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    Restaurant recommendations between Santo Domingo and Belorado?

    Thank you all for your suggestions and comments! I think I will try Casa León this time, even though I read that he does not welcome guests with rucksacks.
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    Restaurant recommendations between Santo Domingo and Belorado?

    Can anyone recommend a good restaurant between Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Belorado? Last year (or 2022) I had lunch in El Chocolatero, but found it mediocre. Casa Leóon has very mixed reports on Tripadvisor. Thanks in advance for your tips!
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    Best day to leave Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ?

    Thank you all for your helpful comments! God permitting, I plan to leave Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on Wednesday 1 May, having spent the two previous weeks on the Voie du Puy. I have already walked the Camino francés twice, starting from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, but spending my first night once...
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    Best day to leave Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port ?

    Hello! Do pilgrims leave Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in predictable "waves" and if so, which days of the week are the calmest? I have the choice between three flights per week to Biarritz. Depending on which one I take, I could leave Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday. Thanks...
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    LIVE from the Camino CF-things are not that bad - May 2023

    Recent posts show that some people, especially those preparing for their first CF Camino, are panicking at the idea of not being able to find accommodation, even to the point of envisaging giving up their plan to walk the Camino. The first point I would like to make is that people’s comments...
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    shells & distances

    In the Middle Ages it was common for people who had committed a crime to be condemned to walk to Santiago / Fisterra as punishment/penance. My understanding is that these pilgrims brought back home a scallop shell with them as proof that they had indeed gone there. Pilgrims starting off on their...
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    Accommodation Sarria - Santiago in May

    Thank you all for sharing your experience with me.
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    Accommodation Sarria - Santiago in May

    The first and last time I walked from Sarria to Santiago was in 2005. Since then I have always avoided that route by walking to Santiago via Ourense. In the coming month of May I plan to follow the Sarria path once more, for old time's sake, this being perhaps my last camino. Being concerned...
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    Astorga

    If you are looking for a meal typical of the region and not "touristy", do try "Las Termas". Its speciality is the "Cocido Maragata". The restaurant has been in the prestigious French Michelin guide for years and has a "BIB" label, meaning it is very good value for money. You want to eat this...
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    Easter "wave" on Camino Francés?

    Many thanks to all of you who took the time to share with me your experience of Easter on the CF. From what I have read, I feel confident that 11 April is a good time to start out from Somport.
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    Easter "wave" on Camino Francés?

    A question to those who have experience of pilgrim habits and statistics on the Camino Francés. God being willing, I hope to walk this spring to Santiago along the CF, starting out in mid-April from Somport. I am trying to choose a "good" date for my departure. Would I be correct in thinking...
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    My impressions after three weeks

    My intention was to share these impressions with you from my very first day in the Pyrenees, but for reasons that you can imagine, I never had the time nor the energy to do so. Hence it is only now that I am home from my three-week long walk, that I am posting my experiences. I left SJPdP on 7...
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    Reservations Ahead

    I am starting out from SJPdP this coming Wednesday 8 Sept.. I was surprised to be able to reserve without any difficulty a seat in the Express Bourricot shuttle from Biarritz airport, a bed in Auberge Borda and an individual room in Zubiri. If like Plato you find it difficult to find a bed, try...
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    Help and advice for my First camino 2021

    Hi Huub! I'm jumping into this discussion very late. Probably other people have already made the points I am going to make. I have walked from SJPDP twice. Each time I spent a night in the Orisson hostal. I recommend it very strongly. First, it makes you walk to Roncesvalles shorter and...
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    For your own sake, come prepared!

    I came home a short time ago from having walked the Camino francés and I would like to send a message to all those people who are planning to walk to Santiago. FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, PLEASE COME PREPARED! The Camino is not a weekend stroll - at times, and depending on the weather, it is serious and...
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    Everyday expressions in Basque

    Eskerrik asko! (Thank you!) Thank you for your prompt reply. I found the BBC site helpful since it enables you to listen to the pronunciation.
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    Everyday expressions in Basque

    Hello! Can anyone point me to a good site to learn a few basic expressions in Basque?

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