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Thanks! One to add to my wish list! This time I want to finish in Santiago (would be my first time).Head for the Camino Aragones. Start in Toulouse, Oloron Ste Marie, Estacion Canfranc, or even Jaca. Beautiful scenery, fewer pilgrims, but parts may be hot this time of year. You can get there with a combination of bus and train. There are good guidebooks in French.
Good question! I think because so many people on this forum are praising it. So many people that are hooked and keep coming back. I think it seemed a bit strange to me to have been walking so many kilometers, but never have done THE Camino. I thought I would learn to like it if I just tried.Uggh... I had a reply that I feel was very accurate, but not exactly charitable so I deleted it.
I'll just say maybe you need to take some time to evaluate why exactly you chose the Frances in the first place.
it is not that I am having a bad time, it is simply not 'my' Camino.
Yes, he should be trained but going solo in the mountains is never a wise choice[QUOTE="Elena1111, post: 321975, member: 44602
Go and head on the Primitivo, it is beautiful, challenging at times, much cooler and it takes only 14 days (less if you are trained).
Leon to Oviedo, I would say that it is not a good idea if you are alone (it is high mountains with all the dangers mountains can have). it only takes 5 days but you need to be trained to walk long distances (there arent many albergues), prepared to meet only a handful of people-if that - a day.
Enjoy it
That s my 5 cents[/QUOTE
I guess that as Luka has been walking now for the last 2 months, he is more or less "trained"????
Oops.... then She is trainedYes, he should be trained but going solo in the mountains is never a wise choice
I don't think anyone is suggesting that the OP stick it out rather than run to greener pastures; I think it was being suggested that the OP might just look at the situation from a different angle. Reminds me of a few words by Henri J.M. Nouwen I had tacked to my refrigerator door for a long time:if he doesnt like it why does he have to stick with it? Only because maybe there might be something he can learn from it? We can learn from everything we do, there is no harm in making the experience as enjoyable as it is possible.
Go and head on the Primitivo, it is beautiful, challenging at times, much cooler and it takes only 14 days (less if you are trained).
Leon to Oviedo, I would say that it is not a good idea if you are alone (it is high mountains with all the dangers mountains can have). it only takes 5 days but you need to be trained to walk long distances (there arent many albergues), prepared to meet only a handful of people-if that - a day.
Enjoy it
That s my 5 cents
Just know you won't truly be alone...we will be thinking of you
Is it wrong to "like" and "enjoy" walking the Camino? I've done it twice and liked and enjoyed it both times.....Hi Luka. I am intrigued that you use words like 'like' and 'enjoy'. One question you might ask is: am I on walk or on pilgrimage? There is s separate thread dealing with that very question. If 'pilgrimage' is the answer, then perhaps the crowds have something to teach you. .. Just a thought. Why not ask St James?
Buen Camino
Hi Luka. I am intrigued that you use words like 'like' and 'enjoy'. One question you might ask is: am I on walk or on pilgrimage? There is s separate thread dealing with that very question. If 'pilgrimage' is the answer, then perhaps the crowds have something to teach you. .. Just a thought. Why not ask St James?
Buen Camino
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