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Is it difficult to make friends if you walk the Camino alone?

Posted on May 11, 2012December 22, 2016 by Ivar Rekve

The question was: I will be walking some portion of the Camino Frances in the early autumn 2013. I will only have about 3 weeks vacation. Nowhere near enough time to walk the whole way from SJPP. So I will probably start somewhere west of Leon. I will be a slow walker and don’t intend…

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Did you get homesick on the Camino de Santiago?

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ivar Rekve

The question was: Last year I walked with my husband and never experienced homesickness. I did meet several solo walkers who were very lonely and missed home. I would like to know if anyone experienced homesickness, what triggered it, and how they overcame it. Did it happen at the start or closer to the end?…

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How can walking with someone else be problematic?

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Ivar Rekve

This post is not really a question, but a pilgrim sharing some experiences: On our recent pilgrimage on the Camino Inglés we met a number of people who, like ourselves, were walking together. It can, it seems, raise a number of problems and tensions, some of which could possibly be avoided with a bit of…

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