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A message from Tineke's friend: My friend Tineke Verkade got to the start of the Camino on Sunday 20th April. She hasn’t been heard of since and her family is very concerned. The authorities have been contacted but say they can’t do anything. She had been in constant contact with her family up...
I have very happy memories of staying at Granon in 2001. As we arrived we were told there was no sello .. the hospitalero told us, mainly using gestures, that they had no sello but lots of love. There was a donativo box, but we were also all given a piece of paper with a grocery item written...
Hi everyone
On Saturday night, close to 60 of us gathered in Hamilton NZ to celebrate St James' day. We had a wonderful evening and several people talked about a wonderful red guide that Germans that they had met had but no one was quite sure what it was called. After doing a bit of digging I...
Another classic introvert here. On each of my 3 caminos I have had lonely patches where I walked alone for days and sometime weeks, but I also had times that I really connected with people. Each time I have been surprised by how little a barrier language was. On my first camino in 2001, I met...
and another Kiwi with the same advice! You will meet lots of other pilgrims who are also between jobs..it is a great way of getting some perspective as you make decisions. Many of my family (including my husband) and friends who thought I was mad the first time I walked the camino have now also...
I was at L'Esprit 10 days ago after walking from Le Puy. There was a rumour that they always kept a few beds for pilgrims who turned up in person and this may be true, but people were definitely being turned away..While I really like L'Esprit, I would definitely book elsewhere.
As to walking...
Perhaps we just need MORE snorers....At home I am a bit of an insomniac and my husbands snoring can be a real problem On the camino however I often found that if there were enough snorers they blended together into a white noise that actually helped me to sleep.. it didn't always work like...
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