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I thought I was the only one involved in this bait and switch! The ingenuity of her sales technique made me laugh.
A few steps further the small bar on the left won my award for best tasting tortilla de patata on the Camino Frances.
On approaching the archway at the side of the cathedral where the bagpipes are played I suddenly choked and tears began to roll down my face. I was really surprised and although trying really hard I could not find the reason for this crying. I had a sense of a slight shift in my way of being and...
Knocked out of action for 2 days in Carrion Sept 2012. I drank water from the fountain at the entrance to town and was violently ill in bed. I noticed that for most of the day on the approach to Carrion that there was a strong unpleasant (chemical/urine/pig muck) smell in the air. There were...
'It happens to the best of us mate' These words of comfort helped my feelings of humiliation evaporate after 2 retired lady school teachers from New Zealand cheerily walked passed as after a bout of food poisoning I was lying on my side in the openness
of the meseta with projectile...
I too am looking for solutions for post camino Frances tendonitis in my ankle due to pronation. I feel a weakness and dull ache when I first get out of bed that gradually fades throughout the morning. I finished my last camino 8 months ago and am planning another in September and am thinking of...
The inner lining at the toes wore away halfway along the frances which resulted in some blisters. I got them repaired at a tailors. After he said that he never charges pilgrims he showed me his stamp collection. The collection was made up of stamps from all over the world sent to him by grateful...
The arrows in Pamplona led me down a river and then nothing..... It was breakfast time and rather than puzzle any longer I had the nicest/friendliest breakfast of my camino. I then asked a local and was escorted a few blocks to get back on route.
With reference to the 'puppy guide' - I too was...
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