Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way of St. James

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Camino de Santiago de Compostela - The Way of St. James

Oh, WOW! The commitment is made… we’ve purchased our plane tickets. We depart Las Vegas on April 15th and arrive in Lisbon on the 16th. We’ve ordered and received our guide books and we’re currently plotting our walking course. Because I intend to be a tourist as well as a pilgrim, I also picked up a couple of country guides at the thrift store to determine the best places to explore and primo places to take our laydays en route.

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10 Best Things About Walking the Via Francigena

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10 Best Things About Walking the Via Francigena

Now that we’ve been back a week and have had time to reflect upon our nearly four months walking along the Via Francigena, we wanted to share our thoughts about the trek. There’s no doubt that it was a phenomenal experience, but we’ve wanted to determine in own minds exactly why it was so phenomenal. What impressed us the most? What made walking this path so special?

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Blue View – Gear List for the Via Francigena

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Blue View – Gear List for the Via Francigena

We learned a great deal about our gear needs from our trek along the Thames last fall. This time around we did a better job selecting our gear, but by the time we finished the Via Francigena, we still came up with a number of things we’ll do differently next time…

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