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  1. Madeleine Jacobs

    Fire destroys the Pieros albergue

    I stayed in albergue Serbal y La Luna (I heard the name of the albergue reflects the names of the two sons of the hospitalera) in August of this year and it is one of these places that linger in your mind, when you want a brief escape from the daily hustle to a peaceful place. I warmly...
  2. Madeleine Jacobs

    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    Very old fashioned perhaps, but I love the online GPS map in the Wise Pilgrim Frances application, that always -wherever you are on the Camino, in the stark dark in the morning- shows you whether you are off the path. Click on the little location sign in the right upper corner. The online path...
  3. Madeleine Jacobs

    Lodging crunch - Biduedo and Ferrerios

    I stayed in Biduedo in Casa Rural Quiroga on November 9 and they mentioned to me that they were closing for the autumn and winter that week. Whether Casa Rural Xato remains open, I don’t know. I am planning to walk again by end of February, having the same problem of not being able to walk 20-25...
  4. Madeleine Jacobs

    Bag transport in November

    I have tried Jacotrans (in Spanish, translate) with a mail on my walking schedule out of Ponferrada from November 5, but I have not heard back. All others transporters appear to be closed. Because of my rusty knees, I have decided to bring my pack (which was always already ligther than 4 kg)...
  5. Madeleine Jacobs

    Way too overwhelming to book beds/rooms (mid july - mid August, frances)

    Although a bit old fashioned, with all the new apps, I use this “Planificador” every day of my Camino to plan and consider how many kilometers I might walk the next day and the days after. Use it in combination with a google search for “Gronze + name of the village you want to stay”, to see what...
  6. Madeleine Jacobs

    Looking for accommodation recommendations in Leon

    I had a fantastic time at Hostal Covent Garden (Booking.com), right by Plaza de Botines and very near to the cathedral. Wonderfull host and lovely joint kitchen and communal room. It really feels like a home in Leon. I was there at Palm Sunday/Domingo de Rama and the Holy Week processions were...
  7. Madeleine Jacobs

    Same Camino over and over again

    Same for me, I walked the Camino Frances in 2020 and cannot wait to go back (July 2021) and this time I promise myself to take more time and feel less pressure to get to SDC. I love the many villages at the CF to stop over and the relative safety and festiveness that comes from the many other...
  8. Madeleine Jacobs

    Updated list of open Albergues

    The municipal albergue in Burgos “Casa de Los Cubos“ opens on June 3rd at limited capacity. https://cadenaser.com/emisora/2021/06/01/radio_castilla/1622529408_163880.html
  9. Madeleine Jacobs

    Possible to walk May 2021

    I am hopeful to start my 2nd Camino in SJPDP initially to Burgos, on June 27, 2 days after my second vaccin. But I am not yet booking, await the outcome of the lifting of the state of alarm and opening of the Spanish regions first and Spain feeling comfortable and safe with my arrival. So my...
  10. Madeleine Jacobs

    Lightweight sleeping bag October - November 2020

    Hi Sue, someone at the forum suggested the China-made Aegismax down sleepingbag, only 560 grams and on Amazon at Eur 90,-, which is quite affordable for an ultralight down sleepingbag. I walked my Camino Frances sections with it in November and February and slept nice and warm:)...
  11. Madeleine Jacobs

    Today early start,but going nowhere

    Hi Philip, I understand your feeling so well of wanting to come back to Spain and walk. I even did walk my final stages of the CF, early July and then finishing early August in SDC. But still, I am longing to go back, also as the summer here in NL seems to have ended abruptly. Perhaps, perhaps...
  12. Madeleine Jacobs

    Favorite Leg/Section

    Walking the Rioja in November, the landscape in red, burgundy, yellow and orange. Logrono to Granon.
  13. Madeleine Jacobs

    Arrival SDC at St James Festival July 24&25 - Albergues nearly booked

    Notwithstanding the expected pilgrim crowds from Sarria on, I have decided to plan my 2020 Camino Frances arrival in SDC around the main days of the St James Festival on July 24-25. The head’s up I want to give is that albergues appear to almost fully booked for these 2 nights. I mailed...
  14. Madeleine Jacobs

    Where to eat Lunch+Pee in SJPdP ?

    Thx Rich and Mike, I might indeed regret later not taking the time at SJPDP. So I will follow your advice! Madeleine
  15. Madeleine Jacobs

    Where to eat Lunch+Pee in SJPdP ?

    I also arrive at SJPD at 11.45 with the bus from Pamplona on 25/9, aiming to leave for Orisson asap upon arrival. However, the Pilgrim Office is closed between 12 and 1.30. What would be the best place to get a stamp near Place Floquet, where the buses arrive?
  16. Madeleine Jacobs

    Heat, feet and water

    Hi Andrew, I am following in your footsteps approx. a month later, starting in SJPDP on September 25th. Great to read your blog and see the photo’s to know what to expect. Buen camino! Madeleine

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