stackyFACTSFollowing painted arrows across Spain sounds foolproof until you hit the Galician border. The iconic yellow scallops point forward in most provinces, but locally, the actual hinge of the shell suddenly indicates the direction—leaving thousands of oblivious pilgrims marching the wrong way down a 1,200-year-old spiritual highway.
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