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    The T......s Bars of Spain

    I thought you all would find this post from another forum as amusing as I did: I remember watching an HGTV international show where the American male was looking for an apt. in Spain. The show started out saying it was very important to him that his home be near topless bars. He discussed how...
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    Picking up the Vézelay route after Tours

    I started from Paris via Chartres last year, but had to return home from Cloyes-sur-le-Loir with a broken foot. I hope to go back and pick up where I left off, but I've been thinking that I might like to switch over to the Vézelay sometime after Tours. It's not that I dislike the prospect of les...
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    Three Cheers for Eure-et-Loire Part 1

    Since there is so little information available about the Voie de Tours par Chartres in English, I thought I should post my experience walking this route last Sept. before I forget the details. Unfortunately I only got as far as Cloyes sur le Loir before my broken foot made it too hard to...
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    Compostelle: Recettes du chemin, anyone?

    Has anyone read or seen Compostelle: Recettes du chemin by Anne-Marie Minivelle and Sophie Brissaud? http://www.amazon.fr/dp/2732467367/ A friend of mine walked with me a few days from Paris and he's a trained chef who speaks Italian, Spanish, several Italian and Caribbean dialects, and some...
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    3G/4G availability on the voie de Tours?

    I'm trying to decide what to do about consolidating gadgets so I have less junk to carry. A smartphone is not an option for me because of the situation where I live in the US. I had planned to pick up a cheap prepaid phone in Paris and use an ipod touch for Iphigenie etc., but then I was...
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    Question for t2andreo or anyone else with the Sea to Summit tarp poncho

    I've been auditioning ponchos and am kind of torn between the Sea to Summit Ultra sil nano tarp poncho and the Ferrino trekker. On weight and volume the StS wins hands down, but I've been wondering about one thing--with a regular coat-poncho like the trekker, if you're caught in a storm and then...
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    Cell phone in Paris?

    I live where there is no cellular reception to speak of, so at home I only have an old prepaid go phone, which I'm pretty sure is not compatible with the networks in Europe. I had considered getting an unlocked iphone as a way to have less stuff to carry, but after researching it I discovered...
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    Thorlos alternative?

    I've been walking in Thorlo women's mini-crew socks for a while now, and they've been just great. However, with the temperature getting up to the upper 80s now (over 30º C), I'm finding that they are just too warm, despite the inclusion of their coolmax equivalent. Can anyone suggest any sock...
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    Question for Ferrino and Sea-to-Summit Poncho owners

    For those of you who have either the Ferrino Trekker or the Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Tarp Poncho, is either one okay for wearing without a backpack? Is there a way to cinch in the hump on the back if you want to wear it in the evening when you're through walking for the day, for instance?
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    Toussaint

    Because of my schedule, it works out that I'll be returning from Paris on November 3. I'm wondering about the effect of Toussaint on traveling the preceding weekend. Does anyone know if I'm likely to have trouble getting seats on trains? Also, are there any special closures that weekend? I know...
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    Ferrino Trekker sizing?

    I'm considering the Ferrino Trekker and I was pleased to see it's available from amazon, but I have absolutely no idea of how the sizing runs for those, and the Ferrino website doesn't have any info either. I'm 170 cm (5'7), so would I want the small or the large?
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    Confused by Norwegian Air's website

    Does anybody else have problems with the Norwegian air website? I'm planning to leave in Sept for Paris and return at the end of October, first part of November. The site shows plenty of attractive fares for the September departure, but even in Sept they show no flights back at any price. Now...
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    Visibility in bad weather?

    Espero's post about adding SOLAS tape to his pack (in the lightweight backpack thread) got me thinking. I'm aware of all the usual doodads for improving your visibility, like reflective tape, the much-debated safety vest, the blinky lights, and so on, but it seems to me that it's when the...
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    Hi, everyone!

    This forum is so helpful! As for me, I first became aware of the Camino back in elementary school in the late 1960s. I read a book written in the mid-60s by a high school girl who walked from Paris to Santiago after learning about the pilgrimage doing research for a history project. I can't...

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