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Please note Please note This bulletin board has been misused by a number of individuals who have nothing to do with the Camino de Santiago so we have had to introduce some (boring) control measures
-- Monday, May 5 2008, 01:56 am -- Email: jdfamily@ntl.sympatico.ca What are the main things to consider when making the decision which route to walk: camino del nortes OR camino frances? Ton van der Wal -- Monday, April 28 2008, 01:01 pm -- Email: tmsj2000@mac.com Liked your site every much. We are going on the camino starting on the first of may from Saint jean Pied de Port. The pictures are very usefull and i have printed some. I have my own weblog but it´s in Dutch so not much use for your site. In case any dutch readers are interested web.mac.com/tmsj2000 Greetings from the Haque, Holland.
Ton and Mirelle declan woods -- Thursday, April 10 2008, 05:32 pm -- Email: socratees@hotmail.com Heaven O..... any advice re maps, routes, accomodation, etc... arriving in Acoruna may 08 on a tall ship Jeannie Johnson from Dingle Ireland. Wish to take the Pilgrim walk to Santiago...Thank you Declan. Ricardo A. Lopez -- Tuesday, February 12 2008, 05:59 pm -- Email: rslope.1@netzero.net I am planning a june 08 trip by bicycle. I plan to complete either part of the camino del norte starting from santander; or the camino portugues starting from oporto. What route do you recommend? It will be my first time by bicycle. Thanks Michael Zboyovski -- Friday, February 1 2008, 05:50 pm -- Email: wazszupdoc@aol.com We have 4 pilgrims from Asheville, NC, one from Los Angeles, and one from Chile that are planning to make the camino from St. Jean beginning around June 9, 2008. I'd love to hear from those planning to make the pilgrimage around that time and from those who have advice for us. Thanks for the wonderful website. Peace, Michael Kate -- Wednesday, January 23 2008, 08:35 pm -- Email: k.nagaitis@hotmail.com Hi, I am hoping to do the camino from mid feb to mid march....i was wondering if anyone could recommend the best route for a woman alone and at that time of year? Thanks Ryan (US) -- Sunday, December 30 2007, 12:21 am -- Email: AshworthRT@gmail.com I walked a Camino in March/April of 2007, starting in Sevilla and going through to the lighthouse in Fisterra. I had an amazing time and can't wait to get back. La Via de la Plata is a solitary journey but the few people I did meet left quite an impression. I can't say enough great things about it - if you have the chance, take it. -Ryan Andrzej Haraszczuk -- Monday, December 10 2007, 07:57 pm -- Email: andrzej_haraszczuk@yahoo.com Hi I'm going to walk my camino all the way from St. Jean Pied du Port. If anybody can tell me about access to the accommodation in February. Thanks Andrzej LilaSeedA -- Friday, August 3 2007, 06:51 am -- Email: LilaSeedA@gmail.com Hi, I liked your site. An excellent content. Fine the schedule. Thanks. Gabriel Vlad -- Thursday, August 2 2007, 02:55 pm -- Email: gabrielvlad@yahoo.com I cannot register our Camino (mine and my wife's) on your site. I tried several times. How should I proceed? JanekMakowski -- Wednesday, August 1 2007, 11:06 am -- Email:
janekmakowski@onet.eu marty -- Tuesday, July 31 2007, 09:23 am -- Email: marty.moloney@arup.com karen -- Sunday, July 29 2007, 05:51 pm -- Email: raferty@sbcglobal.net I am planning for the Camino Frances starting in St. Jean for June of next year or perhaps the following year and I would like some advice on the type of pack, shoes, and sleeping bag to take with. I have read many of the posts and I am still having difficulty. It actually might be too early to purchase some if I can't go until 2009. I am looking at the following: Osprey Tallon 33 or 44 (fit well) or the Women's Osprey Aura 35 Mountain Hardware Lamina +45 Synthetic Bag or silk sack Merrell Pulse II shoes and/or Women's Karnali Wraptor or Women's Merrell Chameleon II Web Leather Thanks for any help. Michael Hardcastle -- Wednesday, June 13 2007, 07:51 pm -- Email: mikecast@web.de I have walked the Camino from April 14th until May 18th 2007. I have published my diary and my pictures on my website (at the moment in German only). I intend to publish an English version, after I have completed the German version. If you would like to visit my website, please send me an email and I will provide you with the link. Kind regards Mike ALP -- Saturday, May 26 2007, 10:08 pm -- Email: alpharies@hotmail.com Hello everyone. I'm planning to walk the camino on july for about 40 days. Can anyone tell me how much this trip should cost me? I heard it's about 20 euroes a day but I'm not so sure about that.. and I want to ask you that is there dog aware! Thank you! Gracias! Marielle -- Friday, May 25 2007, 01:14 pm -- Email: marielle_leeuwen@hotmail.com Dear all, I am arriving june 2 in Pau (by plane) and planning tot travel on the same day to St Jean de Port by taxi. I am now hoping to find other travellers/pelgrims who want to share this taxi with me.. marielle_leeuwen@hotmail.com Can I get the "pilgrim credential" in Leon? Thank you. Eliza -- Friday, October 6 2006, 08:37 pm -- Email: alapok@t-online.hu Dear Everybody! Could someone tell me if there is a hairdresser in Saint Jean Pied de Port? I am planning to walk the Camino next year, and I want to start my way completely bald-head for some spiritual reasons. Sue Kenny -- Tuesday, September 26 2006, 08:12 am -- Email: sue.kenney@sympatico.ca A film with soul: Las Peregrinas…the women who walk. There will be a simultaneous Worldwide screening of this film on the camino on 3/4/5th November 2006 at Gatherings in 30 cities in Canada, US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and South Africa. Sue Kenny's vision is to bring people together in Gatherings as an opportunity to watch an enlightening woman's film and then provide a forum for conversation to follow. A 5 minute sample of the film is available for download www.suekenney.ca Feel free to call or email her if you have any questions or if you would
like to host a gathering. Please share this with anyone you know who might
be interested. Thank you for your interest and support.
Thought your group might be interested in my little independent film. This documentary was shot during my 850km pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostella and Finisterre, this is a moive about one man's journey of self discovery and creative inspiration. To view entire film for FREE visit... ==> http://www.paultobey.com/free-movie Ultreia! Paul Melissa -- Friday, August 25 2006, 10:23 pm -- Email: tendervittles@hotmail.com Hey there, I'm planning to walk the route from Seville north to Santiago starting late September, I am looking for any helpful hints for this time, route, experiences, or heads up about things to see/avoid. Thanks! G.C. Duyckinck Dörner -- Tuesday, August 8 2006, 10:53 pm -- Email: gcdd@xs4all.nl Last May I walked part of the Camino Frances (starting from SJPP) with my 2 white polar dogs (Samoyeds). Both dogs carried a red backpack. Due to circumstances I could not make pictures of my dogs then. But many people on the Camino took pictures of us. Did any of you make pictures or do you know anyone who did? I would be most happy if I could get one or more pictures of my dogs. Many thanks in advance. Gerard
Liron -- Friday, July 21 2006, 11:57 am -- Email: sollin.al@gmail.com Hello everyone, I'm planning to walk the camino on september for about 30 days. Can anyone tell me how much this trip should cost me? I heard it's about 50 euroes a day but I'm not so sure about that.. Thanks. DAVID CASADO MEDINA -- Saturday, June 17 2006, 10:32 am -- Email: davidayuda@hotamil.com HOLA AMIGOS, SOY UN PEREGRINO MÁS , Y TRABAJO, EN SAHAGUN Y LEON EN MASAJES EN EL CAMINO. MASASJES, EN SAHAGUN- 609470232 EN LEON----609470232 annette "ned" laver -- Monday, May 29 2006, 11:16 am -- Email: froggyned@yahoo.co.uk hello, i'm walking 25th june - 25th july ish and i'm torn between norte and frances, any advice? they both seem the same length and just wondered if hostels were restricted or if one is better (more trodden) than the other. and if anyone wants to join me - i'll see you along the way, i'll be the one with the dutch and english flags - i'm happy for any walking companions - and thanks for the tips - they were really useful - i've jsut doubled my to take list... jose -- Wednesday, May 24 2006, 07:00 pm -- Email: jose@freehighway.org Hi, I’d like to inform you of our new documentary: El CAMINO DE SANTIAGO -no un camino de rosas-. You can see a 10 min trailer of the film on this link: http://www.freehighway.org The Way of St James 'Not a path of roses' does not talk about the route's historic and artistic values, neither provides practical information about cheap, easy and pleasant tourism. This exceptional documentary reaches the heart of El Camino, the feelings of the interviewed characters, the pilgrims and their irreplaceable support: the 'hospitaleros'. Thanks for your time. Jose jacque -- Thursday, May 11 2006, 07:26 pm -- Email: jacklet@hotmail.com Can anyone tell me about women walking the camino alone? I plan to do it in early August and am wondering about my safety. Sister Elly Maria -- Monday, May 1 2006, 04:51 am -- Email: sisterellymaria@btinternet.com The plan is to leave on May the 9th 2006, then travel through France with the camper, along the Camino, then set up camp in Logrono, with the veiw of starting to 'walk' from Puenta de la Reina for two weeks. Reason: I am severly disabled and will be using a trike and to the second part in Septmeber. BUT I do need one other person to walk with us, anybody wants to be part of our small group? Either for the two weeks or walking or less, ut it will help my enablers. Is this for yu? Sylvia -- Saturday, April 1 2006, 11:33 am -- Email: nilsens@mweb.co.za To get from Bilabo to O Cebreiro you will need to take a bus to Piedafrita (5kms from Cebreiro) Alsa bus 7h45 arr: Piedafrita at 15h55 €31.51 Buen Camino Richard H. -- Thursday, March 2 2006, 03:10 pm -- Email: private! For Janice Sutherland, and Martin H-S, and perhaps others: I put a file of latitudes, longitudes, altitudes of the chemin (Espalion to Moissac) at http://users.skynet.be/watermael/gps/50358.html (key words: Garmin Etrex GPS track) Ann Davidson -- Sunday, March 12 2006, 11:14 am -- Email: ann.davidson36@tiscali.co.uk I'm planning to do the camino at the end of April/start of May but I can only get a week off work. How can I get from Bilbao to either O Cebreiro or Sarria? (My preferred starting points) Jim -- Monday, February 27 2006, 04:29 am -- Email: jethess777@aol.com Getting to Santiago de Compostela from Porto: I am going to be leaving Lisbon and arriving at POrto at about 9:30 a.m. I do not want to walk the Portuguese route, opting for the French route starting at Sarria. I have to be in Santiago de Compostela by 6 p.m.in order to make a connection to Lugo/Sarria. One would think that this would be entirely feasible, but can't get sites to work well enough to get schedules (by bus or train)that takes one over the Span/Port border. Best I could do, was train on to Valenca arriving at 2:47, but bus leaves Tui at 4 p.m., so not good to walk across the bridge over the Minho due to the one hour time difference between Spain and POrtugal. I'll have the same problem returning to Porto, but will have more time to do it. site -- Friday, February 24 2006, 09:30 pm -- Email Sylvia -- Friday, February 3 2006, 05:55 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Snow closes 40 roads and 22 mountain passes Agencies Airports were affected in Andalucía and the cold wave even swept down as far as the Mediterranean The whole of Spain was in the grip of a wave of wintery weather last weekend which had swept down form northern Europe, even as far as the Mediterranean coast. Snow, intensive cold, rain and wind all over the country set Civil Protection services constantly on the alert in 15 regions (all of them except Madrid and the Balearic Islands). Read more about it here: http://www.surinenglish.com/noticias.php?Noticia=7793 Michal -- Friday, February 3 2006, 04:06 pm -- Email: Hi, I think that it would be more interesting if you sort the camino's registrations by the date of completion of compostella, as it would be easier to find out fellow companions or just learn who else did the camino the same days as yourself, or find your other friends... Don't you think? Would this be possible? Buen Camino Michal We didn't do this when we set up the site because some people who do the Camin don't get the Compostela. You can get most of what you want from the arrival date. Thanks for your posting. santiago-compostela.net team Sylvia -- Saturday, January 14 2006, 12:51 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za A new DVD Video on the camino: www.csj.org.uk Within the Way Without Japanese Madoka Mayuzumi walked from St Jean Pied-de-Port in the spring; Brazilian Milena Salgado went in the summer; and Rob Jorritsma left his native Holland to walk from Saint-Jean in the winter. Larry Boulting filmed all three - often at the same series of places along the Camino - to make this profound and delightful film. All pilgrims seeing it will begin by envying these pilgrims the chance they have had to tell their story to so sympathetic an ear and to so wide an audience; but on more mature reflection, will realise that these stories are in fact their own. Madoka, Milena and Rob represent the more sensitive and the more articulate parts of ourselves. Each is special, each is unique, as all pilgrims are; but in the end, this film tells us, we have more in common, across nationality, age, background and belief than we could imagine possible. The film, recently released, has just become available on DVD. It is available through our on-line Bookshop (go to the Posters, Postcards, Posters, Calendars, Mugs and DVDs section). Buy it for yourself to remind you of your own pilgrimage; buy it for friends and family to whom you have never quite managed to get the Camino experience across. It's one of the best ever.
santiago-compostela.net team -- Wednesday, January 4 2006, 08:56 pm -- Email: We regret that an outbreak of spam has created a further gap in the record. If the problem persists, we will have to withdraw the bulletin board completely, but we hope that normal service can now be resumed. santiago-compostela net team -- Thursday, December 1 2005, 09:17 am -- Email: info@santiago-compostela.net We are sorry that a computer glitch has left a gap in this file, but we hope it is all working OK again now. Sylvia -- Tuesday, September 27 2005, 06:15 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za When looking for friends made along the camino, try the other groups and forums as well: Here are some links: http://www.caminosantiago.com/web_ingles/foroperegrinos.htm
Marianne from Denmark -- Sunday, September 25 2005, 07:24 pm -- Email: marianne@gersner.dk I'm looking for Joseph - italian guy from Switzerland, whom I saw multiple times walking from Sarria to Santiago September 16th to 23rd. I would be interested in a chat, if you have time and feel like it. Marianne (the danish girl with long blonde hair) brian -- Wednesday, September 21 2005, 08:50 am -- Email: brian_1948@yahoo.co.uk has anyone cycled from paris to santiago? have done the spanish part to santiago twice and am interested in the french part paris to biarittz Sylvia -- Monday, September 12 2005, 06:47 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za In the hey days of medieval pilgrimages, the roads to Santiago became congested with pilgrims - going in both directions. There were walking pilgrims, pilgrims with donkeys and mules, pilgrims on horseback, wealthy pilgrims with their retinues of servants, carriages, horses and mules. The places of refuge were overcrowded so pilgrims often slept outdoors but within the city walls. After the reformation pilgrimages lost their appeal. In 1976 only SIX Compostelas were given out in Santiago. The reanimation of the way of Compostela in the early 1980's resulted in 2 491 Compstelas being awarded in 1986/7. The camino is probably more similar today to the middle ages pilgrimage than it ever was. herman -- Sunday, September 11 2005, 10:42 pm -- Email: hermane1@telkomsa.net WARNING! hello. me again. (herman). i DID do the camino for a second time and it was... different. it has become HUGE. Touristy. But still good, if you: (a) are a tourist looking for (not so) cheap thrills (and don't mind sleeping with hundreds of other snoring, smelly pilgrims in an ergonomically confined space) (b) don't mind racing from before the crack of dawn to the next available shelter, and don't mind waiting in loooong queues (allow for 30 mins at least) then, even though you may have done 35 km already, the shelter may be full, and you may have to conjure up the strength to do another 6 km. to find yourself trying to sleep in some sports-club where the soothing sounds of smashing squash-balls (pelota) and swearing (melodic, in spanish) lull you to sleep. So, what were the good bits, you may ask? For me, purely because i am south african, pretty much everything. For the rest of you, accustomed to 1st world manners, it may well be a journey into the darkest dephths of depravity. a final word of advice: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, supply your e-mail address on any of these forums, unless you don't mind receiving 20 e-mails a day from (primarily) "nigerian widows" whose only wish is for you, dear one in Christ, to make a quick couple of million dollars. (PS. i only supplied my e-mail address because i am going to de-activate it at the end of this month). jack de groot -- Sunday, September 11 2005, 02:04 pm -- Email: jackdegroot@yahoo.com I am looking for Rita (aged approx. 25 from California) who arrived with me at Santiago de Compostela on 24 May 2002. david pepper -- Monday, September 5 2005, 03:41 pm -- Email: david.pepper4@btopenworld.com Just back from the primatevo and the end of the Frances. Was I dreaming or do the cockle shells point in the reverse direction on these 2 route? Anybody interested in my mistakes, let me know. Roger Gruss -- Sunday, September 4 2005, 11:44 pm -- Email: roger.gruss@gmail.com Anyone know of bus connections between Santiago and Sarria? Thanks! Sylvia -- Friday, September 2 2005, 06:21 pm -- Email: nilsens@mweb.co.za Ther is information in "Sylvia's Top Tips" on how to volunteer to be a hospitalero: (See No. 39) (a) Association of Camino de Santiago volunteers: www.caminhodesantiago.com (b) Accueil Saint Jacques at St Jean Pied-de-Port - M Jean-Claude,Nogues (Canditature Accueillant), Accueil des pelerins de St-Jacques, 39 rue de la Citadelle, 64220 Saint Jean pied-de-Port, France. (c) Rabanal – www.csj.org.net (d) The new Burgos albergue is in need of "hospitaleros"or "hospitaleras". If you'd like to volunteer send an e-mail to: ovidiocampo@eresmas.com. Good luck! marissa -- Friday, September 2 2005, 01:39 am -- Email: m_mcinturff@hotmail.com i've done the camino three times (once from sjpp, once from le puy, and one tiny trip from triacastela)... to say it's a major part of me is putting it lightly. i've been dreaming lately about volunteering as hospidalera at a refugio along the way (particularly in azofra... what a magical little town). does anyone know how i would go about doing that? i have to go back!!! ultreia! Ros Andrews -- Wednesday, August 31 2005, 09:43 pm -- Email: margaret@23blenheim.freeserve.co.uk Sorry forgot to ask if anyone has a sheet of useful Spanish phrases. Thanks Ros Andrews -- Wednesday, August 31 2005, 09:41 pm -- Email: margaret@23blenheim.freeserve.co.uk Hi, I intend travelling to SJPP on 14 Sep 05 and my flight from Stanstead gets into Biarritz at 1700 hrs. I understand there is a bus to Bayonne train station from the airport and that the last train to SJPP leaves at 1810. I'm worried that I won't make it - has anyone else managed this itinerary? Also if anyone is beginning the camino on 15 Sep 05 and wants a companion for the first few days I'd love to hear from you. Ros Sylvia -- Monday, August 29 2005, 06:18 pm -- Email: nilsens@mweb.co.za Sylvia's Top Tips For Walkers has been up-dated with a few extra frequently asked questions and answers. Check there first - your questions might be answered! Ray -- Sunday, August 28 2005, 12:02 am -- Email: ray92262@yahoo.com Hello fellow walkers. Those of you who are planning to walk the Camino but
