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  1. Nate Bissonette

    100 km Mark

    The time I spent walking the Camino was magical. The time I spent getting to and from the Camino was miserable. My personal preference is to minimize time spent in public transportation. In June 2018, I flew from Minneapolis to Madrid, then caught a one-hour connecting flight to Santiago...
  2. Nate Bissonette

    Palas de Rei to Arzua

    I walked from Sarria in May. I broke that stage into two: Palas to Melide one day, Melide to Azura the next. There are some steep hills that really slow you down. In Melide, I stayed at A Lua do Camino which is like a big country house, giant rooms overlooking the swimming pool, located...
  3. Nate Bissonette

    Framing documents

    I framed my Credential using a long, narrow 4-photo frame that I bought at Target. Posted a photo in Media. You could lay your walking stick atop it, hang framed documents above.
  4. Nate Bissonette

    Angela from OZ and her graffiti

    I walked from Sarria in May. The "Love Wins" graffiti increasingly grated on my nerves until I reached a marker with a big black heart above the letter W (Love Wins, get it?). Painted atop the black heart, someone had written in white block letters "Hate you so much" which so perfectly...
  5. Nate Bissonette

    Camino not for me?

    I didn't do the long walk, I walked from Sarria. It took a few days before the gerbil wheel in my head went still: how far left to go, what did I miss, do I have enough money, how steep is the next hill, will I find a place to sleep, why am I so slow, why am I doing this . . . but suddenly, one...
  6. Nate Bissonette

    Camino prep Q's - last minute camino please help!

    If you want the Compostela, leave enough time that you can spend hours waiting in the Pilgrim office in Santiago, they're very busy (and all volunteers). Be patient. If you walk 500 miles to Santiago but don't continue to Finisterra or Muxia, you miss the iconic photo at the 0,00 marker. Add...
  7. Nate Bissonette

    Last minute journey to Compostela?! Crazy or Worth it

    YooSousie, I hope you went in May. If not, GO! I just returned. I loved it. First thing, I walked the last bit of the Frances, from Sarria to Santiago. It was full of young women walking alone or with friends met on the way. Perfectly safe. Second thing, I bought almost no equipment. I...
  8. Nate Bissonette

    Camino diary, before and after

    Jane, I feel your feet aching all the way over here! I'm too old and fat to walk traditional stages. I chose the Sarria to Santiago stretch because Mark McCarthy posted a detailed guide in "Resources" showing how to walk shorter distances each day, then take a taxi to your hotel. Next day...
  9. Nate Bissonette

    May Or September

    Haven't walked in September, just finished that stretch the last week in May. Mornings 60 degrees, misty, cleared off by noon and heated up to high 70's afternoon, brief thunderstorm most evenings around 6:00 pm. Used my poncho one morning for exceptionally heavy mist/light drizzle, ended by...
  10. Nate Bissonette

    Camino diary, before and after

    May 19, 2018. I leave tomorrow. I’m sick to my stomach, afraid to go. What am I forgetting? What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve wasted all this time and money? Practice walk yesterday. 5 miles with full pack. Glacial pace. Can’t walk far enough, fast enough, to get the Compostela in the...
  11. Nate Bissonette

    A question about a sello we got...

    Did you get the one from the blind guy? It was in a tiny chapel somewhere around Ventas Naron, I think. He was taking donativos, no set price, and had a regular ink stamp for the sello plus a date stamp for the date, but he applied them to the credential himself after indicating by pantomime...
  12. Nate Bissonette

    The Shame of Starting in Sarria

    I would like to ask the tagger: The Bishop decided that starting a pilgrimage in Sarria was sufficient for Catholics to earn a Compostela from the Church. You disagree so you write graffiti to protest Church policy, same as Martin Luther nailing his theses to the door. Congratulations - you are...
  13. Nate Bissonette

    Last minute journey to Compostela?! Crazy or Worth it

    I wanted to walk the Camino but I was a student in college. I wanted to walk the Camino but I was building a career. I wanted to walk the Camino but I was raising my kids. I wanted to walk the Camino but I couldn't afford a month off. I still want to walk the Camino but . . . now I'm old...
  14. Nate Bissonette

    LIVE from the Camino A small observation.

    Yeah, yeah . . . enough about you. How is Snowdrop doing? Did your cutlery safely arrive? Photos, please.
  15. Nate Bissonette

    A few quick questions from a beginer

    I understand why you wrote that, Djoker. When I first started reading this site last year, I found disdainful comments about short-walkers and plastic pilgrims who prance the minimum distance in a few days instead of slogging over the mountains for weeks like a REAL pilgrim. But hang around...
  16. Nate Bissonette

    Did anyone regret walking the Camino?

    Haveacuppa - are you wondering about the time and money spent walking the entire Camino? Perhaps a shorter walk would be easier to commit to? Veteran member Mark McCarthy posted "Sarria to Santiago in Very Short Stages" in the Resources Section. I'm walking the first half of it this May...
  17. Nate Bissonette

    How hilly is it from Sarria to Lugo?

    Mark McCarthy, veteran member of this forum, has a book on Amazon which includes a detailed map, elevations for every stage, comments on accommodations, phone numbers, etc. Newly updated. Sounds as if you might find that helpful. He also has a Short Stage Camino on this forum (search for it)...
  18. Nate Bissonette

    SxxT Happens - May need to Postpone

    Robo, your post is timely. I planned to walk in May but must postpone my trip. My reservations must be changed but one of them is non-refundable, non-transferable . . . I pay whether I use it or not. The confirmation email from Booking.com is perfectly clear - I just wish I'd noticed that...
  19. Nate Bissonette

    I Want To Do The Camino Slowly, In Short Stages, Is This Possible???

    Mark McCarthy recently posted an excellent resource on a different thread. Search "Sarria to Santiago in Very Short Stages." I'm hoping to walk it in May.
  20. Nate Bissonette

    Sarria to Santiago in very short stages

    Thank you, Mark. I'm inspired again, hoping to walk your itinerary in May. Remember the old travel guides, "Europe on $5 a Day?" I toured all over Europe with that book. You ought to publish this short-stage info as "Camino on 5 Miles a Day."

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