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Similar to Japan, there is a 30 day Camino in southern Korea. My daughter and her French (then boyfriend now husband) walked it in 2014 and were treated like royalty in each village— to the point of embarrassment. And delight! A significant percentage of South Koreans are Catholic. Buen Camino
In August the Primitivo may be hot but would not have the tourist crowds of the coast. In September the coastal weather will likely be ideal. But there could be rain. In October there will be rain. Buen Camino
In the evening of April 15, 2022 I met a man in Carrion de Los Condes who was wearing a black cape and impressive black felt hat. I asked if he was a La Tuna musician. He said no, follow me. We walked up the the now open building that held all the procession floats. I got to wander around...
On our first Camino my daughter met "a handsome French man." Two years later he proposed at Finestere at the end of our Portuguese Camino. They married the following year. A year ago Julien walked the Camino Mozarabe with my wife and me. (He is fluent in Spanish and English.) This past...
I hardly ever look at them but my device has all the applicable apps. Cost little and weigh nothing. I also carry the smallest and lightest paper guide book, but only the pages of the route I will walk. I just recently added mapy.cz and found it useful in walking through cities. Buen Camino
I'm with Simperegrina and Vacajoe. I prefer dorm beds in private, muni or paroqueal albergues but occasionally find "only" a pension or small hotel -- luxury! In donativos I leave at least as much as I would pay in a private albergue. If the albergue offers a meal I always buy it, always...
Two days after I sleep in a village I forget its name because I am thinking about the next cerveza, shower and bed. The sellos are a great record of where I was. I treasure them. I don't always ask for a Compostela in Santiago. I am not religious but I particularly like to get a sello at...
It is a normal afternoon anywhere in Spain when I order a beer or wine and suddenly magically appears a small bowl of chips or olives or nuts. Sometimes tapas. No charge! I love it. Buen Camino
Compare the menu del dia or the menu peregrino to a fast food lunch in the US: Primero, segundo and desert SERVED on clean plates with steel cutlery on a large napkin, wine, water and bread, in a delightful bar/cafe/restaurant in Spain. Megaburger with glop and supersized fries and a big...
Gracias, Peter. Ok, fresh OJ manana, Aquarius at mid day, two bottles of water, cerveza 0.0 afternoon. cerveza con alcohol before dinner, vino tinto with dinner. Rehydrated! Buen Camino
On our first Camino, totally tired out, we stopped for the night at a beach resort which rented little cabins. It was raining, we took one. At the bar was a sign showing the distances to all the nearby towns. The distance to the town we had walked all day from was ------- 10 MINUTES! By...
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