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Started in Irun on 24-September. In Gernika now and all is good. Little to no problems related to covid. Bring a mask and you'll be fine.
Headed to Bilbao tomorrow.
We have a few people starting on September 23rd in Irun. (Actually meeting up on the 23rd and hiking to San Sebastian the morning of the 24th. Anyone else starting on this day?
I've heard many conflicting stories about the first camino passport (or credential). Does anyone have links to books or other articles about the history of this document? When? Why? Different versions over time?
Most every pilgrim has watched "The Way" but there are hundreds, if not thousands, of other videos on Vimeo and Youtube about the Camino. I'd like to figure out the top 5 videos. Please post links to your favorites so we can come up with a great list.
I've walked the Camino Frances 3 times but one discussion with a man outside of Pamplona on my very first camino in 2013 stands out as the most memorable. He stopped me as I was just about to enter the city and told me I needed to hear his story of the camino. I stood and had my life changed...
Ok Camino Primitivo experts. I have to take some Hollywood actors on the Primitivo in 2018 and we have 11 days to hike plus a few travel days to make it back and forth from Los Angeles. I've done Camino Frances three times and know it in my sleep but I know nothing of Primitivo. So here is what...
I'm sitting here packing my gear for my second Camino I can't help but think of all the people I met on the first day and then watching so many of them suffer twisted ankles, shin splints, tendinitis and other injuries forcing them to leave the Camino early. They all wanted to walk all the way...
I've wanted to walk the Camino since I first learned about it in high school in 1985. From time to time I would get motivated to do it, but then always found a reason to put it off. For ten years I even lived in Spain and still kept postponing my Camino. Finally in June of 2013 I made a...
It is time for my second Camino. It will be exactly two years from my first. I've learned more than I could ever imagine. Over 700 photos and several books later I am ready to go again.
Here is a video I made after my last camino:
On June 5th I will start waking out of St Jean Pied de Port...
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