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    Thats cool but you went to mass just for the fun of it?


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    Quote Originally Posted by mp0295 View Post
    Thats cool but you went to mass just for the fun of it?
    Its a tradition at the end of the pilgramage. I have a protestant mother, catholic father but I'm not religious, but I don't mind going to church. Plus they read your name out in the cathederal, so I thought it would be rude not to be there.

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    That's fragging awesome. I have trouble enough walking down the street to the shops god knows how I'd manage something like Spain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Markas View Post
    That's fragging awesome. I have trouble enough walking down the street to the shops god knows how I'd manage something like Spain.
    I did'nt realise how much rough terrain there was in Spain until I set off. Then I saw all these mountains and thought, "oh bugger."

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    a friend of mine made that.. from Venice to Santiago de Compostela on foot.. this is madness

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    The English way to Santiago is along the Mar Cantabrico, from Plimouth to the Galican shore...i bet is easier , also in summer is better the sea path along the shores of Country Basque, Asturias and Cantabria, all is greener and is full of people that join you in some part of the walk, is a huge experience. The mass is awesome there when they bring the botafumeiro and move it inside the cathedral.

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    bravo for your lonely and heavy walk!
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    Quote Originally Posted by davide.cool View Post
    a friend of mine made that.. from Venice to Santiago de Compostela on foot.. this is madness
    I passed a very old Austrian women who walked from Vienna! Some of the religious pilgrims are very dedicated.


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    The mass is awesome there when they bring the botafumeiro and move it inside the cathedral
    Unfortunately I missed the main pilgrim mass in July with the botafumeiro by staying an extra day in Pamplona to watch the running of the bull's. (I keep intending to go back and run myself one day.)

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    That's awesome man. Nice job. Really great pictures.

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    Very nice m8, im planning in doing it too, but from Portugal to Spain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toern View Post
    Very nice m8, im planning in doing it too, but from Portugal to Spain.
    The Camino Portugues, I should imagine thats an interesting route, following the coast, starting at Lisbon ? Less people than on the French way also.

    That's awesome man. Nice job. Really great pictures.
    Cheers mate.

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    I think there is no Caminho Portugues, the only true route is to Fátima, the holy place of the country much like Lourdes or Santiago, anyway i should start only in the border, with some more people, only 6 days of walking, sadly .
    Anyway ur story was inspiring, i hope 1 day to do the same, only with a backpack on my back, walking for days, then arriving at the catedral, where there is a mark in the stone, made by all the pilgrims that put their hand there.
    2 questions, where did you slept and how much money you spent?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Toern View Post
    then arriving at the catedral, where there is a mark in the stone, made by all the pilgrims that put their hand there.
    I did this when I arrived at the cathederal early in the morning.

    2 questions, where did you slept and how much money you spent?
    I stayed mainly in the refugios that are present in most of the towns/villages along the way. These are free, beds/showers etc. You can just leave a small donation in the morning when you leave. Sometimes I camped out.

    I was away for about a month and only spent about £300. (this was 1995, still peseta's in Spain) That included the bus from London to Bayonne in France and then from Santiago back to London.

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    I will make El camino de Santiago! i don´t know when, but i will do it someday!

    I´m spanish and like spanish i am, i feel the duty to do it! Santiago is our protector jeje!

    PD:Very nice photos and very nice experience yours, i hope you felt very good here!

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    Thanks for your answers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conquistador_88 View Post
    PD:Very nice photos and very nice experience yours, i hope you felt very good here!

    Greets!
    Cheers for the message, I had a great time, seeing some of the Spain a lot of us British don't normally see. (Usually its just the Costa Brava!)

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    Default Re: Camino de Santiago - My walk, 550 miles across Spain. (1995)

    My neighbour walked from here (Holland) to the same place, Santiago de Compostela spain.

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