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As a person "of the south" who grew up not far from the AT, I did not find the book condescending; rather, I loved it! I'm looking forward to the movie.
I find that I can't NOT watch it. Oddly, it comes on a lot here in the UAE. Whenever I find it while channel surfing, I am compelled to stop and watch it.
One young lady was none too modest in the municipal in Burgos. I wasn't 100% sure if she was female, but my husband assured me that she was, as she had stripped down to a pair of panties and spent 10 minutes brushing her hair that way, right in front of him and my 12-year-old son. This...
We had no problem when my husband went ahead of me and my son or they went ahead of me last year (I was slow that year!) at Granon, Tosantos, and again in a few private albergues, and I saw others get a bed at San Juan de Ortega for someone who had to double back for his credencial. I'm sure the...
My husband, son, and I have been walking for a few weeks every summer - this will be our third year on the Camino Frances, and we hope to finally get to Santiago this time!
My son was 11 the first year, and it was difficult. Every day he got tired and wanted to stop; we carried his pack for...
I saw several deer in a field on the way to Burgos, and a snake zipped across the path right in front of me going over the hill just before Ages. A falcon or other raptor on the Meseta (just past Castrojeriz, maybe). And tons of slugs and snail. My son forced us to make very slow progress out of...
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