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  1. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Late April Camino del Salvador in 8 days

    If you like ancient churches, Santa Cristina de Lena is about a 5 minute ascent off camino and it is stunning. The señora used to come up whenever you called her, but things have been regularized now, and there are defined opening hours. It doesn’t open till 11, which might be inconvenient since...
  2. peregrina2000

    Coastal alternatives to the Norte's asphalt

    Hi Thanks for this recent update. We have had a lot of discussion on the forum about the trail from Oriñón, and I will go back and edit my original post to incorporate that. See this discussion for example. As I recall there was a video of that segment in the thread, which easily dissuaded all...
  3. peregrina2000

    Am I the only one perplexed by WhatsApp?

    Just a slight modification. Mobile numbers start with 6 or 7, land lines 8 or 9. The easiest way to see if someone uses WhatsApp is to start a new contact with the number and if it says the person is not on WhatsApp, just delete that number. I don’t think there’s any point in inviting someone...
  4. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Do not climb over this fence

    That was last year. Hoping for a gate free day today!
  5. peregrina2000

    LIVE from the Camino Do not climb over this fence

    A km or two after Jimena de La Frontera. We climbed it twice so you wouldn’t have to.
  6. peregrina2000

    Las Medulas WiFi during breakfast break

    We have had this discussion many times on the forum, but it’s always good to remind people. People have had wildly varying experiences with finding places to eat and stay in Las Médulas. If it’s not tourist season, many things will not be open. There is no real town here, just a place that...
  7. peregrina2000

    Las Medulas WiFi during breakfast break

    The Hotel Rural Agoga, which also has a large restaurant, does definitely have wifi. And it is open every day. It has a pleasant outdoor seating area as well as a large indoor room. The people are very pilgrim-friendly (I’ve stayed there two or three times) and I would be stunned if they...
  8. peregrina2000

    Editing of posts turned off?

    Unfortunately, this is above the moderators’ pay grade, so we will have to wait till Ivar is around. I would not be surprised if it has something to do with what @Antnix1 suggested and yesterday’s barrage of spam.
  9. peregrina2000

    What’s the difference between my two chargers?

    That would be a good solution if I had a plug adaptor that would allow me to plug these Spanish chargers into a US outlet. :p Obviously not a big deal, I was just wondering, and will go with the lighter one, which is also an Apple product.
  10. peregrina2000

    Alert WARNING: Sexual predator near Tuído on Portuguese Central

    I hope we don’t start down this line of conversation. There are many women of a wide range of ages, myself included, who relish walking alone and have decided that the risk-reward calculus highly tips on the side of walking alone. For those who cannot comfortably accept those risks, the choices...
  11. peregrina2000

    What’s the difference between my two chargers?

    I have two chargers with a Spanish plug, both have USB connections. I only need one, and for fun I weighed them. The Apple charger weighs 26 g. The Qualcomm Quick Charger 3.0 weighs 56 g and is bigger. I have no idea what explains the difference in weight, and it’s not a big deal, but I am...
  12. peregrina2000

    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    Good to see how many of us are still here and still walking! I also crossed over into my 70s since you started this thread, and I have walked three caminos since I hit that milestone— Salvador/Primitivo in 2021 (when I had a camino-ending muscle injury outside Arzua); Torres/Geira in 2022, and...
  13. peregrina2000

    Oseira Monestery

    The night I spent in the Oseira monastery (which was at that time the coldest, clammiest place on the planet), there was a cyclist who arrived to spend some time in the monastery itself for a multi-day retreat. Their web page describes their monastic retreat and their rules (2-7 days, no...
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    Alert WARNING: Sexual predator near Tuído on Portuguese Central

    I will echo the sentiments of so many others - @Cheryl2445, thank you for all the effort you’ve made to report this incident. It is extremely disgusting and leaves such a feeling of repulsion, so I hope you can shake it off. My first encounter was on the way down from the Alto de Perdón...
  15. peregrina2000

    Eclipses over Santiago

    OMG, Gunnar! It has been years. Thanks to the forum member who alerted me to your post. I am about to experience the eclipse here in Illinois, but just wanted to write in to say how good it is to see you back on the forum. Gunnar, for those of you who don’t know, was a huge technology help to...
  16. peregrina2000

    RIP @annakappa

    Anna and Fraluchi were much-loved forum members. Always polite and kind, never snarky. May they both rest in peace.
  17. peregrina2000

    Where can I buy a new iPhone charger? Palas de Rei

    Annie, on another thread, you wrote that what you had bought in a tienda de chinos was an adaptor plug and not a charger. I would buy the former there, but never the latter. The adaptor plugs are unlikely to cause electrical problems, even though I have found them to be cheap quality and too...
  18. peregrina2000

    Amount of time required to get from the Lisbon airport to Oriente train station

    In my experience, checked luggage takes a very very long time to arrive at baggage claim in Lisbon. I also agree with the advice to carry on your pack. If the reason for checking it is because of hiking poles or a pocket knife, I would suggest checking those separately. Replacing everything...
  19. peregrina2000

    Alert Solo Women Beware! Men threatening women just north of Albergaria-a-Velha in the woods (Parque do Monte da Nossa Sra do Socorro)

    I am reopening this thread, only to provide some follow up. Because the Pilgrim reporting the incident had already gone north of Albergaria, I thought it was important to notify the albergue. I immediately received a reply of concern and the assurance that the hospitalera would contact the...
  20. peregrina2000

    How does one travel from the train station Madrid Chamartin to Madrid Barajas airport?

    You can either take the metro or the commuter line trains, which are called Cercanías. The commuter trains are much faster and have no pickpockets, but they only stop at T4. If you are flying Iberia, or an Iberia partner, you will fly out of T4. If you’re on any other airline, you will fly out...

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