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  1. wendelart

    Stolen Electronics

    I'm always surprised when I hear stories about stolen/lost items. On both my camino's I left my stuff unatended everywhere and never lost/forgot.missed anything. The few rare occasions I did leave something under my bed another pilgrim always came running after me, waving my lost belonging...
  2. wendelart

    Honeymoon on the Camino

    Clicking the like-button isn't good enough here. LIKE!!!
  3. wendelart

    Honeymoon on the Camino

    This is one of those posts on the forum where I keep searching for the 'like'-button, like in facebook. Sadly, there isn't one. So: LIKE!!! (y)
  4. wendelart

    Take a left...or take a right?

    In Villafrance del Bierzo: go Right, defintely. If you go left you'll walk 12km past a boring highway. The right way is gorgeous, you'll climb a mountain and will have a fabulous view the whole route, it's beautiful. I did both options on diffrent occasions so I know what I'm recommending :-)...
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    Want to buy a nice albergue?

    Really? I liked that one! Very good food in the restaurant, one of the rare times I decided not too cook for myself. I had just broken my record in how many km I could walk and was exhausted when I reached that one, it was a very welcoming place. And I liked the one in Atapuerca too, very cosy...
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    Tattoos

    ahw, thanx :-) I did not just choose it though, I designed it myself (please don't just copy my design)
  7. wendelart

    Just how difficult is it getting over The Pyrenees..

    I've walked the crossing over the pyrenees twice. The first time it was hard as hell and I barely made it. The 2nd time was a piece of cake and I hardly was tired at the end. Why? The first time I was not very well trained and not an experienced walker, had the wrong shoes, wrong backpack and...
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    Tattoos

    I had my camino-tattoo done along the route, in Fisterre. I'm very pleased with the result, the tattoo still looks smooth and perfect. But this is my 10th tattoo, so I have a lot of experience getting tattoo's and knew exactly what to expect. Number 1 till 9 are done by tattoo artists I know...
  9. wendelart

    Women and the need to relieve oneself along the trail

    A private topic? You'll get rid of all sense of "privacy" along the camino, after for weeks sleeping in rooms with dozens of strangers, having showers in public bathrooms without locks and not a single toilet along the road. I'm a woman, and after 3 days of discomfort trying to hold my pee for...
  10. wendelart

    Tomas of Manjarin Emergency Surgery

    I understand that too. My guess in all this is: my friend must've thought the same person who tried to steal from her and David did this too, but it really is another story this time. Possibly, since she had bad experiences with fund raising before, all her alarm bells went off, which is very...
  11. wendelart

    So my wife say's to me ...

    I never set an alarm clock at my camino and just let nature decide when it's time to wake up (or noisy pilgrims). When I wake up after 8, seems like that's a sign from my body I need the sleep, and you can't have an argument with your own body. And often enough I still woke up at 4 or 5AM and...
  12. wendelart

    Tomas of Manjarin Emergency Surgery

    Sorry Annie, I didn't mean to be rude, I just want to know all sides of the story. If someone here (you in this case) stands up for Acacio that's good enough for me, like one pilgrim defending the other. He sounds like a good person, too bad I don't know him but then, I can't know anyone on the...
  13. wendelart

    What is the one Albergue that you would say not to miss

    - There's this tiny little hippie albergue in La Faba with accomodations for only 8 people. The hostess cooked a vegetarian meal entirely made of herbs and veggies from their own garden. And then we ate that around a woodfire in the middle of the livingroom. It's just called "vegetarian...
  14. wendelart

    How tough/hard/steep is Camino Ingles?

    Thanx! From what I understand there, the highest peekl is only 140 meter? That sounds very alright, not difficult at all!
  15. wendelart

    How tough/hard/steep is Camino Ingles?

    Hello, I walked 2 camino's on my own and am fit as a fiddle, but my partner is not. He got cured from cancer over a year ago and is very quickly regaining his old strength and energy. Things are looking good regarding his health. We hope to do a camino together next year, but most of the routes...
  16. wendelart

    Obtaining a credencial in Ferrol

    I've heard such talks about changing the rules too, that they are in discussions about pilgrims must've done now 200km instead of 100km, but I doubt if that is official yet. I'm a member of the Dutch association of St.James, and usually they are very well informed and always know the latest news...
  17. wendelart

    Tomas of Manjarin Emergency Surgery

    It's confusing indeed, Annie. I don't know whom to believe, although I trust my friend. Perhaps she hasn't spoken to Tomas in a while, I know she had some struggles with her own aubergue to keep it open, and she isn't aware of the latest news yet. I haven't heard from her yet, she's not...
  18. wendelart

    Walking from Santiago to Muxia?

    Walking from Santiago to Muxia is no problem, but don't do it the other way around!!! I walked from Muxia back to Santiago and it was awfull, I was lost all the time. I even ended up in the same village where I started an hour earlier, once. Why? When you come from Santiago the shells and...
  19. wendelart

    Tomas of Manjarin Emergency Surgery

    Maybe it's best if I just copy and paste the message my Spanish friend send to me. This is what she emailed me: "I was very happy to recive your e-mail but very much worried too about what you told me about fund raising for Tomàs of Manjarìn. Dear (my name), I know Tomàs for many years and I...
  20. wendelart

    Tomas of Manjarin Emergency Surgery

    A friend of mine is hospitalera in Spain, and she knows Tomas well. I pointed this action out to her to get some money for Tomas, thinking it was a good thing, but she was very surprised and not entirely amused. She told me Tomas is not aware of this Paypal-account at all, and told me he is very...

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