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  1. Lars Wetterstrom

    Showing passport in an albergue

    This is tricky. I feel the credencial is losing importance and that it - to be honest - has no legal significance. In most places along the camino frances (I have walked it twice) they only ask you for the passport which is a standard procedure in hotels and hostels all over the world when the...
  2. Lars Wetterstrom

    What's your average pace?

    Maybe I have been lucky not to encounter any extreme heat when I have walked the CF in July in 2013 and 2015. The air in northern Spain is dry and resembles the air in northern Europe. This makes the heat easier to cope with in my opinion. It feels like a good hot german or scandinavian summer...
  3. Lars Wetterstrom

    What's your average pace?

    Yes it seems the bulk of the pilgrims dont walk in the afternoon. This under the pretext that it is too hot to walk in the afternoon. The real reason however, in my opinion, is fear of not getting a bed for the night or a fear to be on your own. A sort of mass psychosis really. With a good rest...
  4. Lars Wetterstrom

    Real Pilgrims

    Being a grumpy old man and a lutheran I am having problems accepting all the tourist pilgrims and all the other "stamp collectors". One inch of cheating on the camino would give me a bad conscience, sure. It is also about paying respect for the generations of pilgrims doing the camino in the...

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