hello,
We just returned from Spain, doing a first part of the camino de madrid.
It's beautiful, astonishing and most of al peacefull.
Remote ...is a difficult qualification. For me it was not.... But this can be different for other people. Remote ... I guess....is where silence and solitude doesn't feel oke anymore......
Almost everyday we met some bikers, walkers, police, horseriding people, people who were working...or even a helicopter just above our heads....but no other pilgrims.
One day we met nobody untill arriving in our hotel, but by then we were very much in flow with the silence in the area...
About language: after an 8 week intensive course of Spanish language I had no real problem. With this basic level of Spanish I could manage. We also met several people who spoke very well english and some who spoke french.
Everybody you meet is happy that you walk this camino...!!! The people in this area are very helpfull and friendly.
One day we got an explanation of wild plants you can eat , several people wanted to take us by car (
), which we refused of course. A bottle of wine for the road was offered to us by a hostal-owner... which I exchanged for some bread :wink: . We were present at a fiesta...in the next place we were invited to drink a hot chocolate with cakes offered by a church...etc.
It was an excellent trip....we will go back next year to continue.
For us there was just one negative point: that we couldn't continue now :!: But that's because of our work....which also means a lot to us.
So! I hope you can make a good choice for yourself and have a buen camino...with lots o fun and little worries...