would like to know a little more about what to expect should take a look at
---- www.caminovideo.com It should help prepare you and perhaps allay some of
the concerns you may have about this adventure. Ray Helen Venables -- Friday, August 26 2005, 11:54 am -- Email: helhenderson@hotmail.com We are starting the Camino in November. What will the weather be like then. We are from Australia and are not used to cold weather. Are many refugios open at this late stage? Sylvia -- Thursday, August 25 2005, 06:22 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Hola Sr Ella, How brave of you to be undertaking this journey. The 'camino' distance (for walkers) is about 1500kms from Le Puy. It might be shorter on roads. There is a lot of information to found (in Spanish) at http://www.ibermutuamur.es/camino_santiago/resumen/etapas.htm Take heart dear pilgrim, last year 60 disabled pilgrims in wheelchairs completed
the camino. Buen viaje, Sylvia Sr. Elly Maria -- Thursday, August 25 2005, 06:05 am -- Email: sisterellymaria@aol.com My preparation for the walk is progresing. What is the total mileage from Le Puy. I am using the campervan, and plan to set up camp for 1 /2 weeks at the time. I can only walk about 4 days a week and about 100 miles per week. My batteries won't be able to do more, as I will be using my electric wheelchair. If there is any body would like to to assist and be part of the whole or part journey, please contact me. I am planning to start end may beginning June 2006. Please pray for all involved in the preparation. Thank you. Sr. Elly Maria Sylvia -- Wednesday, August 24 2005, 07:05 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za "Author: Marleen Köller Date: 08-23-05 19:21 Thank you all so much for your prayers and keeping your eyes open to watch for Anna Milena! I have a good message to tell everyone: Anna just called here (at home in Germany), she is doing fine and is very sorry for not calling for such a long time. But she has just arrived at the end of the jacob´s path and is doing good! Thank you !! Anna´s sister, Marleen"
Pellerin -- Wednesday, August 24 2005, 06:53 pm -- Email: pellerin@webmail.co.za The parents of Anna Milena Koeller from Germany a very concerned about her missing daughter. Her last message was from León 2 weeks ago. Who has seen her? She is rather tall, has long slightly curled blond hair and is 21 years old. She is German but speaks good Spanish. Proably she wears a knee bandage. If anybody has met her please give note to her parents!! E-mail: rokoe1@hotmail.com Anna Milena, wir haben seit deiner Station in Leon vor zwei Wochen nichts mehr von dir gehört. Bitte melde dich bei deinen Eltern. Wer pilgert mit Anna zusammen oder hat sie gesehen? Sie ist recht groß, hat blonde lange, leicht gewellte Haare. Sie ist deutsch, spricht aber gutes Spanisch. Anna trägt wahrscheinlich einen Knieverband, weil eines ihrer Knie entzündet ist. Wenn DU sie treffen solltest E-Mail: rokoe1@hotmail.com Javier -- Tuesday, August 23 2005, 07:07 pm -- Email: baigorri45@hotmail.com The parents of Anna Milena Koeller from Germany a very concerned about her missing daughter. Her last message was from León 2 weeks ago. Who has seen her? She is rather tall, has long slightly curled blond hair and is 21 years old. She is German but speaks good Spanish. Proably she wears a knee bandage. If anybody has met her please give note to her parents!! E-mail: rokoe1@hotmail.com Anna Milena, wir haben seit deiner Station in Leon vor zwei Wochen nichts mehr von dir gehört. Bitte melde dich bei deinen Eltern. Wer pilgert mit Anna zusammen oder hat sie gesehen? Sie ist recht groß, hat
blonde lange, leicht gewellte Haare. Sie ist deutsch, spricht aber gutes Spanisch.
Anna trägt wahrscheinlich einen Knieverband, weil eines ihrer Knie entzündet
ist. Wenn DU sie treffen solltest E-Mail: rokoe1@hotmail.com Brad Chermside -- Friday, August 19 2005, 10:21 pm -- Email: For those of you about to start your camino, I recommend stops at: 1. Granon Albergue (great food and breakfast plus warm and beautiful hospitality) 2. Hospital del Orbigo (private albergue - the hospitalero is so friendly and it's a lovely place to stay where you can paint your own feelings about your camino. 3. San Anton Albergue - mind blowing! 4. Hontanas, Boadilla del camino - swimming pools!! 5. Santiago - need i say more 6. Finisterra - The most powerful sunset you will ever see! Fergus Hurley -- Friday, August 19 2005, 05:52 pm -- Email: fergushurley@hotmail.com Hi all, I will be arriving in Bilbao on 3 September 2005, leaving Bilbao 20 September. In between, I wish to cylce the camino de santiago. However, I want to get to St. Jean de Pied de Port and start there. How do I get there from Bilbao? Do buses/trains take bikes on board? What is the distance from Bilbao to St Jean and is it possible to cylce the route? I would really appreciate if someone could give me the low-down on this!! Moitas Gracinas a todos... Buen Camino... Jude -- Wednesday, August 17 2005, 08:58 am -- Email: jquarry@ozemail.com.au I am walking the Camino this September (2005) starting at Logrono; where in that city can I pick up a credencial? Sylvia Nilsen -- Tuesday, August 16 2005, 06:25 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Pamplona to Roncesvalles and/or St Jean: To Roncesvalles: Autocares Artieda bus (formerly Lamontanesa) Mon-Fri at ± 18h00: Sat at 14h00 (Not Sundays): To St Jean: Express Burricot: Taxi and luggage transfers St Jean – Roncesvalles – St Jean: 06-61-96-04-76 for groups book ahead: Email: apcaroline@hotmail.com Gerry -- Tuesday, August 16 2005, 11:30 am -- Email: perez_g2@tsm.es Hi! I'm a spanish guy planning to start the Way in September from St Jean Pied de Port. I'm told that I should go to Pamplone and then take a taxi to get to St. Jean. Is that the only way? I cannot find any info about public transport. Thanks in advance for your help. Greetings from Madrid Gerry. Jess Espinosa -- Tuesday, August 9 2005, 05:40 pm -- Email: jejay3@aol.com Hello, My son (28) and I (64) will be doing the camino in May 2006. We will be flying from New York to Bilbao, spend a day there to see the Guggenheim Museum, then take a train to Burgos, where we will start the camino. I chose Burgos instead of Leon, which is usually the midpoint choice for most people who cannot do the whole camino, because I would like us to experience walking along the meseta. I would like to hear from anyone who has gone that way. I understand the meseta is about 5 miles of nothing but flat lands, no trees, hot sun on sunny days and skin-soaking rain during rainy days, and hardly any people aside from other pilgrims. I would like to know how it was and also if there is any specific preparation we have to make before crossing the meseta. Also, would two weeks be enough to cover the camino from Burgos to Santiago de Compostela? At the end of two weeks, my son will go back to New York and I will proceed to Finisterre. Are there refugios along the way? I look forward to hearing from you who have done the camino. Jess Lisa Leinert -- Sunday, August 7 2005, 09:24 am -- Email: l.leinert@web.de HI, bin 21 und weiblich und plane in einer Woche alleine den Camino zu gehen. Bin unsicher wegen: alleine als Frau gehen, Langeweile auf dem ebenen Weg (bin nur bergsteigen gewöhnt) und der Befürchtung wenige im gleichen Alter anzutreffen. Wer kann mir da nähere Auskunft geben? Claire Vanbesien -- Tuesday, August 2 2005, 10:16 am -- Email: clairev_1@hotmail.com Could I please have some info from anybody who has done the Camino Frances in October as to what the weather and temperatures are. Sam the pilgrim -- Sunday, July 31 2005, 01:45 pm -- Email: aaa2bbb@fastmail.fm Could I please have some info from anybody who has done the Camino Frances in October as to what the weather and temperatures are. Paul Lucchinelli -- Saturday, July 30 2005, 05:11 am -- Email: paul_lucchinelli@hotmail.com Can anyone tell me what the FM radio reception is like on the camino? Vanessa -- Friday, July 29 2005, 06:00 pm -- Email: vanessa@britpost.com I'm hoping to start at Burgos, and have three weeks to get to Santiago. Is this enough time? If I do start from Burgos, is the best place to fly to Bilbao? And should I start from Burgos... or is there somewhere nearer to Bilbao? I would be really grateful for any tips or information you can give me, this
will be my first Camino, and the first time I have had three weeks off in years,
and so really want to make the most of the experience. jane wakeham -- Wednesday, July 27 2005, 01:32 pm -- Email: janeborabora@hotmail.com My boyfriend and I are walking the last 200 kilometers of the journey from Villafranca to Santiago in the middle two weeks of August. What would be the best footwear to take with us? We would like to know what kind of weather to expect, if its possible. Will it be very hot or some rain or cold at nights? If it's all kinds of weather it may mean taking too many different types of clothes etc. Any suggestions or tips? Marcel -- Tuesday, July 26 2005, 08:32 pm -- Email: Im cycling the camino this summer. Any one cycling too? Nuala Carey -- Monday, July 25 2005, 05:06 pm -- Email: nuala.carey@gmail.com Hi I am planning on doing the walk starting in O Cebreiro. I am flying into Bilbao.
