I want to thank you for all your support and inspiration! In Burgos I couldn’t stay where you stayed but booked in Mesón del Cid. It was absolutely beautiful and with view of the Cathedral! Thank you! Now where do you suggest to stay in Leon? Maybe a nice hotel for 2 nights? Thanks!
@brunyvargas9204 I don't really have a favorite place in Leon. You just want to stay somewhere near the cathedral. That's where everyone sort of congregates. There's lots of apartments for rent if you want to spread out. This year I stayed at the Hostal Albany, which wasn't terrible and it's located right next to the cathedral. Last year my son and I got an apartment on the plaza mayor and that was okay. You get a nice view of the plaza with all the people walking around and restaurants around the perimeter. When you get to Astoga (45 km after Leon) I can recommend the hotel gaudi. It's just past the plaza Mayor and right across the street from the cathedral and the gaudi museum. Make sure you ask for a room that faces the street and the museum. It's one of those old world style hotels with the wood floors and the windows that open all the way. The hotel has a restaurant downstairs and across the street there's outdoor tables you can sit at. If you're staying in hostels, just make sure you don't stay at the bottom of the hill before you get into town. Make sure you climb the hill and get all the way up into town so you're not cut off from everyone. The municipal albergue is okay and located next to the park when you get to the top of the hill. The plaza mayor is another 200 meters and there are several nice hotels right there. But I've stayed at the hotel Gaudi twice and can recommend it if you can get a good deal. I paid about 70 euros, but last time they were pretty full and the only room available was $120, which I thought was too much. maps.app.goo.gl/ebMAUZWQJrUhCtA37 Sounds like you're in the Meseta now. Make sure you have cash. Some of the towns are very small and don't have ATM machines and often the albergues only take cash.
Central Rome, like London & Paris have a food scene in the Centre to cater for tourists - unauthentic, expensive & bad. Trastevere, for example, an area of Rome, has excellent, great value food everywhere you go. Those big European capital cities have traps for central tourists everywhere. Enjoy your Camino wind-down, enjoy the process, it's always sad when they're over, but the calmness, peace & happiness I'm left with is always a worthy transaction. I'm starting my third Camino, but my very first Camino Portugese, from Lisbon on the 6th September & I'm close enough to feel the excitable, adventurous energy arrive once more. I've enjoyed your Camino videos, thank you! Peace & Love, Ultreia et Suseia 🙏🏻💚👣
Yeah, I thought about cutting out my negative comments. I generally try to keep things positive. But I thought there might be people heading to Rome for their first time with high expectations. Maybe they will get something out of it and decide to go to a less populated neighborhood for their food adventure.
You have inspired me and I am on the Camino now. Leaving Belorado… soon Onto Burgos. I know you stayed near the beautiful Cathedral, can you tell me where it was you had a wonderful view? Thank you so much! Buen Camino always!
@@brunyvargas9204 I've stayed in this location twice, once in the lower room and once in the upper room. The upper room has the better view. Depending on how much you are willing to spend, there's also a nice looking hotel on the same side of the cathedral called Meson del Cid, But I haven't stayed there so basing it only on the location and photos on Google maps. This is the one I've stayed at: maps.app.goo.gl/CxDs88zhm7LNhain7 Meson del Cid maps.app.goo.gl/8RQ1oLehQKLEtgD39
@@TheCaminoGuide thank you so much!! I will look into it at my second breakfast stop! Rest and relax until your next journey! I’m a slow walker so I admire your speed! Muchas gracias, Buen Camino! 💕
No backpack makes all the difference, huh 🙂 Glad your knee issue got better. About the weight loss, to my surprise i lost about 25 pounds during on the camino despite the "segundo desayuno" every day 🙂i did walk for 3 months though
I think the heaviest I carried was 10lbs when I brought my son last year. I think I overpacked because I was thinking about his comfort and threw in an extra couple of things for myself. I must have flushed something out of my system with all the supplements. Mainly I was taking iodine supplement, hoping to stimulate my thyroid to flush out my system. I was putting on a lot of weight and couldn't figure out how. So I thought supplementing thyroid might increase metabolism. Seems to have helped.
Can you please record a video on why you chose the insoles you did? Why did you not choose the carbon fiber insoles? Those particular insoles you decided upon are not deliverable to my address in the UK.
@@christiaantheron9080 I used the ones I did so I could see if the less expensive ones worked as well as the more expensive ones. They lasted the entire Camino and about 200 miles of training. I don't think there's anything magical about the insoles in particular. I think it is helpful to have some arch support to give your foot something to grab on to. Also the heel cup is deeper and perhaps less likely to give blisters than the stock insoles. The insoles that come with shoes are made of cheap foam and sometimes cause me blisters. I prefer the hard arch support insoles. I feel they give my foot a better foundation. I looked on Amazon UK and found these more expensive ones and if you scroll down to similar items there are a couple that are about half the price. But use whatever works for you. You can try putting an insole in one shoe and leaving the stock insoles in the other shoe and walk for a bit. When I do this I really feel the difference. RooRuns Heavy Duty Arch Support Plantar Fasciitis Insoles for Men And Women, Orthotic Inserts Shoe Insoles for Flat Feet, Heel Spurs, High Arches, OverPronation, Metatarsalgia, Foot Pain Relief, L amzn.eu/d/fOh1YjN
I want to thank you for all your support and inspiration! In Burgos I couldn’t stay where you stayed but booked in Mesón del Cid. It was absolutely beautiful and with view of the Cathedral! Thank you!
