On the Camino, the main path – the Camino Francis, is a very sociable, international and multilingual event. And it makes this pilgrim route great fun. That is unless you are on seeking your inner Thoreau and on the quest for solitude .
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Santo Domingo de Calzada.
I promised Santo Domingo a blog posting all of his own, he is a prominent personage of the Camino and a great Camino fav of mine!
Historical heroes of the Camino – a couple of my favourites.
The Camino is riddled with history and legend. On the evening of the first day on the Camino Francés, you meet one of the Camino greats: Charlemagne.
Camino by night: the albergues – hostels by another name.
An important, interesting and historic part of the Camino is the albergues or hostels. They are a big part of Camino culture, and fun too!
The many ways to travel to Santiago
Just as there many Camino paths that lead to the Spanish city of Santiago, there are also many ways to undertake the journey.
Why is the Camino Francés in Spain?
Yes, Francés, as in French. The Camino Francés does start in France – just – right on the French side of the Pyrenees Mountains. If you take the high mountain pass – a grueling day – you are in Spain by that afternoon. This was the route that armies, like the Romans and Napoleonic, used…
Hallo Camino
Between 2005 and 2006 I walked the Camino across northern Spain. It took me three visits and even then there was a little chunk on the Meseta that I missed between visits two and three. My approach to travel is that I prefer to go deep and slow rather than fast and far. You can…