Does anyone know the best way of getting to O cebreiro. There doesn't seem to
be any buses going into the village. Would be grateful of any help - thanks! Stan Black -- Friday, July 22 2005, 10:34 pm -- Email: teacher7340-school@yahoo.co.uk Hi there. Planning to start from Ponferrada. Does anyone know the best way to get there from Madrid. Trains I have found . What about buses or coach. Hope someone can help. Thanks famo 1 -- Friday, July 22 2005, 05:08 pm -- Email: maga@mugu.com stay off guyz!!!!! lome-togo nconnexion maga@mugu.com owobaba -- Sunday, July 17 2005, 07:04 pm -- Email: mugu@mugu.com am fine Gillian Hunt -- Thursday, July 14 2005, 04:16 pm -- Email: STEVEN-One of the places I found useful, in terms of info on the Camino is the Confraternity of St James in London, they've a v comprehensive web-site which will answer many of your questions. They also produce a guidebook, updated annually, listing places to sleep & eat, it's v light to carry & i found it invaluable. I walked the Camino Frances, which is the main one and therefore the most popular, with a great infrastructure of hostels, and places to eat. I'd avoid it in July and August though as it's too hot to be walking and is so crowded that it's a race to get a bed for the night, which is not what the Camino is all about. There are other Caminos though, which would be quieter but with less places to stay, it depends which you'd prefer. The Camino is simply a way to reach Santiago, which is why there are so many of them, so it is available all year round, however it should be noted that quite a few hostels are only open May to October, although I met people on the Camino who told me that to walk it in December is an amazing experience! (if also a v cold one!) If you join the Confraternity of St James, you will receive a 'credential' which is a pilgrim passport that you need to show at each pilgrim hostel to show you are a genuine pilgrim and not someone just looking for a cheap place to stay whilst on holiday! You also need to show your 'passport' in Santiago, full of stamps(which you receive at each place you stay), to show that you've walked at least 100kms on foot to the city and then you receive your certificate (compostela). You can, however, also get a passport/credential at some of the main hostels once you begin the Camino I walked from St Jean Pied to Santiago in May-July 2003 and had an amazing time-I hope you do too! Buen Camino! Gillian Hunt -- Thursday, July 14 2005, 04:04 pm -- Email: SUSAN, I thought you had to join an organisation too, to get a crediential but you can pick one up in most of the refugios, especially ones where a lot of people start from like St Jean Pied de Port (where there is a pilgrim office for people starting the Camino) so don't worry. I booked my flight home when i was only a week or so from Santiago as it took me longer to get there than I'd expected due to problems with my flat feet! There are flights from Santiago but i think they are quite expensive. A lot of people get a coach to Madrid (air-conditioning, TV, quite luxurious and they go really regularly and aren't that expensive) and then fly Easyjet, which is much cheaper. That's what i did and it was grand, no bother at all. Have a great time, I went on my own to the Camino (St Jean to Santiago, May-july 2003) and rarely was alone, except through choice! I was never afraid and would go back tomorrow! Buen Camino! Sil -- Saturday, July 9 2005, 05:03 pm -- Email: Sillydoll@gmail.com I forgot to give you the email address and website where you can find more info on the transfers from Roncesvalles to St Jean. (She will also take backpacks for about 8 Euros and for groups if booked in advance) www.chemindecompostelle.com/ServicesGR65/ Carte25/ExpressBourricot/ExpressBourricot.html Sil -- Saturday, July 9 2005, 04:43 pm -- Email: Sillydoll@gmail.com People often ask how to get from Roncesvalles to St Jean; Here are some contacts: 1)There are taxis from Roncesvalles to St Jean Pied de Port. They are: From Luzaide/Valcarlos: Andoni 636191423 From Garralda: Angel Mª 609411449 From Espinal: Francisco 649725951 They normally charge about 28 or 30 euros, but this price is just approximate. 2)There are two taxis in St Jean Pied de Port: Taxi Goenaga 05-59-37-05-00
Taxi Ascarrain 05-59-37-13-37 It's about 40-45€ from Roncesvalles to Saint Jean
Pied de Port. There is a society which will take you to Saint Jean Pied de Port
from Roncesvalles. It's called Express Bourricot. She does the road everyday
- phone 06-61-96-04-76 Sil Grant Spangler -- Sunday, July 3 2005, 04:35 pm -- Email: GASpangler@hotmail.com I have stayed here in Ponferrada, it's highly recommended ... Bierzo Plaza Hotel Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 4 24400 PONFERRADA (León) España Phone +34 987 409 001 Fax +34 987 409 013 Email hotelbierzoplaza@hotelbierzoplaza.com Web www.hotelbierzoplaza.com Centrally located to everything, and a pleasant rest on the Camino Frances. They offer a pilgrim discount if you ask. The Camino goes right by, so it's easy to continue on to Villafranca in the early morning sun. Stop by my http://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago site for lots of pilgrim resources. Buen Camino, Grant Grant Spangler GASpangler@hotmail.com
http://groups.msn.com/ElCaminoSantiago
http://community.webshots.com/user/ElCaminoSantiago Al -- Wednesday, June 29 2005, 02:42 pm -- Email: alb@abrothers.com We are going into Oviedo late on July 4th and want to take the bus to Ponferrada to start our walk. If anyone is starting or passing through Ponferrada on the 5th let me know. Also We are looking for a good place to stay in Oviedo and Ponferrada if anyone can recommend a hotel or refugio anna -- Sunday, June 26 2005, 10:48 pm -- Email: annaduschinsky@yahoo.com hey guys - nice to see so many happy people who have done and will do the camino.....I have two weeks and need to know where I am likely to get to (starting at St.Jean Pied de Port) and how I can get back from there to London? Also, may have to walk the first half alone(though will be great to do that too)....any tips? Thanks! Anna sietesteven@hotmail.com -- Sunday, June 26 2005, 01:40 am -- Email: sietesteven@hotmail.com Can I have some info please? Is the camino open all year ? Which one do I pick? ingles I suppose. Where do I register? MUGU -- Saturday, June 25 2005, 02:09 pm -- Email: MUGU-MAGA@MUGUMAIL.COM VERY GOOD SITE KEEP IT UP AND CONGRATULATIONS SAY NWAOWERRE NKWORJI susan Roberts -- Friday, June 24 2005, 09:12 am -- Email: sueballoo@yahoo.co.uk Hi, having thought about it for months, I have finally decided to walk the Camino this summer and have booked flight to Biarritz for mid July. Can someone tell me where I can get the compostela card which gets stamped along the way. I know I could join a fraternity but have left it a bit late for this and wondered if its possible to pick one up in St John Pied de Port? Alos, is it still possible to pick up cheap flight back to London from Santiago in mid August as have only booked one way ticket out. Sylvia -- Thursday, June 23 2005, 06:36 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za To Astrid: You can pick up scallop shells anywhere from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago (and beyond). They are sold in shops, cafe-bars, hostalles, albergues and even by street sellers. You won't have a problem finding one. Buen Camino (PS: A mail to your email address was returned to me) jack de groot -- Thursday, June 23 2005, 02:10 pm -- Email: jackdegroot@yahoo.com My book Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Chronicleof Love will be published in September 2005 by the University Press of the South. www.unprsouth.com Astrid Rios -- Thursday, June 23 2005, 04:53 am -- Email: riossantigo@earthlink .net I have a question, i'm doing El Camino this July, does anyone knows where can i get the scallop shells ? thanks to whoever can give me this info. sylvia -- Wednesday, June 15 2005, 07:50 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Sylvia Omari -- Wednesday, June 15 2005, 05:25 pm -- Email: william.argo@gmail.com Are there pilgrimages in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy? If so, where can I find links for Caminos in those 4 countries? Hiromi Morita -- Wednesday, June 15 2005, 09:36 am -- Email: loveryhiromi@yahoo.co.jp Hi,everyone ! Last year I walked from st jean pied de port ,took me 30 days. Yhis year I am planning to go again,this time I will go LA PLARTA. I will start from Seville or Merida. I only have a guide book from Merida. I am wondering if I could walk from Seville ? Could you tell me anything about the rout LA PLATA. Yhank you ! Dick - addendum -- Saturday, June 11 2005, 06:15 am -- Email: dick.rawson@xtra.co.nz I should have said in the message below that Moissac is at the beginning of the final third of the 1000km Le Puy to Pyrenees pilgrim way (via podiensis/GR65) Dick -- Saturday, June 11 2005, 03:53 am -- Email: dick.rawson@xtra.co.nz Buen camino to all. I am a franglais speaking New Zealander of senior vintage who walked the Camino Frances last year and am planning to walk from Moissac to the Pyrenees starting around 14 September. Is there anyone out there who would like to meet up at least at the start? Ezio Bracco -- Friday, June 10 2005, 09:16 pm -- Email: vadobe@libero.it Hello!, I am Italian , 57, and I will be in the way to Santiago this summer, either in July or August, starting from Samos or Sarria. I'm alone and I'll like to get together with some one to do the walk or at least to start walking together. If anyone is interested to join , please write to : vadobe@libero.it
