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Minkey, you must have been suffering from a lack of oxygen :wink: to admire Foncebadon.

It's obvious from this picture there is no wreck in this place... which used to be quite a spot.... in the Middle Ages :roll:
 
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Other comments from pilgrims re: Gaia's taberna:


Personally, I will check it out...peregrinos, turigrinos, tourists, bicigrinos, or not...

Best,

xm 8)
 
Pilgrim's testimony re: Foncebadon


Best,

xm 8)

PS: Haven't been there, yet...
 
I stopped there for a coffee in 2005. I would have liked to wait around for lunch but seeing as I'd only been walking from Rabanal it was only about 9.30-10ish when I was there.

Last year I deliberately paced myself to try to arrive there for lunch and it was closed!
 
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Whalleyranger, hi.

"...Last year I deliberately paced myself to try to arrive there for lunch and it was closed!
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Oops, that's happened to me with so many places along the Caminos! My attitude is to think that it wasn't meant to be that time around! Hopefully the next...Best, xm 8)
 
Aha... I said I wasn't JUST a wreck of a place. Does facility = greatness? Not necessarily, I don't think. The views, the sense of detachment, the people... That's what I loved about it... Then again it might just be because I'm a bit odd
 
Minkey, have only heard raves about the place. The first comment I posted came from Spanish pilgrim singer Maldonado. You are in good company (or is it them?) . Best, xm 8)
 
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MORE ON FONCEBADON:

A friend just shared that Foncebadon was not always just a simple little village, that one of the first Christian councils in Spain, the Concilio of Monte Irago or Tabladillo, took place there in the year 946 AD, under the tutelage of King Ramiro II. He also says that apparently Coehlo stated that Monsieur Lucifer has made appearances there. Without a doubt, the more I hear about the place the more appealing it sounds! Who brought this subject up to begin with? Best, xm :arrow:
 
Sil and Minkey, you'd like reading this from a pilgrim:

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For some reason I think I've been there. As it happens to many of us, after walking through so many villages, towns, cities, and what not, with so many names, I've given up remembering each one. Need to check it out some more.

Best,

xm 8)
 
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