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- Aug 29 (2017)
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I am not sure why you have posed your questions in this way.Imagine that you're not a Camino Purist and you have 38 days to enjoy Spain along the Camino Frances route; Sept 2017.... You intend to pack and live, mostly, like a pilgrim and want to also enjoy some comforts like laundry, food and wine, culture, and limit rough terrain and bad weather. (I can already hear some of you telling me to stay home...)
How/when do you recommend veering off course?
Were you a Camino rebel?If so, I wanna hear about it!
No rebel here, and no purist either, but all of those things you mention are ON camino, and much much more. The larger towns and the cities have opportunities for culture and excellent food. I liked having dinner at Cafe Iruna in Pamplona, detouring to Canas to see the monastery, seeing the Cartuja de Miraflores and Las Huelgas and the cathedral museum in Burgos, touring Samos' monastery, staying in a few upscale places here and there, touring the museum in Leon's cathedral, and seeing every museum in Santiago.....all of them first-rate. Santiago has every kind of food you possibly want - the best gazpacho at Bierzo Enxebre and a wonderful menu at Damajuana, etc. etc. Maybe veering off course like that?Imagine that you're not a Camino Purist and you have 38 days to enjoy Spain along the Camino Frances route; Sept 2017.... You intend to pack and live, mostly, like a pilgrim and want to also enjoy some comforts like laundry, food and wine, culture, and limit rough terrain and bad weather. (I can already hear some of you telling me to stay home...)
How/when do you recommend veering off course?
Were you a Camino rebel?If so, I wanna hear about it!
Um! 38 days light packing, hostals, albergues, hotels, casa rurals, paradors, having fun: sounds like an everyday camino to me.
So walk the Le Puy route, starting in Le Puy. After you reach SJPP, you'll have a couple days to enjoy Paris....you have 38 days to enjoy ...
Imagine that you're not a Camino Purist and you have 38 days to enjoy Spain along the Camino Frances route; Sept 2017.... You intend to pack and live, mostly, like a pilgrim and want to also enjoy some comforts like laundry, food and wine, culture, and limit rough terrain and bad weather. (I can already hear some of you telling me to stay home...)
How/when do you recommend veering off course?
Were you a Camino rebel?If so, I wanna hear about it!
I don't understand the OP 's question but why would you not " veering off course ". In that view a Camino is not unlike daily life : for both occasions it is sometimes necessary to change your ideas / options of what to do, how to act.
Walking a Camino is not blindly following a guide but listen to your own pace and act accordingly to that.
The outside signs does not make someone a pilgrim but the character and acting do.
It is not the gear you wear or the shell you have on your backpack but your friendliness and gratitude that will be remembered by your fellow pilgrims.
And like already dicussed on many other threads : by all means , when you have the budget for it, you can use private accomodations leaving the albergues ( donativos ) for those who really need it.
Ultreïa!
Hmmm....my post keeps getting deleted from this thread.
This is what get's deleted:
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Somebody got a beef with me?
honestly, I ain't that worried about it ha ha@Mark Lee suggest you PM the moderators to ask them why.
Oh Man! Now you're talking!
Yes! I was a Camino Rebel!
Please don't tell anyone, but going thru this small town I saw a park with a swing set and see-saw and monkey bars. And I threw down my pack and raced over (ok hobbled...blisters...) and jumped on the swing and honey I went at it like no body's business.
I can hear the horrified gasps now.
Then after about 10 minutes of dizzying heights and loud giggles from the kids watching, I strapped on my pack and continued down the trail.
Yep. I'm an animal. Roar!
Or walk with kids - they find all the swings! And have energy to use exercise equipment after 35km too;-)Oh great now I missed the swings too? I really have to slow down.
Or walk with kids - they find all the swings! And have energy to use exercise equipment after 35km too;-)
Picture added to make @Rebekah Scott smile.
I think I know her. Yes. I do. We keep sending her to Spain, and she keeps coming back. Next time we will send her to Ireland and see if she returns.My first Camino was one long pub crawl,i had a great time and met friends for life,except one american lady who told me i was going to hell,i said i'd call in when i passed through)
Oh Man! Now you're talking!
Yes! I was a Camino Rebel!
Please don't tell anyone, but going thru this small town I saw a park with a swing set and see-saw and monkey bars.
I stay in hotels or private rooms, only stayed in communal rooms a couple times just for the experience. When I get in too much pain I get on a bus, train or taxi. I skipped most of the Meseta because its boring and I have time limitations. It is your Camino, do it your way. Nobody is monitoring your walk.
I think I know her. Yes. I do. We keep sending her to Spain, and she keeps coming back. Next time we will send her to Ireland and see if she returns.
I knew I could count on the Irish to do an attitude adjustment. Thanks dear.She will defo return,with a new sense of wonder,dodgy liver AND a sense of life,laughter,love,and humour
Imagine that you're not a Camino Purist and you have 38 days to enjoy Spain along the Camino Frances route; Sept 2017.... You intend to pack and live, mostly, like a pilgrim and want to also enjoy some comforts like laundry, food and wine, culture, and limit rough terrain and bad weather. (I can already hear some of you telling me to stay home...)
How/when do you recommend veering off course?
Were you a Camino rebel?If so, I wanna hear about it!
Meseta because its boring
I wasn't a rebel perse but along the vein of "doing your thing," here's my story. I hiked the Camino Frances last summer from June 1 to about July 17, starting in SJPD and ending in Santiago. At times, it seemed like a death march! I hadn't slept well many nights (being a light sleeper), I hadn't had a decent meal, I was sick of walking -- not to mention being sore. Feeling sad, lonely and tired one night, I came upon a couple from San Francisco who I had chatted with before at other albergues and cafes along The Way. At this point I was about halfway through the Camino. I told them how I was feeling about my Camino experience. They could tell I was despondent. They gave me the best advice that night! They said, 'people call it The Way but it's really Your Way, how ever you want to hike the Camino is the way you should do it.' In other words, if you are fed up with walking, treat yourself to a taxi or bus. If you haven't slept well, indulge in a private room. If your back hurts, have your backpack transported to your next stop. Their advice was emotionally freeing. Though I never saw them again after that night, I have never forgotten what they said to me and how it helped me. I finished the Camino, got my Compestella and I did it My Way.Imagine that you're not a Camino Purist and you have 38 days to enjoy Spain along the Camino Frances route; Sept 2017.... You intend to pack and live, mostly, like a pilgrim and want to also enjoy some comforts like laundry, food and wine, culture, and limit rough terrain and bad weather. (I can already hear some of you telling me to stay home...)
How/when do you recommend veering off course?
Were you a Camino rebel?If so, I wanna hear about it!
They could tell I was despondent. They gave me the best advice that night! They said, 'people call it The Way but it's really Your Way, how ever you want to hike the Camino is the way you should do it.' In other words, if you are fed up with walking, treat yourself to a taxi or bus. If you haven't slept well, indulge in a private room. If your back hurts, have your backpack transported to your next stop.
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