- Time of past OR future Camino
- Francés, Norte, Salvador, Primitivo, Portuguese
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That's my basic plan.Figure out where you wamt to start, how many days you have to walk, book departure and return flight and that's it. Assuming your return flight is a large hub it will be easy to get to from anywhere, so just satart looking into it 4-5 days ahead of schedule, unless you think you must fly. For the rest, wing it, with a good guide book.
I'm wondering if it's possible to over-research the Camino before walking (I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes)
So far, I've been focused on gear - figuring out what will be best to bring, and not to bring.
Next, and I've already started on this, is training. First long walks without the pack, then short walks with the pack turning into longer walks with the pack.
What I'm not sure about is how much I want to research about all the different towns, villages and cities along the way. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just discover it as I go along, perhaps reading a bit from a guidebook about the next day's walk and destination. I'm afraid that if I read too much I will end up disappointed somehow - that I won't make it to a cafe that everyone recommends, or that I'll be too tired to go just a bit farther to see a beautiful little church I've read about.
With a little more than 3 months before I leave will I be able to resist the temptation to over-research?
That does make sense.I think if you're asking yourself the question, the answer probably is in your own reluctance to over-research - that is, you're probably right not to do too much. But it really is a personal preference thing. Some people (like me!) absolutely love digging into wherever I'm going to be travelling to beforehand, reading guide books cover-to-cover, looking up maps, getting into the history and environment etc etc. But that's just part of the experience for me - part of the fun. It's not something I do anxiously, and I don't worry about being disappointed because I never am. I've found that no matter how much I research beforehand there is always room for the unexpected, for exciting discoveries, and just for the reality of a place which can never be truly captured on the page. I did worry slightly about the amount of time I spent beforehand "walking" parts of the route on Google Street View (which is addictive!) but interestingly I found that didn't spoil anything at all - the images there are flat, two-dimensional even though they give you an illusion of walking through the landscape, so I found the three-dimensional reality quite different and unfamiliar! But anyway - all the research I do is pure enjoyment for me, and mostly not essential. So it really depends on what you enjoy - if you just love researching the places you'll be going, why not? I don't think you will be disappointed as long as you don't have the expectation that everything will be a certain way. If that makes sense.
That does make sense.
I think that I'm just so excited about going that I want to immerse myself in the Camino before I even go! I can't imagine going 3 months without sneaking a virtual peak at what is ahead.
I think that a couple of threads about people looking for the "magic" and "euphoria" are causing me to consider how much preparation/research I should do. The idea of magic and euphoria hadn't previously occurred to me, and I'm not looking for either. I'm just looking forward to walking through the Spanish countryside, and hopefully meeting some kindred spirits.
Speaking of bedbugs, while I was reading someone's packing list they mentioned that they chose a white silk liner for sleeping because it would be easier to spot the bedbugs. I was thinking that I'd like a darker color, since it would be more opaque, but now I'm thinking of white. In fact I have already ordered a white double size silk liner. Not because I wanted white or double size, but I did want something wider than the standard single width, and the double only came in white from the site I ordered from. So I figured that I would cut down the double one and then dye it in a fun color. But now maybe I'll leave it white. Another thing to overthink about. LOL.That sounds like an ideal attitude, Trecile. It's probably all to do with balancing information and expectations, and knowing that no one else's experience will exactly match your own. Be it blisters or bedbugs (perish the thought!) or how you feel while walking through that countryside. I think you're safe to keep researching, as long as you take everyone's descriptions of how the Camino made them feel with a pinch of salt! And then afterwards you may read something someone writes on the Forum which makes you think "that's exactly how I felt!", and that's a lovely thing to experience too.
Hello, I got the stories first hand from my wife. She walked the Camino Frances before me. I used here guide with here notes in it.I'm wondering if it's possible to over-research the Camino before walking (I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes)
So far, I've been focused on gear - figuring out what will be best to bring, and not to bring.
Next, and I've already started on this, is training. First long walks without the pack, then short walks with the pack turning into longer walks with the pack.
What I'm not sure about is how much I want to research about all the different towns, villages and cities along the way. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just discover it as I go along, perhaps reading a bit from a guidebook about the next day's walk and destination. I'm afraid that if I read too much I will end up disappointed somehow - that I won't make it to a cafe that everyone recommends, or that I'll be too tired to go just a bit farther to see a beautiful little church I've read about.
With a little more than 3 months before I leave will I be able to resist the temptation to over-research?
one of my most favorite lines...If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans
I'm wondering if it's possible to over-research the Camino before walking (I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes)
So far, I've been focused on gear - figuring out what will be best to bring, and not to bring.
Next, and I've already started on this, is training. First long walks without the pack, then short walks with the pack turning into longer walks with the pack.
What I'm not sure about is how much I want to research about all the different towns, villages and cities along the way. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just discover it as I go along, perhaps reading a bit from a guidebook about the next day's walk and destination. I'm afraid that if I read too much I will end up disappointed somehow - that I won't make it to a cafe that everyone recommends, or that I'll be too tired to go just a bit farther to see a beautiful little church I've read about.
With a little more than 3 months before I leave will I be able to resist the temptation to over-research?
I'm wondering if it's possible to over-research the Camino before walking (I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes)
So far, I've been focused on gear - figuring out what will be best to bring, and not to bring.
Next, and I've already started on this, is training. First long walks without the pack, then short walks with the pack turning into longer walks with the pack.
What I'm not sure about is how much I want to research about all the different towns, villages and cities along the way. I'm thinking that maybe I'll just discover it as I go along, perhaps reading a bit from a guidebook about the next day's walk and destination. I'm afraid that if I read too much I will end up disappointed somehow - that I won't make it to a cafe that everyone recommends, or that I'll be too tired to go just a bit farther to see a beautiful little church I've read about.
With a little more than 3 months before I leave will I be able to resist the temptation to over-research?
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