https://caminocrazy.com/blog/Honest answers for first-time pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago: before you go, while you walk, after you come home.en-us https://caminocrazy.com/blog/whose-alarm-is-that-an-albergue-tale/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/whose-alarm-is-that-an-albergue-tale/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTAlbergue lifeA pre-dawn alarm, a dorm full of strangers and one pilgrim on the case. A Camino tale, plus the phone settings that keep you out of it. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/how-to-get-to-the-camino-from-the-us/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/how-to-get-to-the-camino-from-the-us/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTMoney, flights, paperworkThere is no airport called Camino. Here is how American pilgrims reach three popular starting points, and why the trip there deserves a day (sometimes two) of its own. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/should-i-walk-the-camino-in-2027-or-wait/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/should-i-walk-the-camino-in-2027-or-wait/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTWhich way, and when?2027 is a Holy Year on the Camino, and your friend says it'll be a zoo. Three questions to help a first-timer choose between 2027 and waiting. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-blisters-on-the-camino/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/how-do-i-prevent-blisters-on-the-camino/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTFeet & bodyPetroleum jelly, tape, two pairs of socks: Camino veterans swear by different things. Here is what skin doctors advise, and the one habit worth packing. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-if-i-want-to-quit-the-camino-on-day-three/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-if-i-want-to-quit-the-camino-on-day-three/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHard days & weatherAround the third morning, many first-timers' legs and doubts get loud. Here is why, what other pilgrims do, and when stopping is the right call. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/am-i-too-old-to-walk-the-camino/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/am-i-too-old-to-walk-the-camino/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTCan I do this?In 2025, more than 57,000 pilgrims over 65 arrived in Santiago. Here is what pilgrims in their 70s say helped them, and the honest part too. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/will-i-be-able-to-sleep-in-an-albergue/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/will-i-be-able-to-sleep-in-an-albergue/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTAlbergue lifeSnoring in albergues worries light sleepers and snorers alike. What pilgrims do on both sides of the bunk, and why nobody should shake a sleeper awake. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-if-it-rains-on-the-camino/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-if-it-rains-on-the-camino/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTHard days & weatherPlan on rain on the Camino, most of all in Galicia. Three things to keep dry, how boot makers say to dry boots, and when cold is the real problem. https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-happens-when-you-arrive-in-santiago/https://caminocrazy.com/blog/what-happens-when-you-arrive-in-santiago/Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMTSantiago & coming homeYou walk into the square in Santiago. Then what? The backpack rule, the line for the Compostela, the Pilgrim's Mass, and the quiet sadness many pilgrims feel at the end.