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Etiquette and Customs

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    • What are the Do's and Don'ts of Albergue Etiquette?
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    • Which side of the path
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    • Overtaking étiquette.
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    • Churches and attire?
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    Pafayac
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    • Walking barefoot across Puente la Reina
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    • Knocking on doors to find a place to stay
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    • Scallop Shell
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    • Hug Santiago at last
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    El Cascayal
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    • Santiago traditions?
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    • Camino pilgrims prepare with shell ceremony
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    AlwynWellington
    AlwynWellington
    JohnRRogers
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    • Tradition…. When to start wearing your scallop shell?
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    Adhemar78
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    • A recent enhancement for my Camino Shell
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    • DO NOT burn your clothes at Finisterre
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    Colleen Kathma
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    Etiquette/ what to wear at churches
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    • Where do you usually carry the shell?
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    • Nature call on the Camino
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    David Tallan
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    • Pilgrim "customs"?
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    • Superstition in France?
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    • Should Rock Stacking be Banned?
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    • A Big Boo to Stone Stacking
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    • Significance of burning personal items at Finisterre
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    • Celebrate the Menú del Dia!
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    SioCamino
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    Racial discrimination on the Camino
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  • Tags etiquette/customs food & drink
    • Free breakfast at the Parador
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    • Locked
    The 'free lunch' at the Parador.
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    ivar
    ivar
    alexwalker
  • Tags etiquette/customs volunteers/hospitaleros
    • Collecting garbage - A duty for conscious pilgrims?
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    naplesdon
    naplesdon
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    • The proper way 'to go'
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    Icacos
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    • Cross-cultural etiquette
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    Icacos
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    • Toilet tissue on or by the trail
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    longwayhome
    longwayhome
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    • Pilgrim Etiquette - How about picking up some trash every walking day
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    • Making the Camino better
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    Shakespearshakes
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    • The shell
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    • First step ..... Improvement?
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    John Finn
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    • Giving directions
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  • Tags etiquette/customs safety & crime
    • Stones on the Camino
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    SYates
    fitoldbloke
  • Tags albergue life etiquette/customs
    • A delicate subject
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    • Sorry, but...Where do women pee on the camino...?
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    • Womens' issues while walking
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    BeatriceKarjalainen
    BeatriceKarjalainen
    Rob the Slob
  • Tags albergue life etiquette/customs
    • Drying laundry while walking
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    domigee
    domigee
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    • Backpack Etiquette - or I don't want to be a Jerk
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    Seabird
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    • The Rules
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    CaminoDebrita
    CaminoDebrita
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  • Tags etiquette/customs pilgrims & pilgrimage
    • Patches, Shells, & Symbols
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    Carfax
  • Tags etiquette/customs
    • Shells - where can they go?
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    Kanga
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    • Litter on the Camino, any Camino, is disgraceful! Take your stuff with you!
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    Jools
    Jools
    jdickson
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    • Trashing the El Camino
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    brkdn2
    brkdn2
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    • Toilet facilities on the Le Puy Route?
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  • Tags etiquette/customs
    • Scallop Shell
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    Tia Valeria
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    • Locked
    Toilet Etiquette
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    ivar
    ivar
    daesdaemar
  • Tags etiquette/customs
    • What happens on arrival in Santiago?
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    Marcel234
    Marcel234
    sillydoll
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    • Good pilgrims don't litter or steal....
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