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Most restaurants & stores are closed on Sundays, so make sure you stock up with food & water on Saturdays. If you want to walk, walk. If you want to take a rest day, take a rest day.
It is actually quite hard to take a rest day on the Camino Frances if you are staying in the cheaper albergues: mostly you can only stay one night unless you are injured or sick. But you can always take a 'short' day, which after a while, seems like a 'rest day'!
Margaret
Hi all,
I’m starting my Camino Frances on May 12. I’ve booked my first night in SJPDP, but I’m starting to worry I need to book more.
My plan was to take it day by day and just turn up, but lots...
Hello all. Here to give a brief account of my (and many others) first day on the Camino on May 1.
The trip to Roncesvalles was tough. I went Valcarlos route because napoleon was very ill advised...
I struggle with social anxiety and I was wandering if anybody with the same issue had a positive experience on the Camino walking alone. I saw lots of posts and videos people talking about forming...
I am wondering how you disconnect, in part, from the world. I have a couple of reasons that I need to be accessible but, I don't want to be constantly connected on this journey. Ideas?
Hello,
I have reserved a night in an Albergue and the confirmation says Fecha de entrada: 2024-06-05. In the UK we would write this as 05-06-2024, is that what this means, 5th June 2024, I am...
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