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  1. NicMen

    All the ways that the movie “The Way” was spot on...

    Enjoy Burgos, a lovely city. I did not encounter any thieves, just a lady playing music in front of the old archway into the cathedral square, by the river, who insisted in having money before I filmed her... What I did discover was the nicest Sevillian gin: 'Puerto de Indias'. Buen Camino!
  2. NicMen

    How much weight did you lose?

    12kgs over 40 days and just under 1000kms from Lourdes to SdC exactly a year ago... But it is all back on again now... :-(
  3. NicMen

    Rest days...

    Wonderfully said! And, there are plenty of roses to smell, plenty of rocks, hay bales and grassy fields to lay on and see the clouds go by, plenty of beers, wines and tapas to be savoured and plenty of new and old Camino friends to talk to about the little and big things of LIFE!
  4. NicMen

    Rest days...

    Hi Joecamino. I walked from Lourdes to Santiago. It took me 40 days, including 1 day rest in Burgos because of shin splints. All the cities you mentioned are worthy of another day exploring them. I particularly liked Pamplona and Burgos, but it is a matter of personal choice, time availability...
  5. NicMen

    sites to not miss

    Hi mariahiles. I guess it all depends on what your interests are... I started my Camino from Lourdes to Santiago at the end of August last year and loved different aspects of it. The scenery, the churches, the cities and the fellow pilgrims I met along the way. I am a keen photographer and...
  6. NicMen

    Mass time in Santiago?

    The Botafumeiro is always used at the 7:30 PM Friday mass plus some other special dates (Christmas, 25th July, etc.). In addition, it is used whenever there is a pilgrimage (I think they refer to pilgrimages organized by church groups...). I went to the Pilgrims mass at 12 noon last Sunday 9th...
  7. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    Just some additional info, in case you stop at these towns in the Camino Frances. In Larrasoana (the town after Zubiri), the albergue San Nicolas is a delight. Attended by two wonderfully helpful guys. In Ventosa, just before Najera, the hospitalera (Yuta, I think is her name) was the most...
  8. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    Buen Camino!!
  9. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    The phone number for Mme Jaqueline Althabe from Gite La Loja is 05 59 28 15 16 (plus France country code in front). I have their email address but can't find it at the moment. You can also ger to the main intersection in Ordiarb. There is a bar across the road from the old church attended by a...
  10. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    The Gite in Mauleon was behind the church but it was a Sunday and I would hava had to collect the key from Cafe Europa in the main boulevard in the centre of town. But I decided to continue walking to Ordiarp that day.
  11. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    I kept on walking 7km to Ordiarp and got picked up by Jaqueline from Albergue La Loja, a farm house 5km further in Garaibie (I had been walking from L'Hopital St Blaise and couldn't walk anymore...). Jaqueline and Martin are lovely people, they have lovely rooms in a big house, feed you and make...
  12. NicMen

    Starting September 6

    Oh, my plan is to arrive in St Jean 6th and depart for Roncesvalles the following morning, but that assumes I can do Lourdes to St Jean and that, my friend, remains to be seen!!! Will have to have a beer if we catch up along the way!
  13. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    Hi Kevin, good to hear from you! I was wondering how you managed with your shoes. Just checked into de hotel in Barcelona. I'll be catching a train to Lourdes on Monday and starting my walk Wednesday morning. I saw that temperatures were quite high. It's 27C here past 10PM! Thank you so much for...
  14. NicMen

    Starting September 6

    I'm arriving in SJPdP on 6th (hopefully!) after a week of walking from Lourdes. Departing St Jean the following morning and hoping to go over to Roncesvalles in one day. Might see you along the way and say: Buen Camino!
  15. NicMen

    Journey begins

    Buen Camino Dan! I will be following in your steps very shortly too! Doesn't all of this reignite that 'sense of wonder'!!!
  16. NicMen

    Camino Frances in October

    I'm sooo glad I'm doing it a little earlier... Comming from Brisbane I would need all my layers and the mattress wrapped around me all the time!!!!
  17. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    I made a reservation in the Hotel Saint Etienne a couple of months ago. Hope it will be fine.
  18. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    Thank you Felipe. Very interesting and very useful info, as always! Only 11 days to departure now... I hope I can be present and awake at every step if the way!
  19. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    Did you get your pilgrim passpoert stamped? Where?
  20. NicMen

    Lourdes France to the Camino Frances

    This is great info. Thanks Kevin! I'm interested in hearing how each day in the south of France goes. Where did you stay in Lourdes?

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