Sheila -- Thursday, June 9 2005, 04:56 pm -- Email: skoehler@panynj.gov We will be starting the camino in Astorga and need a place to stay for the first night before we walk. We won't arrive until 3:00 pm and probably won't get into an alberque. All the hotels on the internet are full for June 21st. Does anyone know of a hostal/boarding house in Astorga that I can contact on the internet? 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For those of you in the planning phase: This link shows the routes you can take.. http://www.santiago-compostela.net/cfindexen.html This person did a lot of work in describing the refugios and also added the distance between towns which is nice!!: http://www.caminosantiagocompostela.com/ And another favorite link: www.americanpilgrims.com If anyone is in Biarritz Thursday afternoon and would like to share a taxi to St. Jean Pied de Port, let me know! Elina Milano -- Tuesday, June 7 2005, 04:11 pm -- Email: bellasenorina10@yahoo.com VENEZOLANA IN THE USA IN THE WAY TO SANTIAGO Hello every one, I'll be in Roncesvalles on the 12 or 13th of June 2005 to do the walk to Santiago, I'm alone and I'll like to get together with some one to do the walk or at least to start walking together. I speak perfect Spanish too. I'm from Venezuela. Please, write to me at: bellasenorina10@yahoo.com Thank you Elina Erika Rauer -- Tuesday, June 7 2005, 03:28 pm -- Email: erikarauer@msn.com Hello, I will be starting the walk on June 19, and am considering purchasing a Spanish cell phone to remain in contact with my family in the U.S. Are outlets available in the refugios for recharging the batteries on cell phones/digital cameras, or does this prove a problem during the June/July season? Thank you for your help! Erika Matt -- Tuesday, June 7 2005, 12:13 pm -- Email: mattcp@hotmail.com Hi all, I'm starting my Camino this July from Pamplona after the festival of San Fermin. I want to hit the road around the 11th-12th....anyone want to join me? Im a very easy going Aussie guy based in London. Cheers, Matt Catherine Barron -- Sunday, June 5 2005, 07:39 pm -- Email: peacepilgrim@freeuk.com Buen camino! I have written an account of my pilgrimage for peace along the camino, starting from St. Jean. Please visit if you would like to at www.peacepilgrim.freeuk.com Write and tell me if you have done the same thing. Sylvia -- Friday, June 3 2005, 06:33 pm -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Here are some good sites on the camino: www.csj.org.uk : www.caminolinks.co.uk www.santiago.ca : www.xacobeo.es : www.caminosantiagocompostela.com: www.santiago-today.com www.archicompostela.org : www.csesto.com/shadows/shadowsindex.html : www.mundicamino.com Enjoy! Pavel Poch -- Friday, June 3 2005, 09:51 am -- Email: pavel.poch@centrum.cz Hi, I want to start my Camino aprox. 29 june in SJPP. I must take hitchhike from Czech rep. to France a I don´t know how long I´ll be on the road. If is there some who want start camino at the same time, pls, contakt me. I´ll be alone at the begining, my friends join me about 6 july. Is here someone?Thanks:-) Pavel Jack -- Friday, June 3 2005, 08:56 am -- Email: nickerbal@yahoo.co.uk I hope I'll be able to visit Santiago in the future Alia V. Pura -- Thursday, June 2 2005, 10:14 am -- Email: aliavpura@yahoo.com Hi! Can anyone please please please tell me on how to join the Camino, where can I register?, are there any requirements?..I want to start my Camino on July 6 2005 in Sain Jean Pied Du Port. Thanks.. GOD BLESS!!! Sabrina -- Wednesday, June 1 2005, 05:29 pm -- Email: mowbray_sm@hotmail.com Am interested in joining up with someone for a portion of the Camino in early June.....am girl from Canada, and so far I have been travelling alone. Please let me know if you are interested. Also, can you pick up a passport at any of the waypoints or do you have to get one ahead of time? Thanks! john -- Wednesday, June 1 2005, 05:20 am -- Email: jbowen@student.umass.edu i have a friend currently walking the camino and i wanted to know if there is anyway i would be able to mail him something as a surprise at one of the refuges ahead of time??? as in, is there an address where i can send a card or something where he would definitely get it as long as i know exactly what refuge he will be at? thanks so much. -john Al -- Monday, May 30 2005, 09:21 pm -- Email: alb@abrothers.com My Daughter and I arrive in Bilbao on the third of july and are flying back to the us on july 18th. We want to get the compostella so we will most likely take the train or something from Bilboa to Leon then start walking. I think we can do 20 or more km per day. I understand that Leon is about 200km from Santiago. I anyone can give us some clues on transportation from Bilboa to Leon and recommend a place in Bilboa to stay the night before taking off to Leon please be in touch. Kevin Jacobs -- Monday, May 30 2005, 03:32 pm -- Email: kjacobs@media24.com I'm planning to return to the Camino in October 2005, this time the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago. It's only a five-day walk but I'd be grateful for info from anyone who has walked it fairly recently: state of waymarking, conditions of aubergues, availability of hostals, and so on. And whether there's a bus connection from A Coruna to Ferrol. jesus maria tejon guzman -- Sunday, May 29 2005, 03:40 pm -- Email: jesustejon@hotmail.com hola, soy jesus, voy hacer el camino en bicicleta desde roncesvalle hasta santiago, por la zona de burgos, leon... estoy mirando en internet pero si alguien se enrolla y me da informarcion(rutas,sitios donde parar...) y cualquier consejo me haria un rey, jejej, asi que saludos a todos. voy en el mes de agosto. Susanne -- Friday, May 27 2005, 07:11 pm -- Email: susannedk@mailme.dk Does any one know if its easy or very difficult to be allowed in to the refugios with a very quiet dog? I am planning to take my Siberian Husky along with me... How much money is on average spent in 2 weeks walking? Is it easy to get water during the day on the way? Many Thanks ! Junko T -- Friday, May 27 2005, 05:59 am -- Email: sali88jp@yahoo.co.jp I have just started planning for the journey. Hope somebody will answer Qs from a beginner. How much money do/did you prepare? I can't even estimate how much is enough or too little. I know it depands on how I spend and save money, but there must be an "average". Thanks in advance!
Brad -- Wednesday, May 25 2005, 11:28 am -- Email: brad@levanter.co.uk I'll be starting my Camino July 3rd in SJPP. Anyone starting around the same time, be great to hear from you! Cheers!! Brad kunta -- Tuesday, May 24 2005, 11:44 am -- Email: mugu@yahoo.com all guy man pls keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep offfffffffffffffffffffffff benin and lome_togo Brendan O'Kane -- Monday, May 23 2005, 08:09 pm -- Email: brendano_kane@hotmail.com For those who can't face the aubergues every night, there is a good network of cheap hostals all along the camino. After 6 hours of mud,rain and hills 30 euros was a bargain for a proper bed and hot bath. Guy Rabner, New Jersey, USA -- Sunday, May 22 2005, 09:03 pm -- Email: g_rabner@hotmail.com I did the Camino way back in the summer of 1996 on my own by bike. I had lived in Spain in '93-'94 and I had heard Spanish friends talk about it from time to time. Since I was (and still am) a teacher, I thought I would use my summer wisely and do the Camino. I did some research, bought a book or two and decided that I would go for it. After a three week trip in Israel and Egypt I stopped on the way home in Madrid to visit friends and buy a bike. I took the bike by train to Pamplona where I got on a bus for Roncesvalles. From there, I bought a couple more books and I started my 11 Day journey, one of the most enjoyable trips in all of my years of travel. Even now, 9 years later, do I recall the journey with great fondness and nostalgia. Why did I do it? Well, first of all, I was single and adventurous and my thought was that this would be a great experience where I could meet Spaniards and other interesting pilgrims/travellers, practice my Spanish, see some beautiful parts of Spain that I had never seen before and get some great exercise along the way. Well, I was right about all of this and then some. I certainly didn't plan on doing this for any spitirual reason. After all, what could a Jewish American be doing on a Catholic Spanish Pilgraimage? (I met almost no Americans along the way and certainly no ther Jews)After the expereince, I was surprised that in addition to all of the aforementioned benefits of the trip that I also had a spiritual Journey. I wouldn't call it religious in any way, but the time spent by oneself, meeting and talking to others and doing lots of thinking about things makes introspection and self-discovery almost impossible to avoid. Indeed, I felt that in addition to the actual physical journey, I also took a journey into self discovery which really helped me as a person once I returned and continues to do so to this day. Some day I hope to return with my wife and kids and introduce to them this
great cultural, physical and spiritual journey that affected be so much years
before. The more I write the more I can't wait. Please feel free and email me
