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  1. DowtyCamino

    Our Camino story - Plus, How do I get from San Sebastian to SJPDP

    Unhelpful for your planning probably, but in 2017 (after missing my flight from Madrid to Bayonne, I caught the next best option and flew to San Sebastian. Because I had to meet up with folks in SJPdP at a certain time I had no option but taxi from SS to SJPdP. It was a nice but $$ ride...
  2. DowtyCamino

    Camino Francés in the 1980s

    If you want to go back a bit further US President John Adams wrote journals about his unintentional visit along the Camino....He's not very complimentary about it's state in the late 18th century. https://allthingsliberty.com/2016/11/remarkable-spanish-pilgrimage-john-adams/
  3. DowtyCamino

    NotJustAHike

    Us too!
  4. DowtyCamino

    NotJustAHike

    Thanks Tony. It was a work of love. As an update, we just finished uploading the closed-captioning text so YouTube will offer cc in any of a hundred languages. Technology..wow!
  5. DowtyCamino

    NotJustAHike

    Thank you. Granon was a slice of heaven. There was just giving on top of giving on top of giving that evening. Thank you for serving there.
  6. DowtyCamino

    NotJustAHike

    FYI: A 1min Trailer can be viewed below:
  7. DowtyCamino

    NotJustAHike

    For anyone interested - and not thoroughly exhausted with Camino movies, we FINALLY published our documentary from our 2017 Camino. You can view this on YouTube by searching for "NotJustAHike", or click the image below.... Let us know what you think. Our 2014 documentary seemed to be well...
  8. DowtyCamino

    O Cebreiro

    The German run albergue in LaFaba is amazing - clean - efficient and has a really nice small chapel on the property. It is the larger albergue in the tiny village. The smaller albergue is run by two couples. They offer an phenomenal vegetarian meal - in season harvested from their own garden...
  9. DowtyCamino

    Return of the Cyborg Turtle with post camino summary

    Read it front to back (when I was supposed to be working...oops). An inspiring story and one that is told with great honesty. I felt many of the same feelings although our two caminos in May/June were with much nicer weather (1 day of rain in each camino). The feeling of self acceptance was...
  10. DowtyCamino

    Media request

    Thanks....I think I've narrowed it to just before Irotz. But the question remains...what to do about images to illustrate the story? It's a bit of a nondescript location.
  11. DowtyCamino

    Media request

    In 2017 between Espinal and Zabaldiki we walked along a section of the Camino where the path falls away steeply to the right. Ahead we heard a woman crying out for help. We ran to see what was going on an found the woman about 15ft down the side of the mountain with her crashed bike laying on...
  12. DowtyCamino

    3 Questions about Hiking from Leon to O’Cebriero

    Beware the "bubble". Over the years I've become convinced that some folks can experience "no problem ever" and "always completo" all within days of each other. Some of this has to do with Brierley and other guide book "stages" that tend to focus pilgrims into certain locations. But I suspect...
  13. DowtyCamino

    How many Euros

    One thing to note/be-aware of. Each time you use your ATM card you may pay a "Foreign transaction fee" depending on which card you have. There are many cards out there that have no such fee, but most do. This fee can be as much as $30 per transaction. So if you're pulling out 100Euros every...
  14. DowtyCamino

    1st time Camino walker

    Search the forum there are literally hundreds of responses to your question as it quite a common one.
  15. DowtyCamino

    Place to stay in Ponferrada- now

    I've stayed at the same Albergue in 2014. It will be quite empty this time of year I suspect. I also stayed at the Hotel Aroi Bierzo Plaza in the Plaza Ayuntamiento 2017 and it was acceptable at relatively inexpensive for a hotel room.
  16. DowtyCamino

    Astorga to Santiago -- lots of questions!

    Triple echo the advice to take more than 2 days Astorga to Ponferrada. It can be done, but you won't be happy about it and it'd be two full days walking with no time to enjoy. However, three days pure walking is likely more than you'd need in my opinion. But this would allow you to: 1) Spend...
  17. DowtyCamino

    What's on your pilgrimage bucket list?

    Not really a pilgrimage, but it definitely qualifies as a "long walk". In the States, as well as the familiar Appalachian Trail (~6m) or the Pacific Coast Trail (~5m) there is the Mountain to Sea Trail in North Carolina (2000km - ~2m-3m). It runs from Clingman's Dome in the Smokie Mountians...
  18. DowtyCamino

    My Camino

    Read your Story Susan. Very touching. I'm glad you were with him. Just a small word of preparation for you. Camino may be less "quite" than you expect. Everyone will ask you "why" you are walking Camino. Your answer may shock them for a moment. Many/most people will be their on "holiday"...
  19. DowtyCamino

    My Camino

    You've asked for a mileage estimate based on your age. As you no doubt know, age is only a minor factor in determining the correct mileage to travel each day. I've walked with 90+ year olds that could easily out-distance me although they were typically wise enough to be going quite slowly...
  20. DowtyCamino

    Do most places have a kitchen or at least a freezer?

    It's a clever idea, but as others have mentioned, not really necessary. You can refresh your water with lovely cold water from the fountains in most villages. I don't recall very many fridges or freezers - but I wasn't really looking. I recall a post some time ago regarding this topic -...

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