UPDATE: as of March, 2026, I’ve COMPLETELY changed my plans. I will be hiking the Central Portuguese route from Porto to Santiago. I wanted to leave this original post as I originally wrote it just to remind myself of the thought process I went thru for the trip. Here is the original post:
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To celebrate my 10th Camino-versary, I’m planning on hiking El Camino De Santiago following the same route I took in 2016 when I hiked from St Jean Pied du Port, France to Santiago, Spain.
My plan is to fly to Paris in late April, 2026 and arrive in Santiago 5 weeks later. As plans evolve, I’ll fine tune the schedule and make some important decisions.
I’ve begun the preliminary planning phases, arranged for a house and dog sitter, purchased some new hiking clothes to try out and pulled some old friends out of storage, like my backpack and hiking poles.

I’ll post here as things progress. Buen Camino! Ultreia!
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