camelle
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- Jan 10, 2012
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances Sept. 14 - Oct. 18 (2012); Finisterre/Muxia April (2016)
A good argument for not making reservations! I almost never make reservations, and almost never have been turned away. There is almost always a nearby alternative. (Lots of "almosts" in there because nothing is absolutely true.)how do you make reservations ahead for lodging if you're not sure how many km's you'll walk each day
camelle said:Hi Jenny: For now my plan is to leave late Sept, if my plans change, I will definitely let you know! Are you walking solo? Tell me a a bit about yourself?
Ellen
Ellen, we may overlap. I am an anthropologist by training and I want to detour up to Altamira to see the caves which may add a week to my journey. I also want to go to Muxia and Finisterre at the end. Do they have a Canadian Pilgrims of the Camino group in Alberta? They just started an American chapter near me in Portland and I found it so helpful to talk to former Pilgrims and Hospetilero's. They had a lot of good advice about gear. If I have enough money I want to try to take my time and enjoy the spiritual sites and the archaelogical sites (Roman, Celts, etc.) Mostly I need to get into shape, you are way ahead on that! Jennycamelle said:Jenny, thanks for your reply. I heard about the Camino about 5 or 6 years ago and immediately knew I wanted to have that experience, but, as you well know, life gets in the way and when my good friend told me last fall that her daughter was walking the Camino, it hit me like a ton of bricks, YES!! I wanted to do that still! Surprisingly enough there was an article in our newspaper about a mom and her daughter who had walked the Camino that summer. That did it. Jan. 7 I made up my mind to do it and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. We saw the movie "The Way" a couple of weeks ago, after I had made my definite decision, we truly enjoyed it. I like the idea of walking at the end of September and all of October. I love the changing of the colours and seasons and cooler weather. I am researching equipment and figuring out how to get there. I am leaving my husband at home and he is getting used to that idea :wink: I also read Shirley MacLaine's book 6 years ago and enjoyed it. Who knows, our paths may very well cross on our Way to Santiago. I have a strong desire to go on to Finisterre and complete the entire "journey". You?
Tia Valeria said:Hola Jenny,
The caves at Altamira are awe inspiring. We were able to go down many years ago before they were closed. Now I think you only see the reconstruction unless you can get a permit. There is a new museum there we want to visit if possible on our way home after our Camino.
If you start on the Camino del Norte you walk almost past Altamira. There are other interesting sites too along that route. There are other caves still open nearby and also at Ribadesalla (Cueva de Tito Bustillo) on the Norte. There is a good museum in Grandas and a castro at Castro on the Primitivo. The Roman walls of Lugo, also on the Primitivo, are well worth a visit too.
We hope to walk through Grandas and Castro this year as well as Lugo. We went to Lugo after our Camino last year - 1 hour bus ride from Santiago. It is a lovely route historically and spiritually.
Buen Camino
Tia Valeria said:The caves are all on the Norte, as well as dinosaur footprints near Ribadesella and not right on the Camino but near. All the others are actually on the Primitivo, beyond Oviedo, and Lugo is only 102kms from Santiago (approx 1 hour on the Freire bus) if you are not walking that way.
We are considering Altamira for after our Camino, but it is on our way home as we go from Santander.
Buen Camino
PS The cave of Tito Bustillo at Ribadesella, you need to book your ticket for a set time, usually the day before. Cave paintings there too, good but not like Altamira.