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That’s broadly still in the right ballpark re fees. For a UK debit card holder (me) most of the mains banks seem to be at €7 Euros. Sabadell seems to have increased though still one of the cheapest and when I last used DB they seem to be asking...
If you live outside the euro zone, I would open a Wise bank account and create a euro balance in it. Then you’ll have small fees to convert your currency into euros through Wise and then no currency conversion fees at ATMs on the camino.
I walked past gado bravo signs a couple of times and all the bulls were safely behind decent fences so not a problem. Perhaps fighting bulls are too valuable to risk them charging at random pilgrims!
The bull that saw me off was not a fighting...
I was on the Nascente last week and came across a field full of cows - possibly the same place. Blithely started walking through them (I’ve lived in the countryside all my life and am used to cattle) and then spotted the bull watching me walking...
I've used the CP App multiple times without any problem and you can set the language to English in settings. The only thing to watch is that one can't book a train too far in the future - one has to wait for the date to become bookable.
A Camino friend just asked me about stages and accommodation on the Lana, which I walked last year. I realized I hadn’t posted a day-by-day, just a general post with some overall impressions. So here’s the day-by-day. I also recorded the tracks...
I've been attacked twice by large dogs while on the Camino - a Rottweiler on the Invierno and a feral dog on the Camino Portugues Interior. These were not barking to protect property - they came running straight to the attack (both attacks were...
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