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  1. docpam

    Pilgrim in spirit?

    Found. Thank you.
  2. docpam

    Pilgrim in spirit?

    I have just walked from Jaca to Puente la Reina. I had my backpack sent ahead by Correos on the days they worked. Based on this post I would have not been permitted at the donativo albergue at Arress. However I am over 72 and broke my leg at Jaca in 2018 after having walked from Lourdes. I...
  3. docpam

    Pilgrim in spirit?

    Which book please?
  4. docpam

    If you were to choose your Camino based on the food?

    I have done many routes in Spain. The best tapas I have ever had, apart from those served in my home, were at Villanua on the Aragonese route. The town is just in the border, south of Somport.
  5. docpam

    Racial discrimination on the Camino

    I have not seen anti-Black racism on the Camino but I have not seen many African or Black people on my 5 Caminos. I have however seen anti-behaviour towards another group of people who had distinctive looks and were there en masse.
  6. docpam

    Guided vs. Self-Guided Caminos

    I will be doing my 5th or 6th Camino next year. I have done non-guided caminos, the 'normal' Caminos up until now. In the last two, on the Primitivo (2015) and San Salvador (2017) I was part of a 'family', the first time on a Camino as part of any group. It was so nice to meet the same people...
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    Breakfast in France

    In May I am also starting from Lourdes, going over the Somport Pass to Jaca to Puente la Reina. From my readings the French like rolls and jam for breakfast, unlike in Spain. I will never forget seeing toast, tomato and olive oil for breakfast at a bar at Atocha in Madrid. Recently on the San...
  8. docpam

    A Nice Dogs thread

    I will be making a donation to my local SPCA. I could not help any ill treated dogs in the rural areas of Spain but I can help those at home.
  9. docpam

    Meeting up in Santiago?

    I am in. Will be in Santiago mid June. Now what time of day?
  10. docpam

    Taking a dog with you

    I cannot agree more!
  11. docpam

    Taking a dog with you

    That was Nepal! In Spain it is different. I was amazed at the attitude and treatment of dogs in Spain. Leave your dog at home! (So says she who takes her dogs in a stroller or as walker every day as she trains for the Camino.)
  12. docpam

    Taking a dog with you

    I love dogs. My dogs love to spend time with me. I worked as a hospitalero in Spain. I hated it when pilgrims arrived with dogs. The dogs were regarded as vermin and had to stay outside, where their owner did not sleep. They were separated from their owner in a strange environment. This was so...
  13. docpam

    Cost of Camino

    Do not bother with American Express cards as very few merchants accept them. Visa is better, but also rural Spain and Portugal does not really use these cards in the same way as the US or SA does.
  14. docpam

    Schengen

    Hi Ria I am looking forward to you contacting the Confraternity of St James of South Africa. http://www.csjofsa.za.org/ All our details are on the web page. Pam

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