if you ever have any questions about it. Rachel Appicelli -- Sunday, May 22 2005, 04:33 am -- Email: spring_rain5000@yahoo.com I am planning to begin the Camino in St.Jean and end at Finisterre. Does anyone know how long this takes walking? Also, what is the best way to get back to the states from there? How far from Finisterre is the nearest airport? To begin, is the best way to fly from the states into Madrid and take a train, taxi or bus to St. Jean? I have tried to look up train information and it's in French....Any help on travel advice would be appreciated. Sylvia -- Wednesday, May 18 2005, 09:58 am -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za I compiled an up-to-date list of camping sites along the Camino Frances. It is available from www.santiago.ca as a downloadable file. Click on INFO and then Downlaods. Abrazos, Sylvia maga company -- Monday, May 16 2005, 11:40 am -- Email: maga@yahoo.net maga brossssssssssssss Phil Wade -- Sunday, May 15 2005, 09:43 pm -- Email: phunphil00@hotmail.com Hi, I'm making my first journey on the Camino in July. I realize that this is going to be a heavily traveled time and am a bit concerned about securing accomidations each day. Would it be wise to pack a tent in case I cannot find a refugio to stay in? Are there places where pilgrims can camp in these circumstances? Any advice on this question, or the issue of securing accomidations would be greatly appreciated! Much Thanks, Phil Claude -- Sunday, May 15 2005, 03:41 pm -- Email: gigouxc@allstream.net Hi, I'm looking for information for my return from Santiago to Toulouse aroung June 23rd-24th. I must be in Toulouse on June 25th the latest. Do you know how long the journey is by train from Santiago to Toulouse, and how many transfers are there ? Do you know if there are planes leaving Santiago every day for Toulouse ? Do we have to reserve long in advance ? A prompt reply would be much appreciated since I am leaving for my journey on the camino this week-end (Saturday May 21st). Thank you so much ! Bonjour, J'ai besoin d'information pour savoir comment faire pour revenir de Santiago à Toulouse autour du 23-24 juin. J'ai un billet d'avion de retour au Canada à partir de Toulouse le 26 juin. Je veux donc m'assurer de me rendre à Toulouse le 25 juin. Combien de temps dure un trajet en train de Santiago à Toulouse, prenant en considération les escales ou changements de train pendant le trajet ? Quel est le coût approximatif ? Y a-t-il des vols en avion tous les jours de Santiago à Toulouse ? Doit-on réserver à l'avance ? Une réponse serait appréciée le plus tôt possible puisque mon départ est prévu pour le 21 mai - samedi prochain ! Mille fois merci. Claude Fiona -- Saturday, May 14 2005, 10:14 am -- Email: fi_stobbs@hotmail.com Hi there Anyone one planning to be in Pamplona around 20/ 21 May 2005? My journey starts there about then and it would be good to see who else is around - as we can compare notes before we set off (and convince ourselves that this is not a crazy idea!!) Thanks, go well AL -- Saturday, May 7 2005, 06:42 pm -- Email: alb@abrothers.com My daughter and I plan to try a two week pilgrimage in June/July. I would like recommendations on where to fly in to and out of as well as if biking might be a better way to go for the time we have. I had thought of waqlking some then buy or rent bikes to continue into Santiago. I also don't know a good place to start or where best to stay. Any hope for us? A -- Saturday, May 7 2005, 06:34 pm -- Email: Paul Brennan -- Thursday, May 5 2005, 02:32 am -- Email: pablito1976@hotmail.com Hi, would anyone know if there is a train directly from biarittz to st jean pied de port? thank you. jesse -- Tuesday, April 26 2005, 11:47 am -- Email: jg@recoverywest.com does anyone know what are the prettiest parts of the camino? i only have 10 days? thanks jesse magaman -- Friday, April 22 2005, 06:18 pm -- Email: maga@yahoo.net magamannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Heather Stewart -- Tuesday, April 19 2005, 05:58 am -- Email: hastewart230@hotmail.com Walking the Camino starting May 2nd 2005 to June 1. Arrive in Madrid. Will probably start in Roconcesvalles. If anyone would like to join me along the way to Santiago de Compostela , please let me know. Cheers, Heather
Shinobu Yoshitomi -- Thursday, April 14 2005, 01:45 pm -- Email: shinobuespa@hotmail.com Lo siento. He equivocado mi dirección. Javier -- Thursday, April 14 2005, 08:36 am -- Email: baigorri45@hotmail.com Sorry.- My e-mail: Javier -- Thursday, April 14 2005, 08:34 am -- Email: baigorri45@hotmail.comi For shinobuesp@hotmail:com.- Por favor puedes mirar si tu correo está OK ? Pavel Poch -- Tuesday, April 12 2005, 03:17 pm -- Email: pavel.poch@centrum.cz Hi, me and my friend want to do camino june/july 05. We are from The Czech Republic. We plan to hitchhike someone from our country throught Germany, Switzerland to France to Sant Jean de Pied. Or we are looking for someone who plan trip to France in the same time and have two free sits in your car. Is here someone?Thanks:-) Pavel Shinobu Yoshitomi -- Monday, April 11 2005, 05:26 pm -- Email: shinobuesp@hotmail:com Busco compañero/a que vaya hacer al Camino de Santiago conmigo.(en mayo) Si te interesa,enviame un e-mail. Hablaremos sobre este tema. Gracias!! Sil -- Saturday, April 9 2005, 01:26 pm -- Email: sillydoll@gmail.com I have compiled a list of camp sites on the Camino Frances from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago. If anyone would like a copy, please email me and I will mail it to you. GUYMEN -- Thursday, April 7 2005, 02:23 pm -- Email: GUYMEN@YOOOO.com I DEY PASSSSS HERE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Marcio Silva -- Tuesday, April 5 2005, 02:21 pm -- Email: marcio_silva@btinternet.com Please, does anyone know if I can a get "La Credencial del Peregrino" in ST Jean Pied du Port?? If yes, could you give me directions?? I will be starting the Pilgrimage on April, 11th 2005. Thanks Claire -- Tuesday, April 5 2005, 02:18 pm -- Email: goggachogga@hotmail.com im thinking of walking from Geneva to Le Puy and beyond in july/august. does anyone know anything about this leg of the camino? im having trouble finding information. is anyone else considering starting from geneva at the end of july? Natasha -- Monday, April 4 2005, 05:54 pm -- Email: narkydug12@hotmail.com Hi, could anyone tell me the amount of people on average who walk the camino per year or where i could get information on this? Herman -- Friday, April 1 2005, 07:53 pm -- Email: hermane1@telkomsa.net Hi. walked the camino from pamplona (22 may 2002) to santiago (26 june 2002)... 35 days. a powerful experience. doing it again this year, planning to do the whole french route this time. Flying to Paris, taking a train to St Jean. Starting from SJ on the 4th May 2005. Flight leaving Madrid booked for 17th june... can hardly wait! A long shot, but anyone else with similar itinerary welcome to contact me. It would be interesting to meet some pilgims before starting the camino this time! (Any other pilgrims also welcome to contact me.) Toby Roberts -- Thursday, March 31 2005, 02:57 pm -- Email: tobyscamino yahoo.co.uk I am cycling the Camino from Bristol, England. I am currently in San Sebastian, taking the coastal route to Bilbao and then joining the French route to Santiago. I leave San Sebastian on Wednesday 06/04/05. If you are also cycling the route and would like to meet up for some of the way contact me. I average 80-120 kms a day. Shelley -- Thursday, March 31 2005, 12:28 pm -- Email: shelley@54.co.za Would appreciate any advice on where to stay in Paris - inexpensive B & B ??? Eckhard Thoms -- Wednesday, March 30 2005, 10:53 am -- Email: Eckhard.Thoms@t-online.de I would like to walk the way along the coast this or next year. Where should I start? Do you have any experiences with this route, when is the best time to walk this way and what do you know when you compare? it with the camino frances Jackie Burke -- Tuesday, March 29 2005, 08:40 pm -- Email: jackieburke@hotmail.com My fiance and i are going to spain to backpack along the way of saint james, but we'll only be in spain for a week. Where should we start from? Keith Herrington -- Saturday, March 26 2005, 04:22 am -- Email: kherrington@blueyonder.co.uk Hi, I walked the Camino in 1998, and always planned to go back - but this time to drive along the route. Could anyone recommend a good book about driving the route and one that might contain details of the best Hostals to stay in? Would be really grateful for any replies... Best regards, Keith Trevor A Panther -- Saturday, March 26 2005, 02:05 am -- Email: tapan@"delete"blueyonder,co,uk an after thought visit my web site "www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk" for my diary with pictures. The diary is as I wrote it on my journey and doesn't pretend to be a literary work of art. Trevor A Panther -- Saturday, March 26 2005, 02:01 am -- Email: tapan@"delete"blueyonder,co,uk Exactly 1 year ago today ( 26 March 2004) I set off, alone, from home in South Yorkshire on my bicycle and cycled and camped all the way to Santiago. It was an epic journey and totally life changing, I arrived in square in front of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela at about 2 pm on 11 May 2004 having cycled 2340.3 kms I wish all pilgrims "Bon camino" Sil (A Rather long story but a valid warning) -- Wednesday, March 23 2005, 05:40 pm -- Email: sillydoll@gmail.com "A perilous route napoleon Author: roger Date: 03-22-05 18:07 Well here I am (three weeks later) sitting at home writing about my camino from SJPP to Santiago via Roncesvalles via the Pyrenees. (Though I started the walk in Le Puy but that’s another story.) On arriving in SJPP I spotted Jeannine waving from a second floor window of the refuge Saint-Jacques. Greeting me on the doorstep she showed me all the amenities, this done in her own imitable way with much hilarity and laughter, during this time (much to my disappointment) she said that under no circumstances should I cross the Pyrenees. Whilst getting supplies in the village store a women gently took my arm and asked if I was crossing the Pyrenees I replied that it was an option, on hearing this she asked if I would come and speak to her daughter who spoke fluent English, I obliged and listened as her daughter told me that it was virtually impossible to cross as the snow was the worst they had in 25 years, also that a body of a man was brought down from the mountains two days earlier, on hearing this I made a firm decision to take the road route to Roncesvalles, I then phoned my family back in England to inform them of my decision. Back at the refuge I was cooking a meal with Jeannine, when in walked Carlos Costa, a five foot 7 inch Spaniard with all the energy and enthusiasm of a mad march hare, whose first words were Pyrenees as he signalled with his hands that he wanted to go over the mountain, and indicating how his legs would power through the snow. We ate dinner carried on with the usual introductions then said bon nuit to Jeannine. Once in the dormitory Carlos undaunted by the prospects ahead pulled out a travel book showing a slightly more detailed map of the route than the one issued to us at the refuge, also a rather sophisticated looking phone appeared, "is that a satellite phone I asked" yes he replied, this along with a professional mountaineering backpack and relevant led me to believe he probably new what he was