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    Snoring. AARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

    Well put. Snorers are part of life and part of the Camino. So deal with it or upgrade your accommodation. For many snorers, it is not something they can control so to get down on them is not appropriate especially when, for some, it is a medical/physical condition they can do nothing about...
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    Message from the Roncesvalles albergue - a difficult day.

    My personal take of course, but do not see any problem or difficulty here--the Albergue staff is doing all they can to help and assist; life is never always smooth and always problem free and will never be; expectations ought to be kept reasonable; unpredictability is part of life. Help...
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    €12000 fine on Route Napoleon?

    Hopefully, soon, the fine will be increased to 18,000 Euro and even higher. No one has the 'right' to put another person's life at risk, whether it is someone on the trek itself (like immature teenagers or children) or whether it is a rescurer. Stupidity, poor judgement, and poor discipline...
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    Memorable Places

    Your inward self.
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    What would you change about the CF - if you could?

    An interesting concept; however, there are too many things regarding myself that I need to focus on and change rather than the Camino. In addition, be wary of changes because very few people of aware of the real consequences of change--the intended consequences of change are often quite...
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    LIVE from the Camino CF trip report

    I admire you so much for you ability, your willingness to so quickly adjust to each challenge as it surfaces and especially so much of your focus being on others rather than yourself. Keep plugging away.
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    Crowd Stuff

    Often but not always, what one perceives is reality when, in fact, it is not reality. If I woke up and found out that the whole world wanted to do the Camino, when of course it would be impossible and create mass chaos, I would be both practically and religiously overjoyed. I recal, somewhere...
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    Possibly cancelling my camino

    Paula, completely understand; however, another perspective is that 1) your daughter and her family are so heavily blessed to have you available to provided needed presence and care for them when for many families this option is not available and 2) please forgive my biased viewpoint, but your...
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    RETHINK walking the Frances

    Multiple bookings and walking the Camino--incongruous to say the least. Almost like committing a robbery on the way to church.
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    The Camino is full?

    If you will permit me to take a tangential route . . . the Camino can never be full as there can never be too many pilgrims even if there is no lodging and it is pouring cats and dogs. The Camino is limitless even if there is no lodging, no food, and even insufficient water. The spiritual...
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    Has the Camino Frances become a victim of its own success?

    That's a good question, which might lead to what is the definition of success. Although there might be many answers, one thought comes to mind. The point at which the Camino is considered to be too crowded and which could then lead to just one pilgrim being denied the walk then the Camino is a...
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    Things I fear

    What do I know? None of these 'fears' came up on my radar screen and pale into insignificance to my main and most dreadful/terrifying of all my fears . . . the fear of myself.
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    LIVE from the Camino STOLEN from Foncebadon cafe 10am Sunday Oct 2, 2022

    My confidence is restored. When I wrote the above reply, I was not criticizing the poster; rather, trying to put things in perspective. I got a negative response and started self-questioning myself and my intentions. Fortunately, the majority of the replies were positive as I believe they saw...
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    83 years young

    Seems like you have gained wisdom from your first Camino. Well done.
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    LIVE from the Camino STOLEN from Foncebadon cafe 10am Sunday Oct 2, 2022

    Perhaps it did not ruin your day. Perhaps the thief did not ruin your day but you consciously let the thief/theft ruin your day. I am not saying to pretend nothing happened, but this theft is nothing more than an instance of revealing human nature, revealing that all of us have bad tendencies...
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    Flora and Fauna along the Camino Frances

    Who are Flora and Fauna? Is that the guitar singing duo or are these Greed gods of nature? I know what a faun is so I guess adding the 'a' at the end means it is a female lustful rural god.
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    Credencial vending machine in Pamplona

    Hooray. We beat the Japanese. There hold the world record for i Oops. Prematurely sent. Hooray. We beat the Japanese. They hold the world record for different items in a vending machine, but we have God in a vending machine. This is supposed to be a joke.
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    Fake charity scam back yet again

    I have an odd observation in that I find this charity scam to be natural, helpful, and even healing as it mirrors what one often finds in life overall as in the cases of large, mainstream, organized, and well-known charities raking in millions upon millions of dollars and keeping most of the...
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    People walking 35 - 40 KM per day

    Who knows? People in a race in life usually get nowhere, but I do not intend this to be judgmental as each person is where he/she is in life because they are a product of what came before. (I have no idea what I am saying?)
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    Alternative POV

    Who knows, but anytime one is disciplined enough to ponder another's thought, this is a positive sign. To often, a person may take offense when receiving such a comment. At the same time and at certain times, selfishness is a valued trait. Since none of us is or ever will be perfect, not even...

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