been on Camino Portuguese yet, but it isn't about what these caminos actually offer but what you think you'll find on the way...
The cooking depends on the albergue's kitchen, the people being there before your arrival, and also on the people you are with, not only on your willingness to cook. At times, there are too many people in the kitchen and no equipment or none available (in my case, the most frequent situation...
Being your first camino experience is precisely the reason you should start walking the Camino this year, when you think and feel like doing it in those 3 weeks, before anything else. You could have more time some day or you could not, as you already know - you waited for 10 years to get closer...
Hi, Helene! You will congratulate yourself for all the changes you've already made. Think twice or threefold :), as Kitsambler suggested, over the rest of things. If you decide you need them all, that's fine. By the second week on the Camino you will know for sure what you need and what you...
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