Okay, it’s true, we do buy the occasional pastry. We stopped at the pastry shop just across from the Jardin Secreto (our hotel) yesterday and got to talking to the clerk. It turns out he had walked the Camino del Norte four years ago, from Santander to Santiago. We asked if he had thought of walking the Camino Frances first and he said why would he do that when the Camino del Norte is so beautiful.
It definitely is beautiful. The Camino Frances has its charms but no ocean views. The main advantages of the Camino Frances are that it is the original Camino, it has lots of pilgrim services, people along it know all about it, and you can find lots of people to hang out with.
In our first week we ran into two Dutch girls who were also walking their first Camino and were on the Camino del Norte.
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