up against, and so yes against my better judgement I would agree to cross the Pyrenees with him. (This would turn out to be one of the worst decisions I have ever made in my relatively short forty years of life). An early start saw us leaving at 7am, by 10am we met our last human contact before we were in the mountains proper. Once again we were warned of the dangers ahead after 10 minutes conversation along with Costa's confidence that everything was in hand, the advice was ignored, and a decision was made to carry on. 2 hours later we were permanently knee deep in snow. (This was the going through the journey). Onwards and upwards we started to make some distance between each other, myself ahead of Costa, as I was concerned we were losing daylight and my water supply needed to be replenished before darkness. Reaching the water point went from relief to annoyance as the fresh water tap was not working, adjacent was a small stream of water which I filled my water bottle with,(this would turn out to be a mistake). Around 6 o’clock Costa had caught up with myself, we walked together for the next hour when the weather suddenly changed, within five minutes a bitter blizzard had blown up, which can only be described as ferocious with a scathing wind, you could not see the hand in front of your face, Costa was running round in circles shouting sign-sign look for a sign, I started to dig a hole with my bare hands ( as I had lost my gloves earlier), I shouted to Costa dig man dig (my hands frozen I could dig no more) I then retrieved my survival bag which I had subconsciously placed at the top of my rucksack the previous night, I got into the bag. At this point Costa was still standing around I shouted then indicated for him to get in the bag with me, he did, after what seemed like about half an hour the bag split, Costa got out retrieved his sleeping bag and got inside it. I wrapped the split bag around myself but it had ceased to become effective against the cold, so with great effort retrieved my bag (which incidentally was a one season summer bag) and got inside. The blizzard continued throughout the night. At some point during the night to throw up large amounts of blood, (it later transpired this was due to a water borne disease). With no food or water, snow & ice would be are only dietary in take. I indicated to Costa to contact the emergency services using his phone, (this was not possible as he could not get a signal, ( yes his phone was a mobile not satellite???) the morning showed no let up in the weather and my throwing up of blood became more regular this continued all day, the next night bought more of the same weather, at no point during this time were we able to leave are sleeping bags due to severe weather conditions, with no water and the deterioration of my health becoming a major concern, all that was left for me to do was to pray to god for a break in the weather. the second night bought stars, and clear night skies.(a good sign I thought tomorrow will be fair) and it was, by 7.30am on the fourth day the sun was starting to break, half an hour later we emerged from are bags very weak with no water & my feet frozen, I made a decision to leave all my equipment on the mountain (rucksack spare clothes, a sharp gx30 mobile phone which I must of left in my bag total cost around £600. the days trek was arduous with no food or water I spent the whole day sucking ice. 10 hours later around 5 o’clock we were around 500 meters from Roncesvalles when we were met by the garda/army that was the last time I saw Costa, I was taken straight to a military hospital where I was examined, my condition was so severe that I was rushed to Pamplona general hospital. once there I was told that the frostbite on my left foot was so severe that I would have to have all the toes on my foot amputated, I thank god this decision was later reversed, I suffered severe reflux in my oesophagus, leaving me unable to eat for the six days I spent in hospital, ( can I at this moment thank all the staff at Hospital Virgen del Camino.) I signed myself out of hospital two days before my expected discharge date and flew home , it will be another 2 months before I am fully recovered , it will take this long for the damaged nerves in my feet to heal. ( I equate the pain to having all of my toes broken ) I urge anyone thinking of using route Napoleon to seek local advice and stick to it. Buen Camino Roger.”
Grant -- Tuesday, March 22 2005, 08:37 pm -- Email: TGGudge@ou.edu I want to do the camino in July/August 2005 starting on one of the routes in France. I live in Clermont-Ferrand and have heard that there is a route that starts from Le Puy which is not far from me. If anyone has information on the routes from France or knows where I might find it, let me know.
Sil -- Sunday, March 20 2005, 10:03 am -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za All the best guide books have names and contact numbers of the hotels, hostals, pensions etc on the Camino. The annually up-dated guide from www.csj.org.net is one of the cheapest and the best. Dianne -- Sunday, March 20 2005, 06:55 am -- Email: pleclerc@bigpond.net,au Am planning to walk in May and am interested in hotel accommodation. Can anyone advise me of availability and approximate costs? Cathy Grundy -- Saturday, March 19 2005, 02:36 pm -- Email: saffagal@aol.com I have recently bought a fantastic guide to the Camino that came highly recommended and I agree wholeheartedly - A Practical Guide for Pilgrims - The Road to Santiago by Millano Bravo. The book I ordered in English, was received, however, the accompanying routes, set out in stages for us pilgrims, is a replica of the maps within the book with interesting information and a guide as to which route one should take on the back of the replicated routes (which an also be found in the book. The ones I recieved are in Spanish and according to the supplier I bought my book from, this is such the case. I was just wondering if this is actually so, and if anyone else has encounted similar problems. Thanks Cathy Angela oelbuttel -- Saturday, March 19 2005, 12:50 pm -- Email: oma@mweb.co.za Hi,my husband Werner is planning to walk the Camino in April 2006, he is 70 yrs old and would like to know if anybody is walking at the same time. He is German and living in South Africa, Tulbagh near Cape Town. Any tips are most welcome, as I have to dao all the planing for him Thanks for your help Angela Angela oelbuttel -- Saturday, March 19 2005, 11:36 am -- Email: oma@mweb.co.za Hi , my husband Werner is planning to walk the Camino in April 2006, he is 70 yrs old and would like to know if anybody is walking at the same time. He is German and living in South Africa, Tulbagh near Cape Town. Any tips are most welcome Karin -- Friday, March 18 2005, 08:27 am -- Email: karinkadak@yahoo.com Hi Shelley! Thank you for the great site - lots of interesting and valuable information. Shelley -- Thursday, March 17 2005, 09:38 am -- Email: shelley@54.co.za Hi Karen, There is a great forum, where you can either just read advice or actively participate. http://www.caminosantiago.com/web_ingles/foroperegrinos.htm MUGU MUGU -- Tuesday, March 15 2005, 04:54 pm -- Email: MUGU@MUGU.COM GO TO HELL BOY AND KEEP IT GOING DOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUMU Karin -- Tuesday, March 15 2005, 02:17 pm -- Email: karinkadak@yahoo.com I've just recently found about The Camino to Santiago. I so want to go. But I have no idea how to do it. I suppose the first step is to get to Spain, right? I graduate in June, so I was thinking about setting out for Santiago in July. How important is Spanish? I only know a few words, I am from Estonia myself. Would be lovely to be able to find somebody to travel with. Marcio Silva -- Tuesday, March 15 2005, 01:56 pm -- Email: marcio_silva@btinternet.com Hi, Does anyone know the best way to travel from Biarritz to St Jean Pied du Port?? Just for information, I will be starting "El Camino" on 12th April 05 Cecilia -- Tuesday, March 15 2005, 06:22 am -- Email: cecil4tier@aol.com Plan to walk the Camino early this summer. Flying to Madrid. Any suggestions of the quickest/best way to reach St Jean Pied de Port from Madrid? If I'm at Roncesvalles how much is a Taxi to St Jean Pied de Port, how long
does it takes, and at what hours are the taxis available? Thanks. Jerry Allen -- Monday, March 14 2005, 08:43 pm -- Email: allen@jezz.fsnet.co.uk Hi I'm cycling the Santiago from SJPDP from the 28th of this month. If anyone has any good advice for a cyclist I'd be glad to hear from them. I would be happy to team up with any other cyclists going at the same time Liz Stewart -- Monday, March 14 2005, 07:32 pm -- Email: lizzydoesseville@hotmail.com Hello there Im thinking of doing the Camino Frances in July /August this year and was wondering if anyone else out there is doing it at the same time. Im currently teaching English in Seville and think it´d be a cracking way to spend the summer in the fresh air...and a real challenge! Im 30 by the way..just in case it´s relevant!! Bye for now and cheers in advance! Liz Sylvia -- Monday, March 14 2005, 06:01 pm -- Email: nilsens@webmail.co.za Another good website to find information on the various 'caminos' is: www.caminolinks.co.uk It has lots of links to pilgrim's diaries so you get a better idea of what it is like from people who have done it. A good link for the Camino Norte is : www.roadtosantiago.info Good diary and lovely pictures. I have recently obtained a short guide to 'An Alternative Way' to do the Camino staying only in hotels/hostals etc and walking an average of 20km per day. I am happy to pass this on to anyone who would like one. ABA WU ABA -- Saturday, March 12 2005, 08:49 pm -- Email: NWAABA_BRUBIA@WETEAGO.IGWAROAD.AU FUNKY PLEASE CONTACT ZETO FOR ME I BE TRYIN HIS CONTACT NUMBER YOU GIVE ME ABOUT HIM IS AVIA WHAT DO I DO I NEED TO TALK TO HIM ZETO BEST FRIEND OF ABA WU ABA TROZEL FACO Sue Yurick -- Saturday, March 12 2005, 04:23 pm -- Email: yuricksl@chartermi.net A friend and I, both fluent in Spanish, plan to do the Camino beginning mid June 2005, starting