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How do you tell people what the Camino de Santiago is?

Does it have to be either/or. So, your mother and sister don't understand your motive. That's okay. This is YOUR camino. You do it for yourself, not for others. Let them not understand, maybe when you return, you will be able to explain it better. That doesn't mean you have to cut them...
- summerthor
- Post #10
- May 6, 2012
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics
Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

I first heard about the Camino in 1994 with a Smithsonian Magazine article and thought about it ever since. I finally “did” it last fall. “The Way” came out while I was walking and I've seen it recently on DVD. I'm glad that I walked before the movie... the albergues were crowded enough as it...
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- Post #40
- Apr 1, 2012
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Brushing up on your Spanish

I am very bad at languages... I've traveled to more than 30 countries and lived in 5 besides my own, including 18 months in Spanish speaking countries. Food and lodging words are the ones you want to brush up on. Most of the pilgrims spoke English as a second language, but the inns and...
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- Post #6
- Feb 28, 2012
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics
Telephone calls from Spain to Home?

I spent 3 months in Spain and Portugal last year (not on pilgrimage). For calling home I used Skype. I had no problem finding internet cafes with headphones in the cities. I also bought a Movistar cell phone for 20 euro that came with 12 euro of prepaid time. I didn’t use that for calling...
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- Post #27
- Jul 30, 2011
- Camino de Santiago Forum: Life on the Camino - Miscellaneous Topics