Well gang, the Camino provides, as they say. My vacation was rejected for the first time in 12 years. Now it’s looking like arriving in X on 3-October, first full day of walking is the 4th. 10-4 good buddy. (I crack myself up
) Flight out of Santiago on the 16th. Solid 12 days. Thoughts are varied. The extra days help out. My art geek side is happy. Coin flip may decide between Astorga or Oviedo.
Oviedo is now possible. Plus: pretty stuff, heard it’s a jewel to behold. Minus: will there be services? I really want to see the Roman ruins and artifacts. There’s supposed to be a wonderful mosaic museum in Lugo.
Astorga’s plus is that I’m less worried about services, more worried about a level of overcrowding, maybe more precisely crowd under purposing. You know, like the difference between walking down the street in NYC after getting off the train: chaotic but everyone has a different purpose. Getting out of a pro baseball game: everyone has one purpose.
A Porto start would be amazing! I’m concerned here about the crossing of a border. Heck, I was so concerned about crossing a border, I turned down flight connections in other countries. Keeping it simple.
In a perfect world, I’d love to do the Norte out of Bayonne or the Frances from Le Puy. Here we are.