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  1. giorgio

    Help me decide, please!

    I would start walking right from Pau . Go west to Biarritz , then go on to Irun and walk the camino del Norte. half way to SDC you will have the option to turn left to Camino Primitivo or continue along the coast . In both cases you'll end up in Arzua ,then SDC.
  2. giorgio

    Reflections of a secular "pilgrim"

    Well said Rebekah, thank you !
  3. giorgio

    !Hola from Lodi Calif..

    Hallo Guzzista...anything to do with Moto Guzzi ? Giorgio
  4. giorgio

    Considering the plunge!

    Hi Jason, in making up you schedule consider the following .August is VERY HOT on the Silver route (via de la plata) .August is rather busy on the North route as the coast is a very popular beach vacation area .In september the frances route starts to be less busy than summer months and on this...
  5. giorgio

    Considering the plunge!

    Hi Jason, i also think that your Camino has already started.... DON'T WORRY,PREPARE IT BY WALKING A BIT EVERY DAY, AND GO... YOU're IN FOR A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE... Giorgio
  6. giorgio

    Hi from Alexandra with friend

    You certainly will... Buon Cammino Giorgio
  7. giorgio

    Camino from Vezelay

    Hallo AJ and Littlefrog, i must be one of the members walking the Vezelay route last year....we (myself and wife) walked from Vezelay via Bourges during the month of may....can i help ? Giorgio
  8. giorgio

    Walking with one's Spouse

    Me and my wife Elisa discovered by pure chance the Camino in year 2000...started from SJPP thinking of doing a long walk.... As you might imagine ,we quickly discovered that there was a lot more than that....and since then every year we couldn' t resist the call to go back....we've walked all...
  9. giorgio

    New walker needs alot of info'

    You should tell when you're planning to walk as this will help finding out about accomodation , being the north coast a vacation country in summer...
  10. giorgio

    First timer

    hallo hannajo, am 65 now and have discovered the CF by chance 10 years ago. Haven't stopped since to walk on the various Santiago trails in France Spain and Italy...once you get the bug it's very hard to stay home..... Don't worry about your age, in april/may you'll meet quite a few a lot older...
  11. giorgio

    Class of 2010

    Hallo everybody, like omar504 me and wife Elisa plan to stat in Valencia along the Camino de Levante sometimes second half of April . Giorgio
  12. giorgio

    Hi From New York

    Hallo Faye and Jim, i lived for a while in Endicott, not far from your place. Me and my wife Elisa are at least once a year on the Caminos..... Once you start to walk the Caminos , it gets very difficult to stay away from such an experience.... Wish you all the best...Buen Camino Giorgio
  13. giorgio

    Setting out from London on October 1

    Here you can have a glance at all walks leading to Santiago From Vezelay to Sjpp 884/904 km depending which branch you take out of Vezelay . You can see that you could go from Orleans to Chateauroux on the Vezelay route. Giorgio
  14. giorgio

    Setting out from London on October 1

    Hallo metropolly, i have no experience on winter walking on the Camino frances, but i wanted to point out to you a third alternative ,for the french bit of your walk, besides Tours and Le Puy which i think you could possibly consider. It's the Vezelay way we (me and my wife Elisa) walked last...
  15. giorgio

    accommodation costs

    Hallo, one more thing it's worth mentioning about accomodation along Le Puy-SJPP bit. This is getting a very popular walk not only for pilgrims but also among walkers from all over europe (about 10 thousand walkers last year ). The 'gites d'etape' (equivalent to spanish albergues but at least...
  16. giorgio

    September 2010 Camino Frances Hopefuls

    Hallo Goose Gregson, me and my wife,both like you active walkers on the Alpes, did the Camino in year 2000. We were 56 then,discovered the Camino on some brochure, and 15 days later we were in Saint Jean pied de Port, thinking we would walk as far as we could...we got to Santiago in 28 days...
  17. giorgio

    vezelay route in perigord

    Hallo Tessa, you'll have a long stretch of flat, straight forest road after Bazas where the trail follows the old rail road, check on the Chassain's maps . On a couple of places there were still trees lying across the path but you can go thru. Giorgio
  18. giorgio

    vezelay route in perigord

    Hallo Tessa, the Vezelay route has about 1/10th as many walkers than Le Puy. Top months are may/june then number drops a bit due mainly to heat. Would say the majority of the trail is on tarmac, with almost no traffic at all . Very up-and-down except from La reole were it becomes quite flat for...
  19. giorgio

    Camino Primitivo May 2009

    Hi Hester, i have posted a few details under the thread Camino del Norte April 2009 el-camino-del-norte/topic5387.html as we turned onto Camino promitivo last May coming from Bilbao Let me know if you need more info Giorgio
  20. giorgio

    Hi - VdlPlata Pt 1 next month

    Besides Sevilla being absolutely full during Semana Santa, you should consider that during SS also the major towns along the VDP such as Merida, Caceres ansd Salamanca are rather busy as they have some real big processions attracting people from the sorriunding areas. Booking accomodation in...

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