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  1. TMcA

    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    I have watched this movie about four times. I saw it for the first time about four years after I joined this forum and two years before my wife and I managed to walk most of the Camino Frances. The movie increased my interest in spending more than a month walking this route. But here's what has...
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    Sur Les Chemins Noirs

    Found only the trailer on streaming channels here in the U.S.
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    Madrid to Santiago by electric skateboard!

    Something I have thought man times before... Just when you think you've seen it all. No criticism of the poster intended. Just talking about the evolution of the walk/Way/Camino.
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    US ATM cards not working

    My experience goes back 5-6 years, but I also had trouble using my US debit card in Spain. In Navarre as I recall. Fortunately, the ATM machines I tried without success never "ate" my card and I just tried other banks. I believe Santander Bank, which operates in the US, accepted my card and...
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    Flyfishing on the Camino?

    If you want to try for salmon, Navarrenx is part of the Navarre region, though across the Pyrenees from Pamplona. Forget the Tenkara method - while walking to SJdPP I watched two fishermen in waders working a long run using spey rods. I spoke at length with a third fishermen who was with them...
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    Wine geeks on Camino

    Many years ago my wife and I stopped at the tourist office in Logrono. They arranged a tasting at Bodegas Ontanon, a winemaker a little bit distant from the city center. That office advised us about which bus to take and where to get off the bus. For about 15 euros per person (price now higher)...
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    Organising Information

    When I read something useful for an upcoming Camino, I make notes using a Google Doc. Before I leave I pare down that document by collapsing dual or multiple entries. I can access this doc on my phone and search the categories that I have created: lodging/restos/flight info/key personal info...
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    Joining a Camino de Santiago Group Tour with Tips and Guides

    I read your post just after you first wrote it, but held back from responding bc my suggestion in almost all similar cases is to recommend the DIY method and forego any tour group assistance. However... If you really feel apprehensive about not meeting people... And you are aware that a DIY...
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    Post-Camino Travel: A Mistake or a Blessing?

    My wife and I have almost always added a week of vacation after our walks. So we visited Paris, Madrid, Porto, Lisbon, and Barcelona. All but Paris and Madrid for the first time. As we did so, we had each other to recollect and reminisce with, from time to time, about some of the people we met...
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    After the Camino

    Following our various Caminos my wife and I have visited Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and Lisbon. We like to add an urban experience to the more rural experience of walking the Camino routes. We particularly enjoy visiting the great art museums of Spain like the Prado and Thyssen in Madrid.
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    If you are Passing through Paris - Montparnasse

    I see they offer pig's foot. (The pork Trotter.) Do you recommend, Robo?
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    Religious, doubter, seeker, atheist, don't care, tourist, or whatever? Why are you walking?

    I want to respond in depth to your question, maybe because I feel bad that I do not walk at all for religious reasons and that leads me to not classify myself as a pilgrim. Also because I have collected thoughts on this subject from this forum and my own ruminations as well as a French forum...
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    That daily shower scramble - a different viewpoint

    I am with El Cascayal. When I lived in Thailand many years ago, I showered 4-5 times per day during the hotter months. The shower was not hot and its purpose was primarily to lower the body core temperature. But any stinky smell was, as I recall, very impolite, so there was a quick wash down of...
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    Anyone in or passing through Ireland, this Greenway could be of interest.

    Am I wrong to think it's mostly hardscape underfoot? (Looked at pictures in the link.)
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    GR 70:- Robert Louis Stevenson trail

    The following site for la Malle Postale might be useful. Of course, France continues to be under confinement rules and has no vaccine production of its own. The website is in French but you can use a translator and the suggested stages are easy to decode...
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    Did you meet "The One" on the Camino

    @ Jabba Papa - Un coup de foudre, non? If I may ask, how did things unravel? If too personal or painful, please ignore.
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    Don't stop thinking about tomorrow...

    First vaccination tomorrow, then second in late February. My wife will have her first sometime in March. So some degree of personal safety is coming soon for us. But instead of international travel, we are thinking about travelling around the Western U.S. to revisit some national parks and also...
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    Poll Which Camino are you planning next?

    I have to get through an ankle surgery and rehab before being able to assess what kind of distances and elevations gains will be possible for me...but I have been thinking about: The Francigena - short segments combining battlefields of the world wars. I would especially like to see one or two...
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    For those struggling with French on the way to SJPdP

    As an American, I'd say we are the leaders of the mono-lingual pack. Don't know about those from Oz and NZ. During my own Peace Corps experience I learned a first foreign language and I also learned that it is possible, with just a bit of effort and the use of a phrasebook, to learn a small...
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    For those struggling with French on the way to SJPdP

    I don't think that's the reason. But I can't be sure. Will follow the thread...maybe someone will know.

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