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Welcome to the forum, Mike,
May will be a great time of year. Weather will be warm and you will be before the summer crowds - although every Camino will no doubt be busy this year. I don't think you will have need to "book" places in an albergue. If you stay to the smaller towns you should...
Welcome, Crissy,
It has been my experience, that people who are not called to walk the Camino, especially in the States where it has had less exposure and people are so accustomed to hearing all the terrible and tragic things that can and do happen, cannot quite get their "minds around" the...
Hello Don,
Welcome to the forum. I have walked twice in July - in 2007 and 2008. And I am hoping to walk again this summer - also July/Aug. The first time I began in Roncesvalles (July 19)and walked to Santiago in 30 days arriving in Santiago on Aug. 18. You should probably allow 1 - 2 more...
Good for you for heading out again. Those who are more "faint of heart" might just pack it in. I hope you have a wonderful adventure. ¡Qué Santiago te bendiga!
Buen Camino,
Deirdre
Welcome, Douglas,
Check out the tread on the "Camino del Norte" - I'm certain you will find many answers to your questions there. The Camino del Nortte is a very popular alternative to the Francós. And you will surely find plenty of companions in July! :)
Buen Camino,
I'm flabbergasted! All that from one tiny little dangling prepo!!!!!!
Well, ya know.... really... I ain't got nothin' personally against dangling prepos and the way they impact the language.....
I think I would pay good money to hear this!!!!! :lol:
Caminando, I fear that if we were...
Hello Caminando,
I've loved reading your accounts! What fun!
But I'm extremely concerned (as a language teacher, you know :roll: ) about that last line. I'm afriad it is simply something up with which we cannot put! :wink: Hasn't that line been attributed to one of your more famous...
Hello, Cookie,
It's not exactly welcome to the forum as you've been here awhile, but welcome to posting! We were on the Camino at the same time in July/Aug,2007 but I guess we did not meet.
I had planned to be back on the Camino as well in July/Aug this year, but my plans have been thrown...
Congratulations, Stevie,
Your comments are not unusual - at least not to me. The Camino is truly a wonderful and sometimes surprising experience! Glad you're home safe and sound.
Buen Camino,
Welcome, Megan,
No doubt with the serious of events leading up to your decision that it is the "right time" for you to do the Camino! I think you will find the Camino unlike anything you have experienced before! Hopefully, pilgrims here will be able to answer all your questions.
Buen Camino,
Hi Anakin,
A guide book is helpful if you have never traveled the route before. You can easily see the distance to the next town, albergue, whether there is food, water, shelter, etc. You can also see the terrain, and gauge how far you want/need to walk on a particular day. I would suggest...
Hello, Jane,
Welcome to the forum! Here is the website for LEspirit du Chemin. http://www.espritduchemin.org/EC/LEsprit_du_Chemin.html
You will probably get a million replies regarding footwear. I've worn hiking shoes and Tevas. I liked the Tevas, but think that perhpas they didn't offer...
Hello Tippman,
Welcome to the forum. I'm presuming you're from TippTown? Or thereabouts? Ahh.. the Glen of Aherlow and Cashel - two of my favourite places on earth! My family is nearby in Co. Limerick.
I haven't been to SJPDP as I began my first Camino in Roncesvalles, but I believe this...
Hi Stevie,
That would be 'rioja'. :wink: Don't worry, you'lll learn how to spell it and say it and drink it! haha. And also maybe tempranillo, albariño, orujo, and patxarán!
Don't worry, you're family will get along just fine...and you deserve time for yourself. The Camino is a...
Hi Rebecca,
Welcome to the forum.
I hope your Camino offers you all the peace and solace you seek. I think it is a wonderful place to allow yourself to grieve and heal.
Buen Camino,
Bienvenido, Tim,
Sounds like you have planned a terriffic Camino... "quiet days and convivial evenings" just about sums it up!
I certainly don't presume to dictate, and your reasons are your own... but since you mentioned that you have no time constraints, I wonder why you don't begin in...
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