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  1. Albertagirl

    COVID Masking on the Camino

    I have masks among my luggage and shall wear one, both on the plane and in common areas, after I arrive in Spain the end of September. I do not like the information about the spread of a new covid virus and I do not feel that I need to ask anyone about masking. I am free to do so, for my health...
  2. Albertagirl

    COVID Where can you stay should you contract covid on the Camino?

    I have been hearing on the news recently that reinfection with covid is fairly common. If I caught covid, I do not feel that once per camino was all that fate could send me. I shall take precautions and hope that I do not get it at all.
  3. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 update
  4. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    I have continued to think about this. I can walk in faith but also take sensible precautions. Today I watched a new video by Dr. Poland from the Mayo Clinic, a virologist and vaccine specialist. His recommendation was basically to continue to follow sensible precautions, particularly masking and...
  5. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    I am aware of these particular challenges. No doubt there will be others. I have been reviewing my French by watching a series of videos on youtube which take a French pilgrim from Le Puy to Santiago. Somewhat to my surprise, I have very little problem with understanding his French. To learn...
  6. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    After some thought, I recognize that there are, and always have been, hazards to camino walking. In some cases, care and thought can minimize them. But it is probably not possible to avoid them entirely. If I am called to camino, I shall do what I can to stay safe and healthy. But there is no...
  7. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Well, maybe. When I served as a hospitalera at Najera, I spent my days in close contact with pilgrims, but did not catch Covid. Not one person who stayed with us ever coughed or showed any other symptoms. But I shall be in close contact with many people over the length of my nearly three months...
  8. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    I have started looking into accommodation on the Podiensis and have found on Gronze a couple of locations in Saint-Privat-d'Allier which provide a small number of single rooms for walkers and also cooking facilities. Prices seem reasonable to me and cooking facilities are pretty much essential...
  9. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    Well, the other problem with communal eating for me is that I am a vegetarian. If you have the time, information about where you stayed and how you booked could be very helpful.
  10. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Avoiding Covid

    I walked a camino in 2021, the Levante. There was hardly anyone else on it and I always had a private room. This fall, I was attracted to the Podiensis and bought my air ticket to Lyon. I have since learned that most of the accommodation is in communal gites, and shared dorms are often the only...
  11. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Walking the Camino this summer? The risks of getting COVID

    I have accepted the warning of the original poster. I have been having some challenges in getting signed up for travel health insurance and am resolved to finish the process in the near future, today if possible. I am walking the Podiensis this fall, where the lack of private accommodation at...
  12. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Covid on Le Puy en Velay route

    I too am planning a camino walk from Le Puy in September, leaving Le Puy on Sept. 11. I do not know what the covid situation or regulations will be then. I shall find out shortly before I leave Canada, then adjust however I must. Life is frustratingly uncertain at present.
  13. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD French Vaccination Pass ending on March 14th, 2022

    This thread has given me a lot more options, both for travel and for camino chosen, than I had previously anticipated. I have recently been attracted to the Le Puy route, thanks to the threads posted by Efren Gonzalez. But I found the thought of going through a whole additional set of covid...
  14. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Covid Tests at Madrid Airport for travelers to US

    I did not make an appointment for my PCR test at Madrid Airport before flying back to Canada in November. I preferred to wait in line for hours rather than risk being late, having to pay twice and still wait. As it turned out, what with the snow etc., I made the best choice for my situation.
  15. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Recovering from Corona virus

    My sympathy to @domigee and to all of you who are recovering from covid. I was very lucky not to get it when volunteering as a hospitalera last November. By then I only had two shots, so was somewhat vulnerable. I know, from recovering from knee replacement surgery before my last camino, that...
  16. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Airport transit in the UK

    This test is required by the government of the UK to protect its citizens from cases of the COVID-19 pandemic being brought into the country through an international airport. It is the responsibility of the public health authorities in each country to decide what precautions must be taken in...
  17. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Airport transit in the UK

    I think @miguel_gp has sorted this out for you, as he did for me. I am getting an antigen test here in Calgary on Wednesday, flying out of Calgary Thursday evening, and transiting airside at Heathrow on Friday. My test cost me $80. Can (approx.), paid in advance. Other places in Calgary are...
  18. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Airport transit in the UK

    I shall be transiting the UK on Friday morning, and have scheduled an antigen test on Wednesday morning, as a requirement of that transit. But I don't think I could ever have sorted this out without the assistance of a member of this forum who is resident in the UK. The information is available...
  19. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Requirements for Canadians to Fly

    Thank you @Kathar1na. The situation in Alberta is getting rapidly worse, as cases of COVID-19 rise among the unvaccinated. It seems strange to me that countries such as Britain have just put Canada on their "green list" when I am afraid to go out in public and glad to be leaving Alberta behind...
  20. Albertagirl

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Requirements for Canadians to Fly

    @auburnfive Thanks for this. I shall stop in at my local pharmacy and see whether they can print my vaccination record from Netcare (whatever that is, presumably they will know). A couple of days ago, one of the pharmacists gave me a KN95 mask, from a bin of them which the staff were using. He...

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