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Muchas gracias to all of you for your replies and support - I'm now off to research all of your suggestions!
HI AZgirl - I'll have an afternoon and evening in Madrid and would love to see some of the city - perhaps a visit to the Prado.
I'm sorry if this has been asked a lot before, but I have a hard time searching this forum for information.
I will be walking the Frances starting from SJPdP on September 5. I will be flying home from Madrid on October 13. I already have train reservations from Santiago to Madrid (Chamartin...
Thanks Maggie, I'm happy to hear that you have the same size bag! I'm carrying the Sirrus which is the 'woman's' model as opposed to the Stratos, because I'm only 5'1" and even the small Stratos was too long for my body height. But I'm happy to hear that you could carry yours on as carry on...
Hi, I will be travelling with an Osprey Sirrus 36L and was hoping to carry it on. I am shipping my trekking poles and knife to my first night hotel in Bayonne, then plan to ship them back home from Ivar in Santiago. Hope it all goes as planned!
Thanks for such a complete reply. Gives me a lot to look at. I just got my tickets confirmed from Boston to Paris (Orly), so I think I'll get to Montparnasse and train to Bayonne and next day train to SJPDP.
Hi mspath - many thanks for your reply so quickly. I have been up to my eyeballs reading earlier parts of this thread. I SO appreciate the kindness and willingness of people to be helpful. So Bayonne it is.
Hi Sonia, I'm sort of new to this forum and sometimes find it difficult following a thread. It looked to me that Paul was travelling back in 2007. I am flying into Paris on September 3 2016 and will be looking for the best way to get to SJPDP. I am assuming that train is the best way, but...
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