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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Via de la Plata with New Friends

    I’m so glad to hear about your recovery. You’re a woman of great strength, and you have a fan base cheering loudly. Brava! Did you knit your lovely hat? I depart Sevilla tomorrow.
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Via de la Plata with New Friends

    OK, I don't want to be an alarmist, but... If you keep coughing and coughing, and you can't lie down to sleep because of the coughing, and you continue to feel exhausted, and especially if you have a fever and/or chills... you may have pneumonia. It doesn't just go away by itself.
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    LIVE from the Camino Walking the Via de la Plata with New Friends

    I will start from Sevilla on Wednesday. I just read every word of your wonderful posts and all of the responses. I've been immersed in the true spirit of the Camino. Thank you all. Buen Camino, Karin
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    Food on the Camino, what do you miss?

    Pulpo!
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    Strava heat maps

    I'll have a look. Thanks.
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    Strava heat maps

    Thanks for the correction!
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    Strava heat maps

    Very logical. I got it.
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    Strava heat maps

    Thanks. It seems that the experts are in agreement. Yesterday I looked at the maps in your 2023 VdlP guide and zoomed in with the heat maps. I found that, at least to Merida, the heat maps could confirm the route that is on paper. I always prefer the arrows, but sometimes they're not there when...
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    Strava heat maps

    Good advice. I hope someone who has tried it on this particular trail can describe their experience. P.S. I've relied on your advice, too. Thank you for that (belatedly).
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    Strava heat maps

    Has anyone used Strava heat maps to navigate on VdlP? I'm starting in Sevilla. I will find albergues, etc. with Gerald Kelly's guide. The heat maps can tell me where I am, but do the paths most traveled pertain to the Camino? It worked for me on the Gr 5 in Alsace. Just wondering?
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    GPS Tracks - A Guide for this Dummy Please

    Does anyone have experience using the Strava heat map tracks to follow the Via de la Plata route?
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    Shortest Pilgrim Accommodation Route on Via Gebennensis (GR65) from Geneva to France

    I obtained the Yellow Book that listed Accueil Jacquaire options after I had booked my lodgings. Some of the entries looked like possibilities, but I was worried that the listings were out of date. On the first day we took the bus to Carouge and then walked 20 km to Le Mont-Sion (St-Blaise) and...
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    Shortest Pilgrim Accommodation Route on Via Gebennensis (GR65) from Geneva to France

    I walked the route in September 2022. Due to the late season, concerns about Covid, and the inexperience of my friend, I arranged all lodging in advance. Fortunately I had the resources to stay in several budget accommodations due to the lack of gites d'etape (albergues) on this route. Here are...
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    Camino routes map

    I bought the map in Le Puy-en-Velay in September, after my walk from Geneva. IGN 922 Les Chemins vers Saint-Jacques de-Compostelle. It's enormous, 100 cm x 150 cm on good quality paper. You will need a large wall. While specific to France, there is a small inset of the major routes in Europe...
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    4 Extra days. Where would you travel?

    I had the same "problem" and an experienced Spanish pilgrim recommended Toledo. It has everything you need and transportation by train was easy. Don't forget to go outside the walls of the old city to find the Roman ruins. I loved it.
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    le Puy vs. Vezelay, del Norte vs. Frances?

    I'm sorry I wasn't clear. I think both routes, Vezelay and Le-Puy are wonderful, but the first parts of each, walking in central France, are the best. Once you descend to lower elevations in the south, they are great, but since you don't have enough time, edit out the southern ends of each. In...
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    le Puy vs. Vezelay, del Norte vs. Frances?

    I have walked all of the routes you mentioned. I prefer the cool of mountains to the sea. I walked Vezelay to Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, which is on the Dordogne river. Further south the countryside changes to tree plantations very boring (neatly planted rows of pines, not a true forest). I took a...
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    Route suggestions once you've done all the obvious caminos?

    I've walked the Frances, Norte, and Primitivo. I have always started in France. From le-Puy-en-Velay, Montgenevre (then thru Arles), and Vezelay. When I started my Caminos, my French was very basic and now I'm better. When I think about it, I've always met people on Camino whose only language...
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    Planning an end date

    I had a foot problem that required a few days of rest. I took a bus on the Norte route to "catch up." Remain flexible.
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    Two Days In One Village?

    In 2010 my son walked alone from Le-Puy-en-Velay to SdC. On July 11, Spain won the World Cup. Beer and wine flowed freely after the victory. My son had just turned 17 and had little experience with alcohol. He was confused the next morning when he couldn't drag himself out of bed. As my son...

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