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Hello Donna,
Don't know if it is still the same, but when i ws there it was Jon Gabarek with a choir. I bought it back home & still listen to it every now and then . Very beautiful. Can't give you the exact details, but you'll probably find it googling.
ria
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The albergue 7 km before Villafranca de los Barros in the oliveyards is closed. Pity, such a lovely spot. But: found out there are 2 new albergues in the village, that didn't not have one 2 years ago. Staying in a very nice one at the moment, Tierra de Barros, run by pablo, who is not here at...
Hi Seth,
30 days is quite tight. I am not a slow walker, and it took me 35 days (i think an average of 27 or 28 k a day). I had some short/half days, but did also 40+ days.
Ria
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@peter: i thought i did the Sanabres, but i did not go into portugal and Lalin (Salamanca, Zamora, Ourense, Santiago). But that is not Sanabres??? I walked with this italian guy that had this route in his book which was called Sanabres (thought the name had something to do with Puebla de...
Hola!
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1) When i was in Seville people from the tourist office told me there were no credenciales in the cathedral. But I could get one in hotel Simon, which is in a street opposite of the cathedral (C/ García de Vinuesa). I liked the hotel a lot, very pilgrim friendly, so i also stayed...
Hi Philip,
I walked Sevilla-Salamanca in 2010 and Salamanca-Santiago in 2011, through Ourense (the Sanabres, so no Astorga). I liked the whole Plata a lot, although the part Sevilla-Salamanca was the my favorite. The 2nd part is more 'northern Spain': green, nice & mostly hilly, but sometimes...
Hi LT,
I am wondering how you are doing on the plata in the heat. I am walking the Levante at the moment, and altough people tell me it could be even hotter this time of the year, I think it´s pretty hard :-)
Good luck, maybe see you in Zamora!
ria
Hi Sharon,
I would go for the train if i were you. It takes only 2,5 hours, there are quite a lot of them and it is probably much cheaper & you will be there earlier. Last year I took a train from Salamanca to Madrid to go back home, after walking half of the plata, and it was quite easy. You...
Yes LT,
Pied a terre is very good :-)
I spend loads of money there, because it's too close to my house.
good that you found a good book.
I'm also going to do the sanabres part of the plata, but with the little german thing.
ria
LT,
I bought Paco Nadal in Santiago after I did the norte, primitivo, ingles, portugues, when I decided I definately needed to do the plata as well :-)
I ripped out the pages after I completed an etappe, to get rid of the weight, and in Salamanca, when I stopped to go back to Amsterdam, I gave...
yes, the german conrad stein books (yellow :-)) are really good. but you have to be able to read german. i used the edition for the portugese last year, and i bought the plata one to do the second half of the plata this year (first part i did with the spanish book of paco nadal, which is also...
Hi Jennifer,
I also walked the first 500 km of the Plata last year alone, and I felt very safe all the time. I did quite some stages with other people, but i also like hiking alone a lot, and that felt good. I don not really know why, because i'm not the bravest type usually, but at the camino's...
i have the sign :D
I remember there was a small story about the house in my book (paco nadal), but in spanish so i didn't get it very well. there were also kilometer signs to santiago and seville. and a big fence...
ria
Hey Muppet,
Wow, this is getting a bit weird, because i am also staying in hotel... Simon! :-)
Read some of your posts, and this is also my 3rd-4th camino this year. (norte-primitivo, portugues, inglés from coruña - well actually i did that in 2 days, so doesn´t count as a camino he? - and now...
Hi Bill,
I read that you are starting on September 11. I will start tomorrow (september 10) from Seville, so maybe will meet you somewhere :-). I also have a weblog, but it´s in dutch...
riacamino.blogspot.com
Hasta luego,
ria
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