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  1. journeycakes

    Pilgrim Menus - what are your favourite items?

    Judias Verdes con Patates
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    Windows shut

    In May 2015 I walked during a heat wave. I arrived at La Casa Magica in Villatuerta, Navarre early enough to claim the first bed in a “no bunks” dorm that had 6 beds. Of course I chose the bed by an open window. On my return to the room after the evening meal I began to meet the 5 other...
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    Post your favorite flower photo(s) taken on Camino(part 2)

    Field of poppies on the Camino Francés, May 2015 on the meseta between Villalcázar de Sirga and Carrión de Los Condes, Palencia, Castile y León, España.
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    The back of beyond

    "Beyond Hope" with Hope being a small BC town beyond which there are lots of small communities and hamlets including Spuzzum. I was wondering, Northern Laurie, if you remember the band from Vancouver called "Six Cylinder" that had a hit called "Beyond Hope" with a refrain that went "If you...
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    Where to put what at bedtime?

    Money belt on my person 24-7 except in the shower when it is in the bottom of a nylon stuff bag containing my clothes and hanging within eyesight, usually under my towel.
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    Debit card Help!

    The first time I used my bank debit card in Pamplona in 2013 I mistakenly pressed the button for our joint chequing account at home in Canada. I got the money I asked for but after another withdrawal a few days later I heard back from my husband at home that my withdrawals were coming out of our...
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    heatwave on the Camino???

    I can think of a few occasions when my bed was next to the window, most notably in Casa Magica in Villatuerta and in the albergue dorm at Complexo Xacobeo in Triacastela and Albergue Municipal de Peregrinos in Estella. After the window-closers had gone to sleep I quietly opened the window again...
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    those red-brown cups EVERYWHERE

    I brought home two - one was a little wider and was filled with sheep's milk rice pudding and the other contained sheep's milk yogurt. Bought them from the dairy case in the grocery store.
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    Which is the best route for a beginner?

    For many people the pilgrimage to Santiago is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, especially if we travel halfway around the world to get to Spain, so many of us that start out at the typical starting points together will begin our walk along the Camino as beginners! I was drawn to a route that...
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    Short-term rent of camino house

    I think this idea sounds do-able and sustainable although it would require daily maintenance. The Albergue Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Rabanal del Camino comes to mind where my friend had a reservation for a private room. When it came time for me to walk over from the municipal albergue and find...
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    When you're leaving someone behind....

    And I did go to Spain alone leaving my husband to hold the fort at home! We watched two movies together - "The Bucket List" and "The Way" before I told him the Camino was on my bucket list. For me it was not surprising to learn that it was NOT on HIS bucket list! Not being one to hold me back...
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    When you're leaving someone behind....

    There was no wi-fi at my first albergue in St. Jean Pied de Port which wouldn't have been a problem except there was also no wi-fi at Orisson where I stayed the next night, so by the time I reached Roncesvalles, my family at home hadn't heard from me since before I left Pamplona on the bus going...
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    Small unexpected kindnesses on the Camino

    An important component of this story of my friends' kindness is that the six of them took turns waiting on the chairs in front of the albergue watching for my arrival to ensure that I wouldn't walk past it when I saw the sign out front saying "completo" indicating that no beds were available.
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    Small unexpected kindnesses on the Camino

    I experienced many kindnesses, grace notes and gifts of the Camino on my journey, such as late one day after an exhausting 18 kilometer walk in the sun as I approached the small town of Hontanas I learned from an acquaintance that the first two lodgings had no vacancy. As I neared the first...

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