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Here is what I am struggling with: I will be using a transport service and carrying a small daypack. If I also transport a backpack, that means I have to travel with two backpacks. I feel like it makes more sense to travel with a small rolling bag and my daypack. I will be using Correos so I...
I am starting from Pamplona on May 16. I am walking shortish stages so you will likely overtake me at some point. I am leaving the States on May 13 as well but am staying in Pamplona to sightsee for a couple of nights before starting walking.
Same general time frame for me, but my birthday is early June so will work perfectly. I am a college instructor so will leave as soon as school ends in May.
Thanks for the thread link. I knew it was being renovated but not anything beyond that. Worth considering whether to stay there or not. Not a decision I need to make anytime soon, thankfully, so I will keep an eye out for reviews.
Not overplanning will be the most difficult part for me!
I am already experimenting with shoes though and am taking the size increase into account, I have large feet so need to wear men’s shoes, which is a bit tricky.
I studied at the University in León for a semester in the mid-90s and vowed I would go back some day to walk the Camino and stay in the Parador (my apartment was about two blocks from the Parador). One thing covid has taught me is not to put off my goals because you never know what will happen...
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