Beautiful and Quiet

[DanOnTheCamino]

Arrived in Ferrol yesterday. Walked to Neda this morning and on my way to Pontedeume for the evening. Many pleasant and helpful people along the way. It’s beautiful and relatively quiet.

 

[ellsea]

Glad to hear all is well. I just made the decision to postpone my camino - was booked to start in one week. <sigh> Buen Camino to you-

 

[Maggie Y]

Arrived in Ferrol yesterday. Walked to Neda this morning and on my way to Pontedeume for the evening. Many pleasant and helpful people along the way. It’s beautiful and relatively quiet.

It's good to hear this. Keep us posted as I hope to do this 'soon' Buen Camino Maggie

 

[daesdaemar]

How is the weather along the CI?

 

[DanOnTheCamino]

Glad to hear all is well. I just made the decision to postpone my camino - was booked to start in one week. <sigh> Buen Camino to you-

Thanks. Sorry to hear you will have to start at another time. For future reference, Albergue in Betanzos is very nice.

 

[DanOnTheCamino]

How is the weather along the CI?

The sun pokes through occasionally, yet mostly overcast. No rain yet. Nice walking weather.

 

[DanOnTheCamino]

It's good to hear this. Keep us posted as I hope to do this 'soon' Buen Camino Maggie

Hi, Maggie.
This has been enjoyable so far. I decided to stop in Betanzos today, so just 21KM, but the albergue is really nice.

 

[Juspassinthru]

DOTC,

Glad your Way is good, I enjoyed the CI last June, particularly enjoyed Betanzos. Safe travels, Buen Camino.

 

[Maggie Y]

Hi, Maggie.
This has been enjoyable so far. I decided to stop in Betanzos today, so just 21KM, but the albergue is really nice.

Do you think you'll be able to complete your Camino Ingles? The guidance now is not to start a Camino, so my soon Camino Ingles will probably not be started soon and maybe not in 2020 but I hope still possible. I'm taking note albergue in Betanzos is good. These tips are so useful. Enjoy and Buen Camino

 

[Rebekah Scott]

Good thing the Ingles is a "quick" camino. Hopefully Dan made it to Santiago "under the wire!" We're spending our weekend getting pilgrims OFF the Camino Frances and Madrid and on their road back home.
Pilgrims still wandering around on Monday may be picked up by police -- all non-essential travel is banned starting at 8 a.m.

 

[DanOnTheCamino]

Do you think you'll be able to complete your Camino Ingles? The guidance now is not to start a Camino, so my soon Camino Ingles will probably not be started soon and maybe not in 2020 but I hope still possible. I'm taking note albergue in Betanzos is good. These tips are so useful. Enjoy and Buen Camino

I finished today - de Bruma to Santiago.
the city is quiet. I spoke to a priest I know from my other Caminos and he is taking pictures around the city without many tourists.

 

[DanOnTheCamino]

Good thing the Ingles is a "quick" camino. Hopefully Dan made it to Santiago "under the wire!" We're spending our weekend getting pilgrims OFF the Camino Frances and Madrid and on their road back home.
Pilgrims still wandering around on Monday may be picked up by police -- all non-essential travel is banned starting at 8 a.m.

I arrived today - now wondering if/how Iberia will reroute my flight back to the US.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

I arrived today - now wondering if/how Iberia will reroute my flight back to the US.

You'd better get on it. Moving around the country is going to get a lot tougher in coming days.

 

[naplesdon]

Good luck getting touch with Iberia, their phones are jammed and the online access is virtually off line. Yesterday, I tried to cancel flight I have in May and the message was call back when it is closer to your departure date. I would suggest going to the airport to get a new ticket. There is no way out and the border with France is going to be closed as of Monday.

 

[Molly Cassidy]

Good luck getting touch with Iberia, their phones are jammed and the online access is virtually off line. Yesterday, I tried to cancel flight I have in May and the message was call back when it is closer to your departure date. I would suggest going to the airport to get a new ticket. There is no way out and the border with France is going to be closed as of Monday.

Still time to get a train to France tomorrow, maybe?

 

[CWBuff]

... the border with France is going to be closed as of Monday.

I'm slightly confused
I thought there are no borders in EU

 

[Molly Cassidy]

I'm slightly confused
I thought there are no borders in EU

Poland has closed its borders to all foreign nationals. There are borders, you just don't usually notice them.

 

[gypsy9]

wondering if Vueling offers refund/reschedule options

 

[Kathar1na]

I'm slightly confused. I thought there are no borders in EU

“The Schengen Borders Code provides Member States with the capability of temporarily reintroducing border control at the internal borders in the event that a serious threat to public policy or internal security has been established.” Frequently done in the past when there was a terrorist threat but only locally and sporadically and for a short time, nothing of the magnitude we see now.

I don’t know about any official border closure France/Spain - no time to read ... - but several countries did so yesterday. Poland closed their border with Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Lithuania, in principle only goods are allowed into Poland.

Edited to add: Poland also temporarily stops all international travel by train and air. So you can't get out either. Quiet airports, huge traffic jams at the terrestrial borders (some people are exempted, some people are trying their luck). I don't know about the situation in other Schengen countries.

 

[Kathar1na]

Anyway ... anyone still on the Camino Ingles is far away from any land borders.

 

[frontiers]

Good thing the Ingles is a "quick" camino. Hopefully Dan made it to Santiago "under the wire!" We're spending our weekend getting pilgrims OFF the Camino Frances and Madrid and on their road back home.
Pilgrims still wandering around on Monday may be picked up by police -- all non-essential travel is banned starting at 8 a.m.

Please, do bear in mind that restrictions are already in place.
https://www.lasexta.com/noticias/na...-espana_202003155e6df10f62aea30001ad80b9.html

 

[trecile]

wondering if Vueling offers refund/reschedule options

Check this list from Forbes of airline policies concerning the Coronavirus https://www.forbes.com/sites/adviso...m_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB&#68a930696827

 

[Maggie Y]

I finished today - de Burma to Santiago.
the city is quiet. I spoke to a priest I know from my other Caminos and he is taking pictures around the city without many tourists.

Congratulations. It only took you a few days. Safe journey home

 

[Galuh]

Are you home now DanOnTheCamino?