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  1. Jose chemin

    Finding it hard to Commit

    Start from SJPP, just start slowly for the frist 2-3 kms which are the hardest and you will do it.
  2. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    A last advice that I found on this forum: down load the application ; "maps.me" . it gives the location and the direction that you are walking directly from the GPS. there is no need of tel or data connection. So it works even in the deepest forest far away from the " civilisation"; You have to...
  3. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    Dear John If I can can still add something; you know that if you walk in a natural park in the forest and it is suny and you are with a few nice peoples, it can be the paradise, if you are alone in the forest climing a steep walk, and it is raining and you are alone, it can be hell; I just...
  4. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    If you have already walked before, i would recommend to do it. It is a resl camino for you. Not a tourist walk. Full.of surprised, changing landscape and eecoming gites. I made it with the french guide "miam miam dodo" and follow their advise. No proiblem for staying night. Alwsys a gite every...
  5. Jose chemin

    Speaking French on the Le Puy Route

    Try to buy " mian mian dodo"; you will have all the info for sleeping, eating and on the path to follow. You will see some useful words.
  6. Jose chemin

    Speaking French on the Le Puy Route

    Yes do not worry; I suppose the majority of the pilgrins do not speak the local language : Francais and in Spanish; Just learn the minimum words like "bonjour"; My suggestion is that you make the reservation for the next day when you are in the "gite"; there will be somebody speaking french...
  7. Jose chemin

    Traveling to SJPdP - is this feasable?

    Sorry but it is not a good idea, as said before the weather can be bad in March and the passage of the pyrenees are very often close in March due to snow. you can find many storries on the web. You can check before you leave. On the camino, you have to take the time, don't put aim or target to...
  8. Jose chemin

    My mentoring truism: a fool and his money are easily parted.

    Just go by yourself and if you want to get into the spirit of the camino, just lock on the caminocitations site and take one or two citations that talk to you for each day ; we are all on our path, just try to make it usefull for our personal development. It is a personal search that does not...
  9. Jose chemin

    Camino Rules

    Please no rules even be careful of your "own rules"; Your rules are made from your mind and influence by your life experience or your expectations about what the camino should be. If you live in the present moment, you will see every moment what you should do or not. I have seen many pilgrins...
  10. Jose chemin

    reflexions, citation

    Thank you; here what I have already collected along several years on the french and the spanish camino https://caminocitationsweb.wordpress.com
  11. Jose chemin

    Reflexions, discussions, citations

    Camino is the time and the place for reflexion, discussions, readings, citations; Since several years, I have been collecting these on different caminos in Spain and in France. There are now presented in a web site under different topics, like the walk, meeting, inner search, who am I, love...
  12. Jose chemin

    Yes another blister question

    Just an experience to add. I started the first camino following advice of high shoes which are rather stiff. I got problem in the feets. Afterward, I bought small shoes and larger than my feet to accomodate the swelling of the feets. I also got good socks that I change every day. I did not had...
  13. Jose chemin

    reflexions, citation

    We do the camino for many reasons, each one having his own reason(s) for walking along the way for hundreds of kms in the sun and the rain. We meet wonderful persons, have stimulating discussions , found citations on the way Why not collect them and make it avaiblable to other pilgrims
  14. Jose chemin

    Citations and reflexions on the camino 2017-05-01

    The path gives two types of experiences. It is first a personal experience that can be described with a few questions: what do I want tomorrow and generally make my life, my priorities, my way of seeing and approaching things And people, trying to know who I am beyond my emotions and my first...
  15. Jose chemin

    Citations and reflexions on the camino

    Jose chemin submitted a new resource: Citations and reflexions on the camino - List of citations, exchanges, reflexions, lectures on the camino, also spiritual and religions refle Read more about this resource...
  16. Jose chemin

    Camino Frances May 2017 will it be a race for a bed?

    Just to add that the only place where I found difficult to find a place is between Roncevalles and Pamploma; the reason is simple; many persons on this strech of the walk; There are enough albergues in SJPP , Roncevalles and Pamploma but not between Roncevalles and Pamploma; there are only 2...
  17. Jose chemin

    Is it safe for a woman to walk alone on Camino?

    Perhaps the main problem is that you get use to be safe on the camino; 2 years I walked with other pilgrims and had a good time together; there was a young woman in the group; after the walk, she went for tourism in Barcelona in a youth hostel and her purse was stolen in the common room. Lesson...
  18. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    It was end of august; around 50% of the gites are from the conseil regional or municipalities and the price is the same all year; this is also true for the private ones; Enjoy your walk
  19. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    Yes this is not correct i walked last year and i stay in gites all the way at 34 euros per day with meal and breakfeast So 45- 50 euros per day is more than enough
  20. Jose chemin

    Why so few pilgrims on the camino of Arles. It is a wonderful path in the spirit of Camino.

    Very good choice, you will not regret; after Montpellier be ready for the climbing for one week until Castres, then another week to Toulouse and another 10 days to the Pyrennes Mountains, then another week in Spain to join the Camino Frances; ; If you have one month , you should be close to...

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