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  1. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino Walking the CF for Teresa

    What's the latest?
  2. rappahannock_rev

    Finding the statues that mark the “half way” point near Sahagun

    Ah! But in in Sahagun proper, between the Arco de San Benito and the Rio Cea bridge, there is another monument appearing to compete for the half-way honors! I attach a photo of handsome me posing beside it last October..
  3. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino Walking the CF for Teresa

    I'm frankly shocked! I've NEVER encountered border patrol agents at the Fountain of Roland crossing! Is there something unusual going on?
  4. rappahannock_rev

    Most Dangerous stage on Camino Frances.?

    The most dangerous place I ever had to deal with was a busy street crossing in the center of the town of Virgen del Camino, back in 2015 --- where I stupidly stumbled over my own feet, fell, and badly broke my right hand! (Bone sticking out, and all that.... I took a picture of my rather gory...
  5. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino Walking the CF for Teresa

    Wish I could walk with you! You'd be great company! Keep us informed!
  6. rappahannock_rev

    Restaurant recommendations between Santo Domingo and Belorado?

    Can remember a really good ensalada mixta in the Restaurante Leon, in Villamayor del Rio, several years back.....
  7. rappahannock_rev

    Weather forecast - YIKES??!

    You saw some bad weather on your last walk.... And survived!
  8. rappahannock_rev

    Ride share April 16th/2024 Madrid to Pamplona, 17th to SJPP

    ALSA bus, direct from Barajas T4. Absolutely the easiest and cheapest.
  9. rappahannock_rev

    Hotel Continental, St Jean PdP

    The Gite Compostella! Stayed there in 2012 and loved it. I do hope that it's still open!
  10. rappahannock_rev

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    My least loved sections? Probably Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Burgos, and Leon to Astorga.. And as for those stages west of Sarria? Not my favorites by any means -- I'm a Meseta man! -- but if ya ain't walked Sarria to SdeC at least once, ya ain't walked the Camino!
  11. rappahannock_rev

    The Portomarin "Liberty Bell"

    Can anyone give me the background on the "Liberty Bell" monument that overlooks the Rio Mino at Portomarin? I don't remember ever seeing it before my May 2022 Camino.... It struck me as odd and very much out of place... I can't guess when it was erected or why.... And why are the words on the...
  12. rappahannock_rev

    Ashes on the Frances

    Relevant to this thread: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/vatican-eases-rules-ashes-dead-2023-12-12/
  13. rappahannock_rev

    Cruz de Ferro

    The museum in the Episcopal Palace in Astorga (the "Gaudi Palace") displays what it claims is the original Cruz de Ferro. Unfortunately, the museum display says very little about the item -- nothing of its history, its manufacture, not even when or how the museum acquired it.... Anyone...
  14. rappahannock_rev

    Cruz de Ferro

    Maybe he had it built to drive away Shirley MacLaine's packs of wild and savage dogs! The first time I encountered the then-brand-new concrete road into Foncebadon I was appalled.... Yes, perhaps the locals (there can't have been too many of them back then, eh ?!?) benefited somehow, but my o...
  15. rappahannock_rev

    Cowboy Bar

    First place I ever saw sidra poured from on high! Made a great impression on me back in 2012. Visited again 2015 and 2017. Place was closed when I last passed by it, in May 2021 --- a very considerable disappointment.
  16. rappahannock_rev

    Pamplona Mythological Creatures?

    An ALSA bus from Madrid Barajas delivered me to Pamplona (my favorite place on earth!) late on the afternoon of Saturday, October 14, 2023, to begin yet another Camino Adventure.... After checking into my hostal I strolled about a bit and in the Plaza del Castillo I discovered a noisy and...
  17. rappahannock_rev

    LIVE from the Camino CF trip report

    Pleasure was all mine, ma'am!
  18. rappahannock_rev

    Final Walk

    Eat pulpo at A Garnacha in Melide!
  19. rappahannock_rev

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

    I've visited the Sanctuario three times over the years, and --- God willing --- will visit it one last time in October.... It has always been my understanding that the so-called "Half Way Certificate" is entirely unrelated to a Sanctuario Museo visit. Paying to visit the Museo does not entitle...
  20. rappahannock_rev

    Any recommendations for where to stay in Hornillos and El Burgo Ranero

    My suggestions: Hornillos - CR de Sol a Sol; and El Burgo Ranero - Hostal Piedras Blancas.

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