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My experience of the Primitivo was that although not that long (I took 12 days), it has a full Camino narrative and plenty to see and remember. The first few days to Borres or Campiello form a natural first act, followed by the crossing of the mountains to Lugo which is arguably the best of the...
It is easy to say that if there was space there was no harm but you don't know what the instructions were and the volunteers' previous experience. There have been posts on the forum bemoaning use of albergues on the Norte as cheap beach accommodation.
On the other hand I believe that a...
I am sure that it was one component for many people along with a sense of adventure for others and also a desire to escape an unhappy home or an oppressive Lord. In a much more restrictive society Pilgrimage could be one of the few outlets available to many people.
Much pilgrimage was also...
You got there before me.
I presume none of the people criticising the Sarria starters did it barefoot in sackcloth and ashes whilst scourging themselves, so surely they are not real pilgrims either.
My first camino was from Salamanca via the Sanabres in 2016 and I walked the Torres followed by the Portuguese Central from Ponte de Lima in 2019. Both are pre-pandemic so things may have changed from an infrastructure point of view
Difficulty - I think this is a wash. The Torres was about 90...
Make sure to take the longer route via Oseira would be my tip. The stretch from Ourense is a good one a but without much in the way of sights, so it would be a shame to miss the monastery. There is a new(ish) Xunta albergue there if I recall.
I am not American and like you I did not see the film before walking the Camino, although I did see it before walking the Camino Frances.
I haven't watched again, although I probably will at some stage, but I do think this is an ungenerous characterisation. It crams a lot more drama into the...
One question I have, is which category a person starting in Saint Jean then following the Invierno from Ponferrada would fall into. Traffic on the forum suggests that the Invierno is becoming more popular, and it would be interesting to know whether the statistics undercount this or whether we...
Languages are continually changing and evolving in ways that are beyond the control of any individual, or to the chagrin of our Gallic cousins, any committee. Lexicography is arguably the most hubristic of human activities.
We all form ideas of what words mean when we are younger, and stick...
Not all in one go and not planned, but my current three stage Camino will incorporate at least part of seven routes.
Ciudad Real to Toledo (Manchego)
Toledo to Medina del Campo (Levante)
Medina del Campo to Benavente (Sureste)
Benavente to Astorga (VDLP)
Astorga to Ponferrada (CF)
Ponferrada...
This thread was the only resource I could see on the forum prior to walking this Camino so I thought I would post a summary of my own experience. I started on September 16th and did the distance to Toledo in the four stages set out by the OP.
I used the Buen Camino app to resolve any confusion...
I've just done my first pre-Camino pack for the first time since 2020 to check whether I have everything. I've never been able to go with the barebones approach often recommended here (for example I will have three sets of clothes as I don't want to have to do laundry every day) and have brought...
Interesting thread.
When I walked in in August 2022 it felt strange as the square was full of tourists and there were few pilgrims relative to a normal year. On previous Caminos the numbers have varied according to the time of year, day of the week and time of day and of course weather (the...
When I did the Primitivo in 2017 the Sudarium was on display in the relic room in the Cathedral museum. As I recall I did have to pay but that was for the museum as well.
The Ciudad Rodrigo Cathedral did waive the tourist fee when I asked for a sello, l so that is yet one more reason to walk...
Durham also has the rare distinction in England of having retained the relics of its saint in situ despite the Reformation. The story is that the commissioners sent by Henry VIII to destroy the shrine and scatter the bones of St Cuthbert were alarmed to find him incorrupt, and sent to the king...
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