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    Recent advice pls re getting poles from Adelaide --> Barcelona(Emirates) and about wrapping backpack

    Hi, I hope this is my last question and thanks for earlier advice: Is it still the case that poles can't be carried on (in a postage tube etc) when leaving Adelaide to Barcelona via Dubai? AT their shortest, they don't want to fit inside my backpack. I've seen the advice about taking them up...
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Thank you, this is something I'll look into further .. I hope your journey goes well, and since I haven't been yet, this may sound ignorant, but I've seen many people say here "It's YOUR journey" .. 'cheating' is not the right word. I can't reach the top shelf in the supermarket, so I "cheat"...
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    THANK YOU very very much for this excellent suggestion. As I said on another thread. I value this interaction with sources of advice greatly.
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    Question about phoning/texting to and from Australia-advice please.

    OK, thanks people. I've now established that Telstra *think* my phone ought to be unlocked (we only have a wee shopfront here that was CROWDED) and I have grey hair and was clutching a 3y-o phone. So I'll check it today with the Optus (&%$#!) SIM we normally use. If it turns out to be useable...
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Thank you for kind advice ... I'm more than grateful to all. I think I may start from Pamplona .. I'd be foolish to scupper myself for the sake of views that may well be obscured by cloud or snowed out.
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Thank you very much for your clear reply. I'm leaning toward starting at Pamplona .. will study elevation maps again :-)
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Thank you very much ... I'm most grateful. Sounds like walking Roncesvalles -- > STJpdp isn't a good idea.
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    Question about phoning/texting to and from Australia-advice please.

    Thanks to everyone. I'll see how I go unlocking from Telstra ... and as for the various ways to call others, I am more than grateful for advice, but most of my near & dear are even less techno-savvy than I am. I envisage mostly texting or emailing them so they can read when awake. I'll get a...
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    Need to book accomm in St Jean PDP?/ breaking up 1st stages for novice?

    Hello, somewhat to my surprise I find it is nearly time to leave for Spain (will start walking in early April) and I have still not decided whether to start in St Jean PDP or not. IF I decide to, how far ahead ought I to book accomm, possibly for 2 nights? Any recommendations? My low level...
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    Question about phoning/texting to and from Australia-advice please.

    HI, I'm leaving in a week ...:-o ... and have decided to take an mobile phone from home, but need to check whether it's unlocked. If it isn't, I think that means I can't use it in Spain, or can I get something from Telstra so I can use it in Spain? (Sorry, I am way out of my depth here.)...
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    Bought the tickets-I've got to go now ...

    Flying off at the end of March & after a couple of days in Barcelona I'm beginning the walk in early April. I hope to get to very close to Santiago de C by early May, as I'm then booked on a bus tour starting in Madrid. .. Phew!
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    El Camino de Santiago course in Adelaide

    HI, I attended this course a couple of years ago and got a LOT out of it. Janet is a hugely experienced Camino (and other Paths) walker and is honest and encouraging about her experiences, as well as bringing books, clothing, etc etc .. not just talk and photos. Well worth attending in my opinion.
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    Travel to Camino April 2016 - airline suggestions please?

    Thank you for the helpful information. It's hard to express the comfort it gives a first-time-traveller to have this source of support. I'll digest it over the weekend and sally forth to the travel agent on Mon.
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    Travel to Camino April 2016 - airline suggestions please?

    Hello. I'm planning to go to Spain next April, probably start walking at St Jean in about 2nd week of April 2016. Timing planned to avoid the Easter crowds. I'd be deeply grateful for a few recommendations re airline / route / stopover points flying from Adelaide, though Sydney is also a...
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    Starting travel planning for Sept/Oct 2015 ... from Adelaide

    Hello, due to medical and other matters, I'm now once again starting to plan a camino .. this time in European autumn 2015. I'm 64, not in terribly good shape physically but that will be remedied by mid-2015. Not quite sure of route yet .. possibly want to start at Le Puy and do a week or so...
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    Advice please on ATM cards for France & Spain

    HI, I'm an Australian watching the Euro / AUD exchange rate a bit nervously. This is a new thing for me - I've never had enough money to worry about such things. (I've been left some money, and this is my gift to myself in memory of Dad. I'm not going to be rolling in spare cash as it is...
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    Dress in religious places??

    Not quite sure here what difference it makes that in your opinion she was . I feel this judgemental attitude overwhelms what is a fairly valid point generally in this thread about people surely not having nothing to wear but tanktops. (I speak as someone who was singled out in Mass once for...
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    Want to avoid busy times April / May 201 on the Frances

    Re: Want to avoid busy times April / May 2014 on the Frances Thank you all for your kind advice. I'll continue to think about my dates, and of course what is decided by my workplace will have a lot to do with that as well. I'll also wait for the end of the hot weather here to really throw...
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    Circle from Roncesvalles to to SJPP to Roncesvalles

    Hi, just had to chime in here. I've just stared reading 'Clear Waters Rising: A Mountain Walk Across Europe ' by Nicholas Crane. ( Ibought it second hand very cheaply online.) In 1996 he started walking at Finisterre and walked every inch of hte way to Turkey. I have just got to the part where...
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    Want to avoid busy times April / May 201 on the Frances

    HI, I'm not sure of my dates (or route, really) yet, but would like to find out what would be times to avoid in 2014 (April/May) if I end up going on the Frances route. I gather school holidays in France may create surges of pilgrims at certain times as might Easter and the Spainish school...

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