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This picture is a detail of the south entrance of Santiago cathedral. Look at the Omega and the Alpha: they are in reverse order (omega first): that means that Santiago is not the end, but a new start in your life...
What you are feeling is well-known.
It is named "Camino Blues".
While walking on the Camino, our life is changing dramatically. We talk to people we would never had talked otherwise, and our needs become very simple: where to sleep ? what to eat ? where is the Camino ?
Returning back to real...
I do not understand what you intend to do ?
If you want maps of routes in an app, you can use mapy.cz, selecting "outdoor" map: all the caminos are shown.
Because Camino is a pilgrimage, all the ways converge toward Santiago : you should expect to meet other people.
When I want to be alone, I walk in the Gobi desert.
In the donativo of Samblismo (Camino Primitivo), my fellow pilgrims had a yoga session. Javier, the kind hospitalero of this donativo provide them with yoga mats, and among us were a yoga coach...
In fact, the strange thing is that you are surprised that a system can rely on trust !
It should be the normal, but now, in France, even restaurants complain about people that book and do not come, without even calling...
On the camino, as others say, some people book several place in order to...
The oldest way is Podiensis: it exists from the neolithic.
"The heritage days were an opportunity to carry out the unveiling ceremony of the inscription plaque of Dolmen Pech – Laglaire 2 on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the property “Les Chemins de Saint-Jacques de Compostela in...
An umbrella rental company: in each albergue you can either rent an umbrella before walking under rain, or giving it back after arriving to the albergue.
No need to carry an umbrella, you just have it when you need it.
"Umbrella-on-demand" could be the name of the company.
(Note: My idea is not...
I was walking between Puente-la-Reina and Burgos on last december.
On 24th, we were in Logroño. We have dinners in bar (tapas), but they close one after the other. At 10pm, no open bars were remaining... But on Christmas day, leaving the town, we meet crowds of young people going back home...
If you have already walked Frances from León, perhaps it would be nicer to walk another route ?
However, I will start from León on October 22nd, hopefully till Santiago with a friend of mine. I hope during low season it will not be too crowded.
I am not sure to understand all the thread, but going from Cardiff to Santiago breakdancing and singing rap on a skateboard seems to be a real challenge !
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