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I think you have identified some of the elements of a camino that you enjoy - camaraderie possibly being an integral component. I would think ‘busier’ routes might suit you better. So the Le Puy could be a good ‘fit’, especially if you can speak a little French. The VF is not flush with...
I’ve thought about your questions, and I think you might be wondering that your next camino might be your last (‘I’m not getting any younger’...).
If it’s a question of nostalgia or sentimentality, then you will get that by repeating the CF, in one way or another. If, you are wanting to repeat...
This might help - https://www.visittuscany.com/en/itineraries/via-francigena-toscana/. Tuscany isn’t just the Lucca to Siena stages. I would also say that the Lazio stages that bring you to Bolsena and Viterbo aren’t too shabby either.
This summer we walked the Via Gebennensis and Le Puy camino’s. The beauty for us was found more in the villages - arriving into Conques on a drizzly day was exceptionally beautiful - but the trail itself wasn’t at all a ‘day on day’ of beautiful trail/scenery. We talk about that a lot now that...
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