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I caught the Camino bug again (not that I was ever really cured in the first place!). I'm planning to walk the Caminho Português from Lisboa to Santiago (and, hopefully, Finisterre this time) in September/October of 2023.
It will be exactly seven years after completing the Camino Frances from...
I know this is just my pre-Camino paranoia talking, but for all of the veteran pilgrims:
What did you end up overlooking, either in equipment or logistics, that you wish you hadn't?
I feel like I've read everything on the forum twice, and tried to incorporate the advice, but with a week to go...
I just discovered I will be in Madrid during the Fiesta National /Dia de Hispanidad after my Camino...I hadn't realized that Oct. 12 was a national holiday in Spain (it's counterpart here in the U.S., Columbus Day, is part of the reason I'm going when I am--one less day of vacation time I have...
A question especially for any Spanish pilgrim brethren on the forum (and, of course, any others who are knowledgeable):
I speak intermediate level Mexican Spanish...aside from those differences I've already discovered (tortillas aren't bread, sandwiches are bocadillos not tortas) are there any...
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