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Any tips on how to avoid getting ripped off by ATM fees and exchange rates? I´m traveling on a budget and don´t want to find out I over spent in dollars because of fees and outrageous exchange rates. Any experiences that can help a first time traveler deal with this important issue?
As I prepare to depart for the Camino next Wednesday, I thought it useful to log onto the forum through my phone and keep in touch with the community. But can't. I keep getting a message that says my e-mail is not registered. Then I thought I'd sign up again through the phone and found out that...
I'll be leaving Madrid from Barajas Int Airport around 10am on Sept. 8th. It'd be great to meet other pilgrims also making their way to SJPP from Madrid on that same day. There is always strength in numbers. Please reply to this post.
Buen Camino!
I'm flying from Austin on September 7th, arriving in Madrid the morning of September 8th. I need to decide whether to make a train or a bus reservation, for that same day, from Madrid (Barajas) to Pamplona.
I expect I will meet other pilgrims on the way to Pamplona that may want to share a taxi...
Hello Peregrinos!
I am a new member full of positive anticipation for this journey. I will arrive in Madrid on Sept. 7th, then somehow find my way to SJPP, and hopefully begin to walk on the 9th. One important two-part question (at least to me, anyway), How do airlines view hiking poles and...
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