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We are excited for you to be starting in Astorga where we happen to live. Well, actually we are 6 km down the Camino direction in Castrillo de los Polvazares. But if you need anything in Astorga and an angel doesn't light on your shoulder, please reach out to us. I'll try and send you a...
I too started my first Camino in SJPdP on September 1, back in 2016. I also stayed at Orisson, which was great. I arrived in Santiago on 5 October but along the way fell in love with Astorga and now I live here. We are enjoying the people and life in Spain. Let us know when you get to this...
I didn't know where on the forum to post this, but I thought some would enjoy these words shared with me by a friend who has heard a lot of my Camino story. Buen Camino!
Walker, your footsteps
are the road, and nothing more.
Walker, there is no road,
the road is made by walking.
Walking you...
I am an American, newly retired IT Director and Emergency Preparedness Planner for a large university, I have been planning this Camino experience for several years since seeing The Way. I see this as a spiritual exercise and look forward to whatever comes beside me along the way. I hope to...
My plans are in the same time frame. I am going to Morroco first, then overland to St. Jean, and maybe start a few days earlier, expect to arrive in Santiago about Oct 6 - 10 and have my wife meet me there. It is my first but I've been planning it for a long time. Retiring on July 5th, so no...
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