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  1. bergmannfamily

    Is 42 days for SJPDP to Finisterre too long?

    We did 42 walking days from SJPdP to Finisterre. We built in 6 other tourist days along the way. It was perfect for us. We met up with about twenty or so people who walked about the same distances each day, so each evening some of our loose grouping was together for the evening. By the last...
  2. bergmannfamily

    Death of an Indonesian pilgrim on the Camino Frances

    Rest in peace fellow pilgrim. Ultreia et suseia!
  3. bergmannfamily

    Death of an Indonesian pilgrim on the Camino Frances

    I'm going to make those numbers a bit more disheartening. The survival rate in out of hospital arrests with CPR is about 4%. If the arrest was for reasons other than an MI (heart attack) it is even lower. Even with good CPR the loss of brain is at a rate of about 11% per minute of arrest...
  4. bergmannfamily

    Certificate in Sahagún - halfway on Camino Frances, completion of Camino de Madrid

    We got ours the same way with the same circuitous route in October of '21.
  5. bergmannfamily

    Sad Day. A very Sad Day.

    Oh, that looks beautiful! I can almost smell it and taste it. The best thing to end a day on the Way.
  6. bergmannfamily

    When do most pilgrims feel like quitting the Camino de Santiago?

    Congrats!
  7. bergmannfamily

    Top 2 rest days places

    We set aside five rest days, but we did them in the bigger cities and we ended up walking as much on those days. We finally admitted they were tourist days, not rest days. On our next walk we will make the distinction between rest and tourist days.
  8. bergmannfamily

    When do most pilgrims feel like quitting the Camino de Santiago?

    I don't think either of us ever felt like quitting completely, but there were definite days when one of us would get up in the morning and just be sore / achey / poorly rested and not want to walk that day. On those days the other would be the encouragement to continue on. We had rest/tourist...
  9. bergmannfamily

    If you had 45-49 days for the Camino Frances, how would you spend it?

    I would add Astorga to your great list.
  10. bergmannfamily

    Can you buy a sack lunch at Orisson if you're not a guest there?

    A bigger partial chapter from UpToDate in regards to Fluids and Dehydration. Written by Dr Richard Stern. It is very long. Ignore if not interested. PATHOGENESIS OF AND DEFENSE AGAINST HYPOTONIC HYPONATREMIA Hypotonic hyponatremia results from the intake (ie, oral, intravenous, other...
  11. bergmannfamily

    Can you buy a sack lunch at Orisson if you're not a guest there?

    In 31 years of being an ER doc I have only seen two cases of water intoxication and both were patients with schizophrenia whose voices told them to purify themselves with pure (ie, distilled) water. They both overwhelmed the bodies attempt to correct things. Required ICU management to come out...
  12. bergmannfamily

    Can you buy a sack lunch at Orisson if you're not a guest there?

    I will not disagree with the body needing food and drink, but water intoxication is not a real issue unless someone is drinking distilled water only. Sweat losses are primarily water, not salt. Water needs to be replaced. I can supply you with the medical literature on this if you would like...
  13. bergmannfamily

    If you had 45-49 days for the Camino Frances, how would you spend it?

    My wife and I did 48 days last autumn from SJPdP to Finisterre. We took tourist days in Pamplona, Burgos, Leon, Sarria, and Santiago. That gave us lots of time to enjoy each community we stopped in, to visit churches and castles, and to relax. Between us we only had one blister, and very much...
  14. bergmannfamily

    Family walking a late winter Camino.

    We did our camino ending Oct 30 last fall. Cold inside buildings was a real issue. Some had no heat, or no finances to turn on the heat. It was not cool being cold all evening. I am super impressed by your family's previous exploits. Awesome to raise the kids with such adventure and can-do...
  15. bergmannfamily

    Would love feedback on my planned route - Ponferrada to Santiago

    We did luggage transfer using Correos. They delivered to all of our places even if they were 5-6 k off the route. When you put the destination for the day into their web-app it tells you which places they deliver to, but again they always delivered to all of our choices.
  16. bergmannfamily

    Descent into Zubiri

    I have bilateral knee replacements, Parkinson's, and neuropathy in my feet. I rather hated the descents to Zubiri, from Alto de Perdon, and into Molinaseca. I had to go so slow. I made it but was not having any fun or thinking any good thoughts.
  17. bergmannfamily

    Coping with change after Sarria - wisdom needed please

    I feel your pain. We did the CF and then onward to Finisterre last autumn. We had our fellow walkers that we had mostly been with for the last month, but felt 'imposed upon' by all the folks joining after Sarria. It took a day to realize that we had the privilege of walking the whole route...
  18. bergmannfamily

    Walking to Pedrafita do Cebreiro from O Cebreiro

    We stayed there in October last year when we did our camino. We walked on the shoulder of the highway about half way down, and then there is a trail that short cuts off the 'roundest' part of the road. It was a better shoulder for walking than many other roads that the CF puts you on. The...
  19. bergmannfamily

    Walking Camino Frances as a couple

    Do it together! I had the desire to do the Camino since middle school 50 years ago. My wife was not so keen on the idea, but we started walking long distances together and she soon developed almost more of a love for walking than me. We are 8 inches different by height, but she has quite a...
  20. bergmannfamily

    Albergue Borda

    We stayed at Borda in early September. It was very nice! The owner does not do pack transfer (at least not at our time). He should be walking the Frances right now. He told us he was doing it in October and November. We used Bouricott.

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