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Spain has lot of veggies available usually, but on the camino I also find it hard to eat enough veggies. I can only eat so many iceberg tuna salads before they drive me nuts. They do often offer vegetable side dishes, usually very basic. Spanish...
A limited amount of meat is all you are going to get in the average Menu Peregrino! Limited vegetables too, apart from the inevitable insalada mixta. Nonetheless carrying a juicer is, IMO, overkill to the point of derangement. (Offered with the...
I was always charged seven euros each time I used an ATM. The most common ATMs that I saw on the Camino Frances were Santander and Caja Rural. Santander always worked, no problem. Caja Rural sometimes rejected my transaction when I declined...
You're right, generally speaking. For me personally though, I have to make sure my heart rate doesn't go too high, having somehow managed to survive 2 (count'em!) cardiac arrests.
I sometimes push a bit hard up hills when adrenalin overrides...
People here seem to like AEMET.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/search/5267353/?q=AEMET&o=date
Or you can read a local paper or follow the weatherreport on the Spanish TV.
I agree. There is scientific evidence that trusting people as a guiding principle enhances happiness. And vice versa: constant mistrust reduces happiness.
Day 2 - Portugalete to Onton
Really nice day. The costal route was closed of by some fences. No match for this tired pilgrim who did not feel for going back…
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