possibly in O Cebreiro. She is reluctant to do the traditional backpack and refugio trip. If we could gather a small group, we could get a hotel-to-hotel deal with a travel agency who would carry our bags. We are women aged 57 and 60, in training but not accustomed to long hikes. Ray -- Wednesday, March 9 2005, 07:46 am -- Email: caminovideo.com Hi, my husband and I walked the Camino, and filmed the route. If anyone would like a copy just go to our web site: www.caminovideo.com. Our video is full of advice and interviews. We made the video because we had no idea what the route was like, even after reading all the books. I thought Spain was a flat plain, I was wrong about that but it did rain! It was a wonderful experience. Sincerely, Carol B Sally Bates -- Tuesday, March 8 2005, 11:55 pm -- Email: sallybanfield@yahoo.com.au Planning to do the camino from St Jean Pied de Port commencing 8th-10th April 2005. Would love to hear from anyone doing the same! Joshue Keenan -- Sunday, March 6 2005, 12:54 am -- Email: hoshuelluis@yahoo.es HI AGAIN,I forgot one thing!!... the mail, if you want to sleep in Coruna is quintelay@gmail.com Joshue Keenan -- Saturday, March 5 2005, 10:07 pm -- Email: hoshuelluis@yahoo.com H,I walked the camino in march 2004 and I'm really happy because I found this page. I want to say thanks to a really nice girl who showed A Coruna and told me about the other "caminos" to Santiago, washed all my dirty clothes, cooked really nice well and made me feel at home when I was just a lodger in her house. Thanks Yolanda. If you are spending a day in A Coruna, go to sleep to her house, she is really nice and the place is wonderful. Sylvia -- Saturday, March 5 2005, 08:58 am -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za The tourist office has given an alternative way to get from Barcelona: "The best way to go to St Jean Pied de Port from Barcelona is to get the train up to Bayonne. There is a railway station and a train which make the travel Bayonne-St Jean Pied de Port. I think it's for you the more easy. If you need the time tables of the train you'll have to call at the SNCF at 08-36-35-35-35"
Sylvia -- Saturday, March 5 2005, 08:50 am -- Email: nilsen@webmailco.za The Office Turisme in Barcelona gave this advice on travelling from Barcelona to St Jean by train: ·Barcelona (9.05pm) - Orleans Laubrais (7.45am) - St. Jean Pied du Port (8.22am) Barcelona (10.30pm) - Andaye (8.15am) - St. Jean Pied du Port (4.25pm) Either way it seems a long, long journey. Jane Royer -- Friday, March 4 2005, 04:11 am -- Email: jane.royer@dpi.qld.gov.au Does anyone know the best way of getting from Barcelona to St Jean Pied du Port? Most info seems to be on how to get there from Madrid. Also we're planning on walking the camino in June 2005 - are we likely to have problems getting a bed (2 of us) in the refugios at this time of year? Pam -- Tuesday, March 1 2005, 04:22 pm -- Email: Masucama@aol.com Would anyone like to share a taxi from Pamplona to SJPP on May 12th? From what I understand four of us can split the cost? (Maybe I can meet you in Roncevalles if need be) Gina -- Tuesday, March 1 2005, 01:48 am -- Email: shardanais@sympatico.ca Hi! I am from Canada and am planning to walk in May of 2006. I am wondering if anyone here speaks Spanish and would be interesting in coresponding with me in Spanish. I am teaching myself through workbooks/tapes etc and just began this a few days ago. I would like to start off with simple letters that I can practice translating and attempt to reply in Spanish. I am looking for honest clean writing and a lot of patience. If you have walked the camino already, that would be a big help too. Please introduce yourself via email if you are interested in helping me. Thank you in advance. Gina Patrick -- Sunday, February 27 2005, 04:53 pm -- Email: pmr@home.se Hello! I will go from SJPDP to Santiago, with start midd june 2005. I've been reading
that it can be crowdy. I'd like to hear from people who have been walking the
past two years and hear about their experiences. Sylvia -- Saturday, February 26 2005, 07:56 am -- Email: nilsen@webmail.co.za Handicapped Pilgrims Ibermutuar, a workers' collective composed of professionals that tend to safety on the job, accidents at work, etc., has published a guide for physically handicapped pilgrims. The guide contains information about accessibility and other matters of interest to pilgrims with physical handicaps, including albergues and restaurants with special facilities. The guide covers the French Way and focuses on those sections that may pose particular difficulties. It also contains suggested stages of 8 kilometers per day, with information about albergues and other resting or sleeping facilities. Three pilgrims that traversed the French Way on wheelchairs participated directly in the preparation of the guide which, at present, is only available in Spanish, but which is being translated into French and German. The guide was sponsored, and funded, by the Caixa Galicia (a bank), the ONCE foundation ("once" means eleven in Spanish and it is a foundation for the assitance of those who are blind), and the Fenosa Union. If you want to learn more about it you may send a message to: juancarlossanchez@ibermutuamur.es jim -- Saturday, February 26 2005, 01:01 am -- Email: jsanders@calprov.org i am thinking of walking some of the way... i have parkinson's and need to take it rather easy.. which camino would be best for me? Renee Hendrix -- Friday, February 25 2005, 10:25 pm -- Email: reneerix@aol.com Does anyone know the exact dates of the festival for 2005. I plan to start in Roncevalles and am trying to calculate the amount of days I need and figure out when to start the camino. I would like to make it to Santiago for the festival in July. Thanks Cathy Grundy -- Friday, February 25 2005, 03:05 pm -- Email: saffagal@aol.com I am planning to do part of the Camino in September starting from Ponferrada. Is it safe for woman walking alone. Which is the most convenient airport nearby in order for me to reach Ponferrada by public transport and what is the better transport to catch? Maybe Ponferrada is not a good starting place and I would welcome your suggestions. The first night is it advisable to stay in a hostel, should I wait until the last minute before trying to check in, say other pilgrims need the bed. I am planning to sart training in June / July. So I would welcome your replies. Many Thanks Cathy Steve -- Friday, February 25 2005, 01:33 am -- Email: SteveMBrewer@yahoo.com Can anyone recommend any towns/cities along the camino that will be good to linger an extra day in? Can someone provide some insight into the section through Rioja and the ease of access to any wineries along the way (being close to the camino)? Recommendations of good/interesting wineries? Thanks Steve -- Friday, February 25 2005, 01:30 am -- Email: SteveMBrewer@yahoo.com What is the availability of ATMs like on the camino. Do most of the towns have them? Anyone from the US experience any issues with the ATMS on the camino while you were there? Dick -- Wednesday, February 23 2005, 07:21 am -- Email: dick.rawson@xtra.co.nz Great site. I did the camino from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago in Sep/Oct 2004 and am now thinking about walking to St J from Arles ? during the same months in 2005. Does anyone out there have any information on this segment especially accommodation availability? Many thanks from NZ Michael Mogensen -- Saturday, February 19 2005, 07:53 am -- Email: michael@tayacan.dk Hi out there. I am planning to do the Pilgrimage route from Denmark on horseback. We are
two persons and 3 tough horses. Any good recommendations for routes through
Germany, France and Spain, and places to stay, where horses can eat and rest.
You can reply in German, French and Spanish. Thank you. Roger Farrell -- Friday, February 18 2005, 09:43 pm -- Email: rogerfarrell@tiscali.co.uk Hi, I intend to walk from St Jean Pied de Port to Leon starting on the 8th April 2005, I will arrive at Biarritz Airport on the 7th April. What is the best means of public transport to St Jean, what does a taxi cost. Any infomation appreciated. Roger Farrell Oldies but goodies -- Friday, February 18 2005, 08:36 pm -- Email: williaro@proaxis.com We are planning on walking the camino this spring. We are landing in Madrid and taking the train to St Jean Pied du Port then starting the camino. We'd like to send some clothing to Santiago so we have them available to travel after the camino to other areas of spain in a more relaxed mode than during the walk. Does anyone know of a way to send clothing ( suitcase or packaged) to Santiago and have them hold it for about the 40 days it will take us to complete the camino? any help would be most appreciated. We enjoy reading all the enthusiastic comments in this web site - looking forward to a warm and friendly experience. Sheila Koehler -- Friday, February 18 2005, 06:45 pm -- Email: slksniper@yahoo.com This is the best web-site I've seen. I'm planning to walk the camino from Astorga to Santiago in June, 2005. I would like to send a small suitcase to Santiago to pick up on my arrival with clothes for three days in Madrid at the end of my trip. Does anyone know of a place to ship them? I will arrive on a 5pm train in Astorga. Can I stay in a hostel on my first night even though I haven't walked yet? Are there other places to stay if the hostel is full by that time? Any advice I can get on the route from Astorga to Santiago would be greatly appreciated. Matt Forder -- Friday, February 18 2005, 03:46 pm -- Email: mforder@gmail.com Hello, I am planning on walking the camino in June, and would like to take my pet dogs with me and am looking for any help or advice. I would like to camp on the side of the path with my dogs, is this a possibility? My main concerns are about their pads and any injury they may incur from the walking distance. Also is buying dog food at places on the route realistic? Any help and advice will be gratefully received. Thankyou, Matt. Lucia Martinez -- Thursday, February 17 2005, 02:26 am -- Email: |