http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/06/25/guest-blogging-mark-krahling-on-the-camino/ Podcasts and comment on travel, tapas, learning Spanish and living in Spain, plus beautiful Spain photos. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/06/25/guest-blogging-mark-krahling-on-the-camino/comment-page-1/#comment-15339 Leslie Gilmour Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:42:21 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/807/#comment-15339 Yes the Camino is quite something. I first found the hospitality surprising - why be so good to people that walk right on by your village and have Santiago clearly in their mind? But it kept on happening, I have tried to take that with me home, not so easy at home, but it is worth trying. Yes the Camino is quite something. I first found the hospitality surprising – why be so good to people that walk right on by your village and have Santiago clearly in their mind? But it kept on happening, I have tried to take that with me home, not so easy at home, but it is worth trying.

]]> http://www.notesfromspain.com/2007/06/25/guest-blogging-mark-krahling-on-the-camino/comment-page-1/#comment-15294 ValenciaSon Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:10:02 +0000 http://www.notesfromspain.com/807/#comment-15294 When I was in the Army, we walked every where we went. I had the good fortune of being assigned to Infantry units with very little vehicles. We would walk for days, even weeks. We did so in different settings in different countries. I can't see doing it for recreation, much to my wife's disappointment. By the way, if you wear fresh, moisture wicking socks which don't bunch up, and footgear that isn't loose but isn't tight and is broken in, you should be able to avoid foot blisters. It also helps if you physically build up to hiking the long distances across varying terrains. When I was in the Army, we walked every where we went. I had the good fortune of being assigned to Infantry units with very little vehicles. We would walk for days, even weeks. We did so in different settings in different countries. I can’t see doing it for recreation, much to my wife’s disappointment. By the way, if you wear fresh, moisture wicking socks which don’t bunch up, and footgear that isn’t loose but isn’t tight and is broken in, you should be able to avoid foot blisters. It also helps if you physically build up to hiking the long distances across varying terrains.

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