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Hello all of my wonderful Camino family. After hiking the CF in Sept 2015 and the Portuguese in 2018, I (like most) have been setting my sights to the next Camino I could do.
Well, after getting married in 2019 and having an awesome baby boy in 2020, not to mention a global pandemic. My wife...
Hello my fellow peregrinos,
I walked the CF from SJPDP to Finisterre in September of 2015. My fiancé and I hiked Porto to Santiago last September. We are planning to do the first 3 weeks of the CF next mid-May into June and since I have no experience with weather for that time of year I wondered...
Sorry, but this is a bit of a rant, after leaving Porto on Friday, this is the second night straight that we’ve found albergues completely full upon entering towns. Last night in Esposende the one “albergue “ which also apparently takes reservations, was fully booked by 15:15 and the albergue in...
Hi folks,
We are planning to send luggage from the USA to Ivar in Santiago to use on the second part of our vacation after we finish hiking. My question is what shipping services have people used to send luggage from the USA? It’s dawned on me that I’ve never done this and have had a difficult...
Hello everyone,
Once again this forum is such a wonderful cornucopia of info and such a great tribe!
I hiked the Camino Frances in September/October 2015 and this September my girlfriend and I will be trekking from Porto to Santiago and then out to Finisterre. I have been really pondering...
Hello fellow camino pilgrims,
I'm a mere month and a half from departing for my CF trek. Very, very exciting! I've reached the point of simply needing to poll the group about my pack and footwear selections (AKA: receive validation LOL).
I believe the Gregory Z40 pack will be enough for the...
Hello fellow pilgrims,
I have been lurking, reading the wonderful and concise info on this site for a while. You've all done a fantastic job and are such a wealth of information.
Appologies if this is info I could glean from other posts.
I am flying from Boston to Paris September 8, arriving...
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