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  1. J

    LIVE from the Camino Broken backpack

    in Ponferrada, next door to the Tourist Info and Castle(along the narrow street that runs off to the left if your back is facing the castle) there is an outdoor shop that sells backpacks, sleeping bags etc so you should find help there. Its got an Irish sounding name but sorry I can't remember...
  2. J

    LIVE from the Camino live from the Frances

    no disrespect to you Film Turtle but for others reading this post, please, please, please don't use one of these blankets. As film turtle says, they rustle quite loudly - every time the person who has one moves a millimeter they are like a train coming through a tunnel and if you are the poor...
  3. J

    sharing beds

    I agree with the above however, if the beds were scarce and you could top and tail it - eg you sleep at his feet and he sleeps at your feet (you are upside down from each other but still along side each other) you might be helping other pilgrims by freeing up a bed. Not sure how comfortable it...
  4. J

    Free Spanish Phrasebook to help you along The Camino

    thank you for your generosity! :o
  5. J

    Trail Mantra

    Beauty before me, I walk with Beauty behind me, I walk with Beauty above me, I walk with Beauty below me, I walk with Beauty all around me, I walk with OR Here and ow I take another step Here and now I'm breathing in and out Here and now I'm standing in this space Here and now I see this...
  6. J

    Accommodations in Bayonne

    if you're looking for somewhere good to eat after you have checked in at the Hotel Paris Madrid, leaving the hotel walk across the street to your left and down a small street immediately ahead of you. Try the third kebab shop on your left - the man who runs it is a real sweetie - please tell...
  7. J

    Accommodations in Bayonne

    I would suggest you stay the night in Bayonne. I stayed at the Hotel Paris Madrid - as you come out of the train station it is immediately to your left, across a car park. Reasonable rates and the staff speak english and are friendly. Buen Camino, Jane
  8. J

    Where are all the Americans???

    as an australian I can vouch for the cost of over $2,000 to get to europe - I don't think our taxes are any higher than UK or USA - it's just that it's such a long way! From taking off in Adelaide until I finally arrive in Paris I'm looking at a 30hr trip.....so imagine travelling for that...
  9. J

    The Call to Walk but Unfit and Ill-prepared

    I just read Karla's blog.... :evil: and I'm sorry guys, but her story doesn't reflect the realities of the camino, but more someone who is ill-prepared to experience anything that isn't HOME! I get annoyed at English speaking people who get pissed off when they travel to foreign countries and...
  10. J

    Post Office in Santiago

    From St Jean I sent a parcel (containing parts of a guide book, extra medicines and the odd article of clothing) to myself in Pamplona, then to Logrono, then Burgos, then Leon, then Sarria and finally Santiago. It was there waiting for me each time and I thought was reasonably priced each time...
  11. J

    Replies to my post "Did it!"

    Hi Phillip and others who have posted, at the end of the day- how we travel through life is only up to us. Whether its a camino, a relationship, a career, a family......how we conduct ourselves, how we relate to others, our expectations, our accomplishments.....we get back what we put out. And...
  12. J

    Looking for Australian Katie

    I have an Australian friend currently living in Edinburgh. I could always ask her to do a bit of a ring around and try and find her for you. PM me if you think that might be a go. good luck! Jane
  13. J

    rude spanish bar owners.live from camino

    rude people are everywhere, we shouldn't judge a country by that. If we did, then I would never return to England where I met an arrogant rude taxi driver, a screaming banchie of a women in a supermarket. I wouldn't return to America where I met the rudest waitress of all times, I wouldn't...
  14. J

    Fear of heights

    Jake, I also have a fear of heights. I had been warned about the bridge at Portomarin but the day I walked across it I had forgotten to get scared and had forgotten that it was 'that' bridge - it was fine. Why? - perhaps because by then you have walked so far and you are now so in the camino...
  15. J

    Monks attacked at Rabanal???

    I just think it's sad that part of the camino I really enjoyed is no longer there for other pilgrims behind me. I am not catholic, but even went to the 9am mass, after having been to the previous evening mass at 7pm! I just loved the peaceful atmosphere and the intimacy of the little church...
  16. J

    Logrono to Pamplona

    http://www.laestellesa.com/servicios/index.asp I found a site for you with the bus route, cheers, Jane
  17. J

    Logrono to Pamplona

    there is a bus service from Pamplona to Logrono so I'm sure there's one in the other direction. If you Google for the Spanish bus timetable you'll probably get more info there, also somewhere on the forum is the info - perhaps look under 'getting to and from the camino', cheers, Jane
  18. J

    Not as good as I thought...

    thank you Sil for posting the Irishman's tale. I have to agree with all the above, as my camino was one of great joy and great awfulness! (is that a word? :?: I commented on my blog that I didn't find too many hospitaleros friendly, sadly more were indifferent than wonderful, but the handful...
  19. J

    Luggage transportation Available?

    Ivar is the man who runs this site. He has just started a new business in ssantiago for pilgrims, if you go to the front page you will find a link there, then you can PM him if you need to, although check out the links on the home page first. Yes, it will cost more to post from St Jean than...
  20. J

    Luggage transportation Available?

    depending on how much you need transported, posting a few changes of clothes shouldn,t be too expensive. Ivar will probably know more about freight transport, and he runs a service where he will mind your parcel until you arrive. I posted around a kilo of extra stuff for about 6euros. cheers, Jane

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