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I'm sure that you'll get lots of different opinions, but I'll give you my two cents worth. "Finishing" the Camino turned out to be the least important aspect of the experience. As a matter of fact, I cried my way to Santiago on the last day because I was so sad for it to end. You might find...
We walked 17 days the first time and 13 days the second time. As much as we hated to miss part of the middle of the Camino, we wanted to have time to go to finisterra. We had hoped to walk there, but didn't quite have time. We took a bus, and had two great nights there. We generally walk about...
Hi my husband and i walked from sjpp to fromista in June, 2013 and from Astorga to Santiago this June. We're from Ohio. We had to break it into two parts because we could only get 3 weeks of vacation. We thought it worked out great and had the benefit of looking forward to part 2 for 11 months...
(For women) A friend who had walked the Camino suggested I bring a pair of leggings and I was so glad I did! I wore them under my pants on cold days, around the albergue when I was doing laundry, and with a skirt on chilly nights when I went to dinner.
While it's a totally reasonable question, you'll understand why I giggled a little bit when you experience the "border" for the first time. Buen Camino!
I had so many tearful moments on the Camino this past summer. The first was in the pilgrim's office in Saint Jean Pied de Port as I received my first stamp on my Credencial. I was so overwhelmed by the realization that there I was, after a year of planning, following in the footsteps of the...
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