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I feel the same especially the time out from home responsibilities part. Never felt so free, no worries, no problems etc as I did when I walked. It was a great recharge for my mental health.
I did Camino Francis summer 2019 when I turned 50 and did the Portuguese route this past summer. I had some of the same feelings with the second camino on the Portuguese route. I did enjoy the Portuguese route and was glad I did it, but with this second time around it was like the "magic" of...
I would never ask anyone their reason for walking nor disclose my reasons for walking. I found that once you got to know people it would usually naturally come up in conversation.
Not really a regret but I do wish I had someone along with me when I walked in summer 2019. Its great meeting new people along the way but they are not the same as having "your people" with you.
One of my evening things I did was look at the guide book and figure out the next day walk - I tried to stop in towns that had a couple of options incase my albergue of choice was booked. When I walked in summer 2019 it only happened once where we arrived and all the places were full - we just...
I came from the US - I ordered $500 in euros in small bills from my bank (Bank of America) before leaving. Then used my debit card in ATM's along the way - in 6 weeks I used the ATM 3 times withdrawing $300 worth of euros each time. I was paranoid with using ATMS - don't know if it made an...
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