LIVE from the Camino Biking the Vdlp

This is my first Camino and I chose the VdlP because I am totally intrigued with Andalusian and Southern Spanish history, as well as l like nice weather and spring flowers, and initially walking each day on flat land was preferable to the rain and hills I had read about on the C. F. On arriving at Guillena, Alberge - the first day out from Seville, the friendship and generosity of new arrivals of Germans, Italians, French,and a couple of English speakers was quickly established (due to the offer to all of a glass of the delicious 'Don Simon' vino tinto of chateau cardboard fame, which was subsequently outranked the following night by a similar box of Spa Tinto!). The beauty of the VdlP is that the first 10 days are quite prescriptive, so it is fairly certain that your acquaintances will all be heading for the same Alberge or the same dinner bar as you the next evening. We are all (about 24 of us by hellos, but 12 by regular dinner dates) now in Merida, and choices of the next sector of the journey have to be made individually. Our travelling group has been strong at the end of each day, but from now on it will be different. People are choosing different routes. This is the strength and compassion of the Camino. The Camino is your own, so now the choices start. But the first 10 days of the VdlP are worth their weight in gold, and I highly recommend them.