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  1. wisepilgrim

    Hello all! Problem with Wise Pilgrim app.

    No, but it does mean the @Wanieta nearly lost his mind.
  2. wisepilgrim

    Surfing the Camino

    Now feels like an opportune time to remind everyone that the crowds on the Caminos travel in great big waves. For every panicked pilgrim riding the crest and worrying about beds, there is another down in the trough wondering what all the huff is about. They start in certain places, at certain...
  3. wisepilgrim

    Hello all! Problem with Wise Pilgrim app.

    For anyone come here with the same problem, the route is divided into three sections. Burgos is the end of the first section (body) and the start of the second (mind).
  4. wisepilgrim

    Arriving in Villafranca del Bierzo today

    I just had a conversation with the owner of the Albergue up in Pradela. We got to talking about the arrows that have gone missing at the start of that route, they keep letting painted over. On top of that there is a local retired woman that lingers about warning of the dangers of wolves on the...
  5. wisepilgrim

    Definition of a Pilgrim 🤣

    I repeat often that very little has changed along the camino since it first took root. When threads like this come up it is fun to imagine what the ultralight pilgrims of year 1 would have been like. What luxuries would a thick wallet bring you.
  6. wisepilgrim

    Arriving in Villafranca del Bierzo today

    Also for anyone arriving to Villafranca, albergue LEO just reopened for the season!
  7. wisepilgrim

    Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed?

    It is not an absolute no in many places, in fact enough places now take them that I make a specific mention of it in the guides. Last week on the Camino Francés I asked in one albergue if they permitted dogs and the owner replied that yes they do, before humans in fact, as the dog's never...
  8. wisepilgrim

    Monte de gozo xunta albergue

    It is no longer an albergue, at least not until the war is over.
  9. wisepilgrim

    Monte de gozo xunta albergue

    There is a bar/restaurant there called Benvido. It is in the courtyard that is half way through the complex.
  10. wisepilgrim

    App or Book?

    Books say “talk to me.” Apps not so much.
  11. wisepilgrim

    Ponferrada to Villafranca

    I think the vocabulary here is a bit misleading. The camino between Molinaseca and Ponferrada is not a highway, nor is it along rural paths. It is a paved path adjacent to a tertiary road between the two cities. In North America we would call it a sidewalk, you may know it as the pavement...
  12. wisepilgrim

    LIVE from the Camino The old man and his shop in Castrojeriz is alive and kickin’!

    Amancio is in his early nineties, and his wife Lucía in her 80s. He’s been working there since he was 15, which amounts to about half of the 150 years that the place has been open. The most amazing part though is that he treats every customer with care and enthusiasm, as if they were his first...
  13. wisepilgrim

    Am I the only one perplexed by WhatsApp?

    Brace yourselves for the pro tip: If you get tired of adding a contact only to find that they are not on WhatsApp, or just adding contacts for people you only need to chat with, this ones for you. Open up your web browser instead and go to wa.me/34xxxxxxxxx Replace the x and 34 with the...
  14. wisepilgrim

    Apps with Dinner & Meal icons

    In the wise pilgrim app it means that it is available. If it is included that will be mentioned next to the price of the accommodation.
  15. wisepilgrim

    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    Depends where the bears are that day.
  16. wisepilgrim

    Vigo the happiest city in Spain

    We’re celebrating the Reconquista this weekend. The streets are full.
  17. wisepilgrim

    The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem?

    This is a complex issue, and one that I have had many a conversation about with albergue owners. It is a topic I have spent a LOT of time wrestling with. It has not occupied me as a pilgrim, because as a pilgrim I am rather staunchly a fan of taking things as they come... a stubborn trait I...
  18. wisepilgrim

    Booking return flights!

    This is part of the problem with everyone saying that it is not a problem; you are the rare case of a person that has a return ticket and is still asked. Most people have a return ticket and are therefore not asked, and assume that because they were not asked because it is not necessary when in...
  19. wisepilgrim

    Wise Pilgrim or Buen Camino or both?

    Yeah, send an email to michael@wisepilgrim.com where they will be acted upon with great enthusiasm.
  20. wisepilgrim

    Chamartín railway station send luggage to Santiago

    Absolutely this, the station changes from week to week and who knows what it will look like by the time you get there. Your backup plan could be to send it from wherever your destination is, say for example Pamplona. In all cases, mind the very limited timetable (horario) that most offices...

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