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  1. filly

    Anyone know why Spanish people put water bottles outside their front door?

    Bottles on the Ruta de la Lana… (and there aren’t many dogs!!)
  2. filly

    Your favorite lodging in Burgos?

    It already seems like ancient history... but I took ‘advantage’ of the Covid crisis to hike from Vézelay to Santiago in September/October 2020. We were few... and most Albergues were firmly closed or running a half capacity, including that at Burgos. I had stayed previously at the pilgrim...
  3. filly

    Your favorite lodging in Burgos?

    I was interested to see on their website that there is actually an association of Camino hotels... Check out via the hotel’s website. Camino de Santiago The Hotel Norte y Londres founded in 1904 is the oldest hotel in all of the Camino de Santiago. We are very proud of the fact that the Camino...
  4. filly

    Best Albergues on CF from COVID/2020 or 2021 Experience?

    Los Tres Abetos in Arzúa. I stayed last October, all alone, in this new, tasteful super-clean establishment. Just across the road when you hit the main road. Run by a delightful Swiss couple. Fab-u-lous! Restaurant recommendation was also tops...
  5. filly

    Asking for help through Burgos and Leon

    With regards to the Burgos route..... when I first walked the Francès, I had been warned about the grim access to Burgos and I ‘discovered’ the riverside, green alternative. I walked the Francès again last October and noted that it was signposted (confusingly) and indicated in guidebooks...
  6. filly

    If you had an extra day in Bayonne, St. Jean, and Pamplona...

    As It56ny mentioned Paseo de Saraste, I recall that I went into a municipal building where on the first floor in stately surroundings are numerous wonderful effects, posters, scores, walking canes, instruments etc. Left to the city by one of its famous ‘sons’, namely, the world celebrated...
  7. filly

    If you had an extra day in Bayonne, St. Jean, and Pamplona...

    I am always amazed in London to be given vacated bus seats due to my greying, thinning ‘barnet’, and never reveal that I still hike thousands of kilometres a year... and likewise always accept, when offered, the increasingly common, wheelchair accessible ground floor ‘suite’ with private shower...
  8. filly

    Camino Francés through Aragón

    I made my own way with compass to Santa Cruz de la Seròs from Jaca. There were some markings but they petered out so it became a challenge. I stayed in the lovely little hotel in Santa Cruz and hiked up the mountain to San Juan after lunch. My hike began in Arles on the Via Tolosana. If you...
  9. filly

    If you had an extra day in Bayonne, St. Jean, and Pamplona...

    Pamplona... I spent two nights in 2020. I walked to to University Campus and was delighted by the fabulous art gallery and Museum of Navarre. The Campus is a delight with superb views. When I hiked the Norte, I started from the airport at Biarritz. I subsequently spent time in Bayonne and...
  10. filly

    Winter Camino Francés video (arrived January 6th, 2021)

    Quite delightful! I especially appreciated the brief daily commentary and shots of selective lodging signs. I will look at dogs in a different way henceforth. Your quotation from the Codex was so apt. Gracias!
  11. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Lastly some shots of the interior of the cathedral. Ikea—esque new confessionals. St James on telly in a beleagured state! An Arab film festival in SdC - well, full marks! Heading to London where I have never seen ‘Lion of Porches’. And lastly, the lovely thirties Correos. Now I know why the...
  12. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    The 30’s house is part of an enclave in the new town on the way to the station. This is where it all happens! Including a chart topping 9 Euro meal inc. bottle of tinto with no foreigner in sight, bar me.
  13. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    I am not great on these phones... Anyway the yellow arrows show which side of the street you should walk on! Laundromat with a feature period washing machine! Christmas market being set up.
  14. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    So... soon to Lavacolla. Still, a highlight has been to meet our glorious leader, Ivar himself. Upright at his computer, surrounded by shelving, boxes and a fresh pile of Brierley’s Sanabres/Invierno guide. The queue at 10.30 opening time to apply for my Compostella was 5. Be warned: one is...
  15. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Breakfast service. Nothing is too much trouble. The Parador solution to Covid is individual portions in glass jars and little bamboo tongs. Perfection A wonderful late ‘50s tiled wall on the staircase to the restaurant I would urge all pilgrims to treat themselves to a drink and thus have...
  16. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Paradores - Desde 1928 - Calidad - Amabilidad - Leyenda = heavenly!! So when did you last have your rain-soaked mochilla carried by a uniformed bellboy to your room in a separate lift... Deep-pile carpets along endless wall-sconce lit corridors, all shaded, cossetted, gentle, deep cushioned...
  17. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Made it! Cold and grim weather. Parador made an offer price I could not refuse! Seemed the ultimate treat to stay in the original hospital. More tomorrrow...
  18. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    In Arzua at Los Tres Abetos albergue right opposite as you hit the ‘high street’. Best value Euro 12 to date. Swiss ship-shape and great host to boot. Looks too snazzy and designery from the outside to consider... but stay HERE and go to the recommended hostelry to eat ‘parrillada’. Raining...
  19. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    Mass, then visit to the Museu da Terra de Melide. Then Sunday lunch at the Pulperia one hits on the way in. Had a coffee and left my mochilla, having discarded my capa. Sunday market. Lady at museum clarified that the cute round construction seen this morning was a less usual (and less durable)...
  20. filly

    Doing the Camino Frances.

    A pouring morning.... but did not manage to change my body clock! So underway early. Having a coffee in the pulperia at the entrance to Melide. A roundabout with scallop shell motif... for the birds?? Melide bridge

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