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  1. AbbyDee

    Very bad pilgrims (Renaissance edition)

  2. AbbyDee

    Daily Distances v Risk of Injury for those who are not exactly Fit or Slim

    Last September I walked the Camino from St. Jean through to Santiago. It took me 6 weeks, I averaged about 20 km per day, sometimes more, sometimes less with the occasional day off in Burgos, Leon, and on or two other places There were a few days when I took a bus to avoid " mule killer"...
  3. AbbyDee

    Food question.

    Oranges, those wonderful zipper skinned Spanish Clemantines, and nuts.
  4. AbbyDee

    CF - Albergue Kitchen Etiquette?

    Very true! There is usually, olive oil, rice and pasta available in the kitchen, also some minimal seasonings like salt and pepper. No need in buying it again.
  5. AbbyDee

    Food Poisoning

    well,eggs don't "go bad" as fast as people think they do: the egg you buy in the grocery store is probably a month old, and depending how fast your friend used up her eggs, there may not be a problem and not every egg is contaminated by salmonella. Now in Europe, unrefrigerated eggs are the...
  6. AbbyDee

    Food Poisoning

    Indeed, they are different problems, but that said, a propensity for sea sickness might be an indicator of someone whose metabolism does not handle change well. Now, my husband's uncle was a merchant seaman and he captained supertankers for Exxon. There was never a voyage where he wasn't...
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    Food Poisoning

    I worked for 13 years in doing technical support in a call center. In this high population density environment any virus or bug spread like wild fire: worsened by people who refused to stay home when they were ill and management that discouraged people from calling in sick. As I have been...
  8. AbbyDee

    Pack Protection

    I imagine that these bags, like burglar alarms and firewalls, are meant to discourage all but the most serious intruders. Having to get into two bags takes more time, meaning more chances of being caught. Granted this is no guarantee that your bag will arrive at the same place, and at the...
  9. AbbyDee

    What do people do about carrying their valuables after walking for the day?

    Perhaps you are lucky, and if so, I hope it continues. That said, "most" people are honest folk who will go out of their way to return lost articles, and will not take what is not theirs. However, the big problems are what are called "crimes of opportunity" and there is the saying of "Do not...
  10. AbbyDee

    Camino exploitation big business ?

    People are speaking of the big business on The Camino as it were new. Read your history: Business and exploitation have always been part of the Camino. It is now catching up to the 21st century. Pilgrims paid for the Cathedral.
  11. AbbyDee

    Camino Souvenir

    I plan to get on of those on my right shoulder blade when I complete my camino.
  12. AbbyDee

    Save the Bottom Bunks for the Elderly

    and Helen Mirrim
  13. AbbyDee

    This is how I feel about Spanish food (sorry)

    Who knows? I may find it.... or not :) There is always pulpo. and from the many books I have read, there seems to be a contingent of peregrinos who did their caminos powered by cafe con leche, chocolate croissants, bocadillos and Coke Zero (his main complaint was that if you needed ice for an...
  14. AbbyDee

    This is how I feel about Spanish food (sorry)

    This does stray off the subject of Spanish cuisine (somewhere along the line I am looking forward to trying Paella while I am there.... also churros...) Haggis is a Scottish dish, made of several parts of a sheep (waste not, want not) that tend to make the unintiated rather queasy. It is also...
  15. AbbyDee

    This is how I feel about Spanish food (sorry)

    one may not call it the national dish, exactly, but it certainly is the state comfort food.
  16. AbbyDee

    Meltdowns. How did/do you handle them?

    I can't really speak for the guy in question, or anyone else for that matter. That said, is that what the the Camino does, and what I am looking forward to, is the opportunity to get inside your own head: Introspection to the nth degree and this can be a very intense emotional experience and...
  17. AbbyDee

    Weight Loss / Health Benefits

    The thing about walking your Camino is that it is opportunity to "step outside" your life in more ways than one: your day changes, your routines change your every day life recedes as you immerse yourself into the experience both physical and spiritual. While doing so you will likely be burning...
  18. AbbyDee

    Weight Loss / Health Benefits

    Well, the training I have been doing caused me to have to buy a belt, then punch a lot of holes in that belt to make it smaller and finally cut off about 8 inches off that belt because the end was flapping around. I am a diabetic also, and I eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies, so I didn't...
  19. AbbyDee

    Bed bugs!

    I can't really speak to Permathin, because I have no familiarity with it, as from what I have read the jury is still out as to whether it does work, did work but no longer does or never worked in the first place. But I do beg to differ with your friend's opinion on DDT: One of the reasons why...
  20. AbbyDee

    Bed bugs!

    Do you think that it is possible that some people might have mistaken fleas for bedbugs some of the time? how can you tell a fleabite from a bedbug bite? Granted, fleas are no fun to have either.

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