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  1. jeannick

    Leaving in one week

    too much worries , I've walked with elderly Spanish ladies who did not breathe much between words , good God can they talk ....but they certainly can walk anyone can do it and does , just cruise easy , it's not a test , it's a cruise
  2. jeannick

    Extra shoes?

    wet shoes were not much of a problem , as long as you have dry socks , after ten minutes they are wet and warm , if it's dry they will dry , if it's wet weather , well what's the difference ! but DO take a pair of soft slippers to wear after the walk or around town , get some looking ok and not...
  3. jeannick

    Why start in St. Jean?

    Vanity of vanities , you proudly crack your start and find someone who came from the other end of Europe . It's quite harmless , we walked with a guy who started from Sarria because by accident he had meet some pilgrims there he decided to go to Santiago the morning after , no pack , no...
  4. jeannick

    Day One - Survived!

    . Excelllent , it's all good afterward , pretty much everybody take the steep descent , there is another way but it is so easy to miss the climb at the iron cross is an easy to climb but a bastard to go down too
  5. jeannick

    Is 18 Too Young To Go Alone?

    There was a 17 year old Brazilian girl , she was everyone little sister , except every night when her worried mother phoned her , blisfully unaware of the time difference from the bunks screams of ....DAISY !!! were answered by "sorry, It's mum "
  6. jeannick

    Weather In October?

    Walked in October ..november , it was magnificent , a lot of fog in the valleys , the ridges were like islands ,it lifted mid morning no crowds , plenty of space in the alberges ,the cafes were not crowded and we knew pretty much everybody by the end , no hot days , a couple of rainy ones and...
  7. jeannick

    Addictive or what?

    there also is the addictive problem of blowing the breeze with perfect fellows strangers while guzzling cheap red wine P.S. bring your own cork screw , the closer you get to Santiago , the more miserable the kitchen gear get mine was used by others for a modest fee of a half glass drunk to...
  8. jeannick

    Addictive or what?

    Yep , endorphin is the same family as morphine , the body generate it to adjust the pain sensation to "normal" Walking is seriously addictive

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