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  1. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Current big wave at beginning of Francés

    Well, this is something different than the occasional completo town. I find an increase of 21% in the first (almost) 4 months quite staggering.
  2. Luka

    Route Napoleon closed (April 1, 2024) for a few days, due to weather

    Sounds like a wise decision. The snow line is still pretty low due to the wintery weather last week.
  3. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Sarria to Santiago winter Camino

    Buen Camino to you all! Greetings from Padrón 🙂
  4. Luka

    Albergues Cost

    Thanks! So almost none on the Francés. Besides, the big influx of Ukranian refugees was last year and @maurice thinks it will become an issue in the future.
  5. Luka

    Albergues Cost

    Sounds very unlikely to me. If finding a bed on the Camino Francés would indeed become difficult because of Ukranian refugees staying in albergues you would definitely read about that in (local) newspapers.
  6. Luka

    How many times have you walked the Camino Frances (more than half way)?

    Once, in 2015. But maybe a poll would have been more practical.
  7. Luka

    Foncebadon!!!

    I digged up an old photo album. I took this picture in August 2014. This is what I wrote: Foncebadón is deserted from everything, on a plateau where a chill wind blows. The only road in the village is a dirt track. There are about 15 buildings, of wich 4 or 5 are an albergue. There is a shop...
  8. Luka

    Mansilla de la Mulas to León: why bother?

    No, I didn't! Those were actually my first kms on the Francés ever. I was walking the Via de la Plata from Salamanca in August and at Benavente I was a little bit done with walking on my own. And also very curious about The Famous Francés everyone was raving about. So I took a bus from Benavente...
  9. Luka

    Mansilla de la Mulas to León: why bother?

    I recall that León - Astorga is also mostly boring road walking... 😅
  10. Luka

    Camino Souvenirs and gifts - what's popular?

    I think Santiago has the most options to buy Camino souvenirs, so that would be another reason to wait until you are there.
  11. Luka

    How busy are July and August usually?

    Mind you, the (biggest part of the) Camino Primitivo has a rather different climate than the (biggest part of the) Francés. I have about 5000 kms of Caminos under my belt (from April till October) and don't recall I ever took a jacket with me. If necessary I had 3 layers (T-shirt, longsleeve...
  12. Luka

    Anyone in Burgos Nov 21 - 24, 2022?

    Thanks for the invite! I will let you know if I travel that far outside the city :)
  13. Luka

    Anyone in Burgos Nov 21 - 24, 2022?

    I am going to spend a couple of days in Burgos. Mostly to write and for a change of scenery. If anyone of you is passing Burgos one of these days as a pilgrim I would be happy to meet up for a drink :)
  14. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Roncesvalles - Logroño

    Then I wouldn't count on that either. I saw many pilgrims under 30 on the Camino. Spaniards can travel within the country without PCR-tests and foreigners can enter the country with a negative PCR-test but without vaccine.
  15. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Live from Camino Frances

    There seems to be big differences along the way regarding the level of saturation. I walked in Navarra last week and also noticed that most albergues were fully booked.
  16. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Roncesvalles - Logroño

    Home again. My observations: - The Camino looks pretty normal again, although with much smaller numbers than before covid. - The number of pilgrims seems to grow day by day though and it looks like some stages are close to their saturation point. - Open albergues operate at 50% of their maximum...
  17. Luka

    Seeing a lot of pilgrims starting in Roncesvalles...issues with SJPDP now?

    Yes, I recall that magic moment, but don't remember where it was...
  18. Luka

    Seeing a lot of pilgrims starting in Roncesvalles...issues with SJPDP now?

    Yes, I spent the night there from Monday till Tuesday. I spoke with 2 hospitaleros (in Dutch). One of them could have been you. 🙂
  19. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Roncesvalles - Logroño

    I am quite a beer snob 😂
  20. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Roncesvalles - Logroño

    I started walking from Los Arcos at 5.50am to avoid the heat. For the same reason (and also to avoid the industrial kms into Logroño) I took a bus from Viana to Logroño. I can tell you that my feet were very happy with this decision as well! I enjoyed the walk and was thinking that I was just...

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