Now where do you suggest to stay in Leon? Maybe a nice hotel for 2 nights? Thanks!
@brunyvargas9204 I don't really have a favorite place in Leon. You just want to stay somewhere near the cathedral. That's where everyone sort of congregates. There's lots of apartments for rent if you want to spread out. This year I stayed at the Hostal Albany, which wasn't terrible and it's located right next to the cathedral. Last year my son and I got an apartment on the plaza mayor and that was okay. You get a nice view of the plaza with all the people walking around and restaurants around the perimeter.
When you get to Astoga (45 km after Leon) I can recommend the hotel gaudi. It's just past the plaza Mayor and right across the street from the cathedral and the gaudi museum. Make sure you ask for a room that faces the street and the museum. It's one of those old world style hotels with the wood floors and the windows that open all the way. The hotel has a restaurant downstairs and across the street there's outdoor tables you can sit at. If you're staying in hostels, just make sure you don't stay at the bottom of the hill before you get into town. Make sure you climb the hill and get all the way up into town so you're not cut off from everyone. The municipal albergue is okay and located next to the park when you get to the top of the hill. The plaza mayor is another 200 meters and there are several nice hotels right there. But I've stayed at the hotel Gaudi twice and can recommend it if you can get a good deal. I paid about 70 euros, but last time they were pretty full and the only room available was $120, which I thought was too much.
maps.app.goo.gl/ebMAUZWQJrUhCtA37
Sounds like you're in the Meseta now. Make sure you have cash. Some of the towns are very small and don't have ATM machines and often the albergues only take cash.
Central Rome, like London & Paris have a food scene in the Centre to cater for tourists - unauthentic, expensive & bad. Trastevere, for example, an area of Rome, has excellent, great value food everywhere you go. Those big European capital cities have traps for central tourists everywhere. Enjoy your Camino wind-down, enjoy the process, it's always sad when they're over, but the calmness, peace & happiness I'm left with is always a worthy transaction. I'm starting my third Camino, but my very first Camino Portugese, from Lisbon on the 6th September & I'm close enough to feel the excitable, adventurous energy arrive once more. I've enjoyed your Camino videos, thank you! Peace & Love, Ultreia et Suseia 🙏🏻💚👣
Yeah, I thought about cutting out my negative comments. I generally try to keep things positive. But I thought there might be people heading to Rome for their first time with high expectations. Maybe they will get something out of it and decide to go to a less populated neighborhood for their food adventure.
You have inspired me and I am on the Camino now. Leaving Belorado… soon Onto Burgos. I know you stayed near the beautiful Cathedral, can you tell me where it was you had a wonderful view? Thank you so much! Buen Camino always!
@@brunyvargas9204 I've stayed in this location twice, once in the lower room and once in the upper room. The upper room has the better view. Depending on how much you are willing to spend, there's also a nice looking hotel on the same side of the cathedral called Meson del Cid, But I haven't stayed there so basing it only on the location and photos on Google maps.
This is the one I've stayed at:
maps.app.goo.gl/CxDs88zhm7LNhain7
Meson del Cid
maps.app.goo.gl/8RQ1oLehQKLEtgD39
@@TheCaminoGuide thank you so much!! I will look into it at my second breakfast stop! Rest and relax until your next journey! I’m a slow walker so I admire your speed! Muchas gracias, Buen Camino! 💕
No backpack makes all the difference, huh 🙂
Glad your knee issue got better.
About the weight loss, to my surprise i lost about 25 pounds during on the camino despite the "segundo desayuno" every day 🙂i did walk for 3 months though
I think the heaviest I carried was 10lbs when I brought my son last year. I think I overpacked because I was thinking about his comfort and threw in an extra couple of things for myself. I must have flushed something out of my system with all the supplements. Mainly I was taking iodine supplement, hoping to stimulate my thyroid to flush out my system. I was putting on a lot of weight and couldn't figure out how. So I thought supplementing thyroid might increase metabolism. Seems to have helped.
Can you please record a video on why you chose the insoles you did? Why did you not choose the carbon fiber insoles? Those particular insoles you decided upon are not deliverable to my address in the UK.
@@christiaantheron9080 I used the ones I did so I could see if the less expensive ones worked as well as the more expensive ones. They lasted the entire Camino and about 200 miles of training. I don't think there's anything magical about the insoles in particular. I think it is helpful to have some arch support to give your foot something to grab on to. Also the heel cup is deeper and perhaps less likely to give blisters than the stock insoles. The insoles that come with shoes are made of cheap foam and sometimes cause me blisters. I prefer the hard arch support insoles. I feel they give my foot a better foundation. I looked on Amazon UK and found these more expensive ones and if you scroll down to similar items there are a couple that are about half the price. But use whatever works for you. You can try putting an insole in one shoe and leaving the stock insoles in the other shoe and walk for a bit. When I do this I really feel the difference.
RooRuns Heavy Duty Arch Support Plantar Fasciitis Insoles for Men And Women, Orthotic Inserts Shoe Insoles for Flat Feet, Heel Spurs, High Arches, OverPronation, Metatarsalgia, Foot Pain Relief, L amzn.eu/d/fOh1YjN