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  1. woodswoman

    Guesthouse in Pasajes De San Juan?

    It is true that there MAY be rooms, but until you get to the albergue and it is full, I couldn't find anything. And getting in touch with the albergue is nearly impossible. No one answers the phone, because it's a church, and of course everyone at the albergue is a volunteer. I had left some...
  2. woodswoman

    Guesthouse in Pasajes De San Juan?

    I just walked that route in late August, and as far as I know there is NOTHING else between Irun and San Sebastian. The albergue is in a church, 119 steps up from the main street, and there are 14 spaces, if I remember correctly. A beautiful little place, but good luck with booking anything...
  3. woodswoman

    Is someone starting the Norte from Irun in the near future?

    Dear Federico: Well, I finally got word that someone had found my letter and the Euro I sent. So the director of the albergue in Pasaje Donebane San Juan did send my package, though he was not allowed to send the medicine. I can get more from my doctor, but I did get the glasses and other...
  4. woodswoman

    Is someone starting the Norte from Irun in the near future?

    Thank you SO much!
  5. woodswoman

    Is someone starting the Norte from Irun in the near future?

    Thank you. The bag looks like this : The Eagle Creek one in the bottom front with the yellow zipper., just next to my red back-up drive case. If you do find it, perhaps you can use this forum or e-mail me at woodswoman@alumni.colostate.edu and let me know. You can decide what's easiest for...
  6. woodswoman

    Is someone starting the Norte from Irun in the near future?

    I started in Irun on August 29, 2015. First stop was Pasaje Donebane San Juan, at the Albergue Santa Ana. I apparently left a small zip-bag there with medicine and a spare pair of glasses, and was notified that the hospitalero found it. Unfortunately, she had already gone back to her home...
  7. woodswoman

    Can we have an experienced view on our planned first leg, please :)

    I am on the Norte now, started in Irun on August 30, and your plan to stop at Albergue Santa Ana is a good one. The Albergue San Martin is excellent, but you wil have a VERY long day from Pasajes Don Juan to Orio. You might think about staying in San Sebastian your second night, because you...
  8. woodswoman

    hostels on camino del norte

    I'm on the Norte now, and I find that there are huge holes in the information available to me. However, someone on the Forum posted some of her favorites, and I'm staying at one right now. Casa Carmina in Muros de Nalón. Wonderful private albergue, with a huge yard, and very friendly family...
  9. woodswoman

    where to buy the northern ways to santiago in english?

    The Cicerone Guide is NOT what you are looking for in this thread . . . I'd love to get the printed version (in English) of The Northern Ways to Santiago. So far all I have is the pdf, but I suppose I could print it out . . . at least the parts I need. And YES! I wish Brierley would do a...
  10. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I have that guide, and the narrative is fine, but the map looks like a section of road atlas which is NOT what I want, and there are no elevation diagrams. Give me a BRIERLEY book for the Norte (though he hasn't written one). I've pieced together some things that will help me . . . and the...
  11. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    Thank you K Malpica. I've been getting a few more great resources about the Norte, as well as one I created myself from the Spanish Norte book, using just the elevation diagrams in each "Stage" section. But the one I got yesterday, which had better walking maps and the elevations, though not...
  12. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I'm going on the Norte in late August, and I had asked the "Solo women on the Camino Norte" question last year, I think. But if you also go to the American Pilgrims on the Camino site, pull down the Files menu and scroll down (quite a way down) to "nortestages.pdf". Click on that and print it...
  13. woodswoman

    Is it safe to take my dog on the Camino del Norte

    I am so happy to hear that you have come to that decision.
  14. woodswoman

    Albergues on the Norte/Primitivo - A Comprehensive List?

    I just tried to click on your link above, for Albergues on the Norte, but the server says the link cannot be found. Can you help. This is exactly what I'm looking for . . . at least I THINK it is, but won't know unless I can actually see your list. Please advise.
  15. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    My friend was talking to others as she arrived in Santiago last October . They were talking about the Norte, she said, and since I can't ask THEM, I'll assume she knew what she was telling me.
  16. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I agree . . . I was aware of those aspects, and was then sort of thrown off course when my Camino friend wrote to me with the phrasing she used. I think she didn't realize how it sounded in the sentences as she originally used them.
  17. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    Okay, I'm the one who posed the question, and I have asked my Camino friend for clarification about what she heard, i.e. that there are parts one shouldn't walk alone. Here is what she said: "What they were talking about was that the Norte was more challenging and people must be in a good...
  18. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I have just written to ask my friend and see if she remembers more details about her conversation with the people she talked with.
  19. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I'm not concerned about 17 km. walks, but I am not committed to 30 km. walks per day, especially if there are no towns in between. That one from Carrion to Calzadilla de la Cueza was difficult because it was very hot, no breeze, the "picnic" areas had been turned into latrines and one couldn't...
  20. woodswoman

    A woman alone on the Norte?

    I walked the Camino Frances in September and October 2013 alone and felt quite safe. I will walk again in 2015, but am considering the Norte. Just got an e-mail from another of the solo women I met last year, who has been talking with some pilgrims about the Norte. Their reports were that the...

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