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I am taking a group out tomorrow flying to Madrid and taking the lunchtime train to Sarria. I did an intinerary with both albergue and private accommodation options for the group. Message with your email if you want a copy.
If you have enough time and are willing to keep your distances short (say 7-10km each day) then there is no reason why the five of you couldn’t all walk! Only if you want to. Having walked with young kids, I would choose to go a shorter distance and have them walk it than pull them in a wagon. Get them to train at home - start small, increase a little each time. Stop to smell the roses, inspect the snails and have a rest if they say they are tired. Of course your daughter will have to do all that - but it might be the beginning of a new family adventure!
You will have a marvellous time! My little contribution is a memory of an Italian woman with her five year old daughter: the child skipped and hopped,up and down, on and back, while her mother followed along! Another thought: i have seen entire families in albergues so it is possible, but as another comment said, private accommodation will reduce your weight by cutting out need for sleeping bags and other essentials.Good day to everyone!
I am considering hiking a minimum of the last 100km with my 10 year old grand daughter. I live in France and she lives in the USA. So I want to fly her mom (my daughter) and her two younger daughters (4 and 5) to come spend time in Spain with us. This is what I was considering and would like some feedback.... My daughter and her 3 girls fly to meet me in Madrid, we train to some starting point (to be determined). My 10 year old grand daughter and I will hike each day and my daughter will travel by train to certain points and meet up with us regularly. Does this sound possible? I would love if we could all meet up each night.
I know that if you are not a pilgrim, you cannot stay in the albergues, which is fine. I am ok with paying for rooms for us. I just really want to have this experience with my family but not sure the logistics of this works out well.
Any suggestions? and thank you so very much!
I am taking a group out tomorrow flying to Madrid and taking the lunchtime train to Sarria. I did an intinerary with both albergue and private accommodation options for the group. Message with your email if you want a copy.
Hi Cuci, no problem. Most of the major stops on this stretch have taxi services. As part of a 18 day walking plan I developed for a pilgrim with medical restrictions I found the telephone numbers for several taxi companies along this stretch. The plan with the telephone numbers is at the following resource: www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/sarria-to-santiago-in-very-short-stages.627/ . I am also attaching the itinerary of my latest planned trip.
Please keep us posted. It sounds an amazing Camino!Hi everyone. I thought I would update about our Camino. So far, we have taken it slow with the 3 girls and have made it to Boente on our 9th day. They are loving it for the most part. The rain gets a bit difficult for them but they actually seem to like that better than the hot days.
We did not take a stroller or wagon thankfully. I think that would have been too difficult with this weather. Actually, the 4 year old is doing better than the rest of us. She runs up the hills when we struggle.
Her and the 5 year old have had competitions to find the arrows and to be the safety leader to warn us when we are in the road or blocking other walkers.
They have become very famous too. Everyone stops to take their picture. They have started to say they are famous stars of the Camino. It is so nice to see people smiling and talking to them.
All in all, it’s a great experience and we expect to finish on the 14th or 15th.
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