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I started my passport in 2012 in Burgos, walking only to Astorga. I filled the remainder of that Passport in 2014 walking from Astorga to SDC. I did run out of space and had to start a new Passport. However, the Pilgrim office in SDC had no problem joining the two passports to issue my...
Met an individual begging on the CF in Molinaseca in 2014. She was asking for money for food, so I took her to dinner. Turned out her story was true. All beggars might not be scammers, but buyer beware..........
I have been on the Camino Frances several times, and have only eaten in a restaurant a handful of times. Most of the albergues do have a kitchen with utensils, some better equipped than others. It pays to check on this board to see which ones are better equipped. I was the assigned cook each...
I have reservations to stay at the Orisson albergue at the end of May, 2017. Should I bring my lunch when I arrive or is there food and drink available for purchase? I know that dinner and breakfast are included.
Additionally, how long is the walk from SJPP to Orisson? I arrive by train...
I did the CF in 2014. I met a French guy who had been walking the CF for almost two full years back and forth. He stays in albergues donativos, eats what he can find in the communal kitchen and had a small unemployment stipend that he lived off. I get the sense he was doing it only because it...
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