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My wife and I are planning this trip in late April but she has problems with her knees and will likely need a taxi to complete each stage.
Getting Compostelas is not that important to either of us but doing as much walking as we are able, experiencing the local history/culture/food, and...
Has anyone seen this stone carving of a scalloped shell between Paradou and Fontvielle? Possibly it is an ancient marker for early pilgrims of the Chemin d Arles? This was pointed out to me recently by friends who live nearby.
My hopes of a 2017 Camino look dim due to work and family commitments and my wife will have a surgery in February 2018. The best available time therefore appears to be the month of January.
I am willing to deal with the weather, a heavier pack, and fewer open Albergues, but my main concern is...
No, not those kind of thongs.
These ......
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BRC51N6/?tag=casaivar02-20
Evidently they are used by long distance runners (after they run) and by people with foot pain. I am one of the latter, so I will buy a pair to try. They are supposed to be very light and...
I don't know if anyone can help me with this question, but who knows.
I am planning for my first Camino in September of this year. Through the modern miracle of Ancestry.com, internet research and DNA testing I am pretty confident that one of my ancestors immigrated from Oviedo, Spain to Mexico...
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