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  1. Rita Flower

    Help. Trying to pay a deposit for a reservation on PayPal

    I think I would just send an email saying that I am from Overseas, that I will definitely be there, I will confirm a couple of days before I arrive, and please hold the booking for me. Otherwise, I might try and find another accommodation that doesn’t ask for a deposit.
  2. Rita Flower

    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    Google translates it as _ I am American. However I think it’s hysterical that the English word ‘dense’ appears in the phrase. Apologies to my American friends. Re etiquette- we could have practical ideas but really I would say - let go of entitlement and practice gratitude. Then I think...
  3. Rita Flower

    Cancelling Camino - Soliciting Advice

    Fabulous. Thanks for the update. 🙏 I think ‘getting the mind right’ is the greatest Camino gift. Love and blessing for everything that comes next. ♥️
  4. Rita Flower

    Alternatives to walking if injured

    @Valleygirlhikes It’s so disappointing for you and yet I know other blessings will follow even this seemingly bad situation. When I had a knee injury - not as bad as yours I think - I walked 20 mins and stopped for 10 mins, walked 5 km per day, then under 10 km per day till it healed a few...
  5. Rita Flower

    Forecast arrival of pilgrims in Santiago

    Pilgrims from overseas will come not matter what the weather - we have bought out tickets and we will come. However, when I walked the Portuguese in 2018 the weather was cold and wet for a long time and we were told the numbers were down, mainly European pilgrims who find it easier to change...
  6. Rita Flower

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    Good luck. Even though it was absolutely obvious I didn’t make the transaction and sent many detailed explanations they still didn’t give me a refund.
  7. Rita Flower

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    No. Mine was somehow skimmed. A weird story but as I said I ended up thinking it was an employee of the organisation. Anyway this thread had me applying for a Wise card. I started today and even their application stage was more vigilant than the Cash Passport.
  8. Rita Flower

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    Yes of course. It's better for me to use a travel card and my bank doesn't do them any more.
  9. Rita Flower

    Money taken from my Cash Passport! ☹️

    Oh no. Is this a problem with Cash Passport. I also lost $AU120 and they refused to refund as they insisted I had authorised the transaction when it was clear that I hadn’t. There were many email exchanges I actually found that I couldn’t make online purchases with the card. I wondered is...
  10. Rita Flower

    The Camino will provide?

    I haven’t read all the comments yet, but thought I would get my two cents worth in as this is very relevant to me right now. 😄 I find that I am walking Camino Podiensis (4th Camino) starting 25th of May. My experience is that my Caminos choose me rather than me choosing them. Anyway, the...
  11. Rita Flower

    Partially unplugging from the world

    I bought my first mobile phone for my first June /July Camino in 2007 - text and talk only - more as a safety measure than anything else. I used it mainly to text other pilgrims. You didn’t have to book ahead so I had no need to make local phone calls etc. I rang my Mum in Australia twice from...
  12. Rita Flower

    Partially unplugging from the world

    My phone is a tool. That's all. How I use it is my problem - I won't say 'my choice' because the way phones are programmed is to get one addicted. I am from a pre internet generation - possibly even before a phone at home generation. We didn't have one till I was about 8 years old. So ... I...
  13. Rita Flower

    LIVE from the Camino Account of a very challenging day SJPdP to Roncesvalles (crazy weather)

    Quick note on clothes. I pack three merino top layers of different weights, a light wind fleece, light wind jacket and poncho. Those layers are enough for temp down to 1C. But I haven’t walked in very low temps and rain so ….. The most I put on was two merino layers, wind fleece, wind jacket...
  14. Rita Flower

    25 km per day?

    Can I recommend a quick visit to a good physiotherapist. Recently I have discovered there is so much I didn’t know about how my body works and which muscles support what. And I have been a yoga practitioner for years. But there is always more to learn. Some good advice above.
  15. Rita Flower

    Any experience in using your Non-EU Visa Debit Card with 6-digit PIN in ATMs?

    Possibly best to get some type of travel card loaded with Euros (e.g. Wise or Cash Passport). You get a better exchange rate, and they work well. A lot of Spanish ATMs are contactless so you don't have to worry about them accidentally sucking up your card. You can load more Euros at any time...
  16. Rita Flower

    Afraid of top bed without fence

    I would not say ‘true pilgrim’ but a normal human - will help you out. I always kindly / humbly ask for what I need (which is not always what I want) and invariably get looked after. If you do end up being landed with a top bunk - after getting to the albergue early etc - ask around for a...
  17. Rita Flower

    Cancelling Camino - Soliciting Advice

    This looks my kind of camino. I stopped at O Milladoiro when I walked Camino Portugese. The albergue is fabulous and the slow early morning walk into sleepy Santiago the next morning was Divine. I was all alone, finding my way, asking for directions, watching Santiago wake up. Just before I...
  18. Rita Flower

    25 km per day?

    Yes I am one of those people who love to arrive in a tiny village early and sit in the peace and quiet of nothing to do. Not every day - but for at least a few days of my Camino.
  19. Rita Flower

    25 km per day?

    My first Camino age 56 I had an open completion date so I just walked what I walked. My shortest day was 4 km and my longest was over 30 km on the way to Finistere. My average was 20 km per day. Even before leaving I knew I couldn’t do much more than that. My most recent Camino -age 72 - I...
  20. Rita Flower

    Belgian royals walking another part of the Camino

    I think an answer like - I am a public servant - would be acurate. It would be sort of great to meet someone like the Belgian royals and not recognise them - to bless them with anonymity and a ‘normal’ conversation.

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