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Re: Question about FOOD and water on el camino frances
We finished our walk from Leon to Santiago on May 17, 2013. We were normally on the road by 7am. The first week there were no bars open at that time, so there was no place to eat breakfast. However, you pass through several small towns...
If you haven't trained walking up and down hills, the hike will be extremely hard. We are from Texas, where there are no hills to train on. The hike was a killer for us every day. Hiking on flat ground is practically worthless, other than to get you used to wearing a backpack.
Re: Question about FOOD and water on el camino frances
We just finished our walk from Leon to Santiago on May 16. During the first week, most of the bars did not open until 8AM or later, and we were already on the road. We would eat breakfast at bars along the trail. During the last week...
We just finished our walk from Leon to Santiago on the 16th of May. We were always finished with our walk by 2PM and never had any trouble finding a place to sleep. Some of the places we stayed were Astorga, Poncebadon, Ponferrada,O Cebreiro, Rabanal, Portomarin and Sarria.
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