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Why Walk the Camino? Where? When? With whom?
Eternal dilemma: which Camino
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[QUOTE="Westmalle, post: 1183270, member: 111517"] Well, a newbie here. Got back from a touristic trip on Norther Spain just a week ago an got contagious from Camino atmosphere. I was carrying the idea of walking for quite some months actually before going to Spain by car, but now the thoughts became vocal. I am a woman in late 30s, not exactly well fit, but with legs that can support km of walk (I walk at least 12km each day), but zero breath (I could spit a lung during climbing mountains). I speak Italian, so understanding Spanish is a minor problem. I cannot support huge flows of people (like people on vacation in Italy in August). I cannot take a month off from work and I am not sure my physical condition could support a month of walking (maybe even yes, but I don't want to regret the first Camino). My perfectionism and emotional part would lead me to start at the starting point of a Camino and to end up in SdC, but the rational part that prevails says that I'd better choose something more doable and make a try. I am (normally) a very organized tourist-traveller with booking hotels in advance, searching for parking spots ahead when travelling by car and reading carefully wine list of the restaurant where I want to eat (good food and wine freak), but I understand that this is not the spirit of Camino and I could give up on extreme advance organization and dedicate myself to crisis management in case needed. Given the above, I am considering to organize a 10 days trip either in end April or in mid September 2024 to start with. I would avoid the Sarria - SdC piece as it seems to be overloaded with people. Starting CF from SJPDP and making piece at a time would bring me immediately to climb the mountains and I not sure I can make it. I would like to leave CF still a bit there. I have considered doing whole Camino Ingles, but reading various reviews, it seems there is a battle for a bed and being not exactly well fit, I don't want to start my day with this anxiety. Portughese Way: making it from Tui saves some time, but it's not a complete one. Understand that it's the easiest one for walking. A week ago there are a terrible ocean smell though. Primitivo from Oviedo inspires me, but understand that it's the most difficult one technically, so same as CF in the beginning. Am I forgetting anything? Experienced thoughts are most welcome! [/QUOTE]
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