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[QUOTE="Kanga, post: 2688, member: 143"] Mike, There is a Talgo express that leaves Madrid at 8am, gets into Leon just about 12 noon. Alternatively you could travel from Madrid to Astorga or Ponteferrada by fast train. There are also numerous bus routes from Madrid, and there are buses from Leon, Astorga and Ponteferrada to Villafranca. I assume you are cutting out the section from Leon to Villafranca because of time constraints (a pity - do it sometime!) It is definitely worth seeing Leon sometime; it is a beautiful city and there could be no more stunning place to start your camino than by visiting the cathedral. It is, in my view, the most uplifting building on the whole camino. The stain glass windows will just take your breath away. Also not to be missed are the wonderful early Christian frescoes in the Basilica de San Isidoro. I've sent stuff to the post office in Santiago; they have a huge room full of pilgrim gear just waiting to be picked up and the post office is close to the Cathedral. Most large post offices along the camino are used to pilgrims needing to forward excess luggage. You need your passport for identification at the Santiago end, and make sure you label your parcel in the simplest way, so that it cannot be mis filed - eg use Mike Brown, not Dr Mike W Brown III. Kanga [/QUOTE]
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