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  1. Athena Atterdag

    Winter - clothing the bottom half

    I walked the Camino this winter, and I wore Forclaz mountain trekking trousers* with very warm thermo leggins. They kept me warm in the early mornings when it was cold (often slightly below zero), and after walking for two or three hours, I would take off the leggins and walk on in the trousers...
  2. Athena Atterdag

    Sleeping bag for winter Camino (CF)

    I've just walked the Camino with a Forclaz Trek 500 sleeping bag (very compact and quite light, 3 litres and 630 grams) bought from a local Decathlon for some special price, 15 euro or so. Its comfort temperature is said to be 15 degrees Celcius; to be honest, during the Camino I felt cold...
  3. Athena Atterdag

    3 Quick packing questions

    As already indicated, EU requires non-EU citizens to carry their passports. Just in case: if you're flying with a European airline within Europe, check your confirmation email and boarding pass carefully - you might be required to go through a visa check at the airline's registration desk at the...
  4. Athena Atterdag

    This is an interesting idea for saving some ounces and grams.

    Found these in a corner shop in Moscow. Absolutely perfect, twice as many shampoo and conditioner as I usually take with me in small bottles. Going to use them for my next three-week trip to Italy starting this Friday, and they I'll try refilling them to see how this will work. @PaulCat, thank...
  5. Athena Atterdag

    This is an interesting idea for saving some ounces and grams.

    Wow, this sounds like a great idea! Please do share your experience! :)
  6. Athena Atterdag

    Backpack in airline holds

    I normally fly with a backpack and sometimes have it checked in, straps and all. It got lost just once (in several dozens flights), and was found and delivered to me within a couple of days. When I do have to check my backpack or suitcase in (and I prefer not to - mostly because, when you only...
  7. Athena Atterdag

    Backpack sizes

    @zrexer and @Kanga, a heartfelt thank you for your comments - I bought a 50-litre backpack and was absolutely happy with it until I read all those threads on Camino backpacks having to be 35, 40 litres at most :) I was still going to walk with this backpack, though - it's very comfortable, and...
  8. Athena Atterdag

    Take my running shorts?

    The second post in this thread includes two links which might be useful for you: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/running-el-camino.47042/ (I see you've already replied in this thread, but just in case you missed this post - and for the sake of others who might find it useful!)
  9. Athena Atterdag

    Hairdryer on the walk?

    I'm only walking my first Camino this year, but I think I have something to say here as I'm a very frequent traveller in possession of very, very unruly hair (and, sadly or not, not in possession of enough money to always fly Star Alliance airlines and stay in classy hotels with hairdryers in...

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