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Hi, Jennifer. I walked the Via Francigena from Aosta, near the French-Italian border, down to Rome in 2019. You will find Italy beautiful, but not as accommodating as Spain for Pilgrims. The ostellos are fewer and farther in between. It will depend on what time of year you start your journey...
I was waiting in Pamplona for some new boots from the USA, as my feet were hurting from my current boots. They got to Madrid, but Madrid would not send the boots to Pamplona! Why? I don't know and never found out. So I went to a shoe store there in Pamplona and the nice lady brought out a pair...
I decided to walk The Camino after I discovered all the history behind it. So, it was a tourist attraction that first got me thinking about The Camino. Then when I read that St. Francis walked The Camino de Santiago, I knew I had to walk it, too. But on the way to Santiago I had so many...
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