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Hello! My husband and I are leaving for Sevilla in March, planning to bike from Sevilla ro Santiago. We want to rent bikes in Sevilla and return in Santiago. Any recommendarions for where to rent bikes? Thanks.
Hello all! I am meeting up w fellow pilgrims in Bilbao, then we need to travel to St Jean to begin walking the CF. As far as i can tell we need to take 4 trains to get there. There is a bus to Bayonne but its a lot more expensive than the trains. Anyone have more info, perhaps know of an...
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I am starting to walk the camino frances in 2 weeks. I am searching for an albergue after Los Arcos. I remember fron my last winter camino that i had to sleep in a pretty crummy one there...it was the only one open in Los Arcos. So this time i would like to keep walking and find a...
Hello all! 3 friends are starting the cf on November on15 from sjpdp. We are not able to pack our poles on the airplane to get there. Is anyone finishing the camino and could send us their poles to the main hostel in sjpdp? I would be glad to send shipping money if needed! I can buy poles but i...
My girlfriend and i are starting in st jean middle of november, walking to santiago. Hoping enough albergues will still be open during our wintery walk!
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I am leaving for Madrid on November 9th for 6 weeks in Spain. My original plan was to walk the Frances...again....i would like to explore other routes but i assume no other routes have enough stuff open. Am i wrong? Te first 3 weeks i am commited to the North as a girlfriend...
Hello all i am considering begunnig a Mozárabe camino in the winter of 2021/22. Anyone have info on whether albergues are open on the Mozárabe in January/ Febuary?
I had a ticket to Spain for this coming January to do my yearly winter camino. I've cancelled it due to Covid. Backpack remains fully packed and ready though, teasing me. I've decided to do a really long walk when we are safe again, maybe walk for half a year or so. I am looking for...
I met Rubén on the cf last winter, and we have stayed in touch. He is walking again, the vdlp this time. He just reached astorga and some journalist caught up with him and wrote this article for an Astorga paper...
Hello world! I am flying to Spain in a week to walk the camino; I have been planning to walk my 2nd Camino Frances, but all of a sudden am thinking it might be fun to do a new walk, the Portuguese from Lisbon, as I have a month. Does anyone know if there are enough albergues open right now on...
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I am beginning my 2nd (winter) camino in a week! So excited. While looking for flights from Cornwall to Spain, i found one for £16 to Alicante and impulsively bought it, not worrying about how i would get up north. Anyone here have good ideas as to how i can get to Pamplona...
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Last February i walked the camino Frances. It was heavenly! Nice and empty, and even though i found a hostel every night, there was not much stuff open. I always called ahead to make sure which village had an albergue. I am doing it again this February and march, enough time...
I am walking right now, almost in Leon. Having a great time, walking with a lovely man from Slovakia. We are just curious if any Slovakians or tchechs are walking right now, as well! Thanks!
Happy new year to all! I am starting my first Camino walk, on febuary 11 from Pamplona to Santiago, i am so excited. One fellow winter walker contacted me through the forum, and I love knowing I am not the only one out there undertaking a frosty cold walk through Spain. This forum is wonderful...
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Originally, as in a month ago, I planned to walk the Camino in February. (I had just read "a walk in the woods", a book about walking the 2000 mile Appalachian trail with a 40 pound backpack, camping in snowstorms, possible bear attacks...) it made the camino sound easy! .I am...
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I am very excited to begin my first Camino walk! I will begin around February 6thand have about 3 weeks. Do any of you seasoned Camino people have a good suggestion where I can begin walking to reach Santiago in 3 weeks walking? Thanks!
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