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- Time of past OR future Camino
- (2018)
Hello all! I'm brand new to the forum so, patience please.
I have been mulling the idea of a camino for about a year and recently just decided to book it and go. I will be travelling alone and am arriving in Madrid Sept 11, arriving in Ponferrada via bus from there on Sept 12. I am staying at the Hotel Novo in Ponferrada the night of the 12th and begin my camino on Sept 13.
As my title suggests, I am doing this a bit off the cuff. I have read no guide books, I have no maps (other than the basic internet searches) and essentially no real plan. I do have a rough idea of how far I need to walk each day and an idea of what towns I could stay in by name only.
How big of a deal is this? Do I need to get a guide book rushed to me? Are there taxis at the bus station in Ponferrada that I can take to the hotel? The hotel's web site says they are "on the camino route" but, is it?
Any help or advice is appreciated!
I have been mulling the idea of a camino for about a year and recently just decided to book it and go. I will be travelling alone and am arriving in Madrid Sept 11, arriving in Ponferrada via bus from there on Sept 12. I am staying at the Hotel Novo in Ponferrada the night of the 12th and begin my camino on Sept 13.
As my title suggests, I am doing this a bit off the cuff. I have read no guide books, I have no maps (other than the basic internet searches) and essentially no real plan. I do have a rough idea of how far I need to walk each day and an idea of what towns I could stay in by name only.
How big of a deal is this? Do I need to get a guide book rushed to me? Are there taxis at the bus station in Ponferrada that I can take to the hotel? The hotel's web site says they are "on the camino route" but, is it?
Any help or advice is appreciated!