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    Rest Days, where to stop ?

    Leon! Free tapas with every drink! Even the 75 cent wine!
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    How many pilgrims walk the whole way, with their packs, and does it really matter?

    If only for the fact that their backs are sore
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    How many pilgrims walk the whole way, with their packs, and does it really matter?

    I say, carry your bag or don't, but if not, show some respect for those that do.
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    How much on average will I need to spend on the Camino?

    If you're strapped for cash, (even if you're not, in my opinion) don't eat pilgrim menus! They're generally not large or especially high in quality.
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    Water everywhere?!

    I started off carrying 2.5 litres each day in June/July. I quickly found that to be excessive and pared it down to about 1.5. A Swedish man I met along the way maintained that carrying more than 1 litre was pointless.
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    Heat and Humidity June-July

    It was only humid in Galicia when I walked in 2010. But it was very hot during other parts. I was walking in June/July as well.
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    thrift shops along the way

    If it's heavier garb you are hoping to find, you'll probably find plenty in the lost and found boxes. There were all kinds of sweaters and jackets in the boxes I looked through. Presumably people ditch them when they realize how hot it is during July.
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    Whaddayamean I'm grumpy?

    The wine is also really cheap in Spain... and one needs wine to "cook dinner".
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    Just a thought

    Alcohol
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    Days of Rest

    Take rest days in the big cities! I regret only doing so in Leon. The nice thing about Leon is that it has a municipal and a religious auberge. We stayed in the municipal one the first night (no curfew, dorm-style rooms) and the religious one the second night. No one questioned us.
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    Camping as opposed to Albergues

    I carried a tent "just in case" and didn't ever end up in a situation in which I NEEDED it, however it came in handy several times and also enabled us to have some very memorable nights. We stealth camped each time. JohnnieWalker is right on the ball. Stealth camping is not perceived as criminal...
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    Tips from a Canadian pilgrim's experience (2010)

    hence the (donate!)
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    Tips from a Canadian pilgrim's experience (2010)

    A book: definitely. You will find that you have a lot of time to kill in the evenings. Especially in the smaller villages where there is literally nothing to do! Poles: I didn't bring any, but they do reduce stress on your knees, so if that's a foreseeable problem, they might be a good idea. I...
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    Tips from a Canadian pilgrim's experience (2010)

    [Originally wrote this for a Couchsurfing forum post, but just registered here and figured this is an even more fitting place for this information. Some of it's probably redundant here, but I leave it unedited in case someone finds it useful.] I walked the Camino de Santiago, Frances route, two...
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    Interesting Detours/Extensions?

    I read somewhere on this forum (I have since lost the thread) about a monastery/cloister where the monks perform gregorian chanting for mass twice daily? It's slightly off the camino if I remember correctly. Does anyone know where this is? It might have been near Leon?

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