NadineK
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2014)
Norte/Primitivo (2015)
San Salvador (2016)
Le Puy-Cahors (2017)
Aragonés (2019)
Hello fellow pilgrims!
I am so excited to be planning a walk from Oloron to Puenta La Reina, beginning around mid-June (and then on to Irun, hopefully to Oviedo, a route I walked in 2015 and have been wanting to return to ever since).
This forum has been invaluable, as usual, and I've spent several hours reading through these posts. Thank you all for this very helpful information!
My biggest question is this: I'm traveling from the US and my phone won't be able to make calls unless I buy a local SIM card. I did not do this when I walked the Camino de San Salvador a few years ago, and had some hilarious moments trying to hunt down pay phones in order to call someone to let me into the albergues. It always worked out, but I vowed that if I were walking an isolated route in the future, I would pony up for a SIM card.
If I happen to be one of the few/only pilgrims on this route when I walk, what are the chances that there will be someone/a hospitalero in the albergues when I arrive? Will I need to have a working phone to contact someone to let me in? I'm not terribly worried about this; I trust that I could go knocking on doors to ask for help if needed, but my Spanish is very minimal and if it's expected to have a working phone to help with the albergue situation, I will certainly see to that.
Lastly, because I am deep in the glorious anticipation/preparation stage of my pilgrimage: would anyone like to share their single favorite moment or memory from this route? This is one that seems to be a hidden treasure, and I am just so excited to begin this journey.
Buen Camino,
Nadine
I am so excited to be planning a walk from Oloron to Puenta La Reina, beginning around mid-June (and then on to Irun, hopefully to Oviedo, a route I walked in 2015 and have been wanting to return to ever since).
This forum has been invaluable, as usual, and I've spent several hours reading through these posts. Thank you all for this very helpful information!
My biggest question is this: I'm traveling from the US and my phone won't be able to make calls unless I buy a local SIM card. I did not do this when I walked the Camino de San Salvador a few years ago, and had some hilarious moments trying to hunt down pay phones in order to call someone to let me into the albergues. It always worked out, but I vowed that if I were walking an isolated route in the future, I would pony up for a SIM card.
If I happen to be one of the few/only pilgrims on this route when I walk, what are the chances that there will be someone/a hospitalero in the albergues when I arrive? Will I need to have a working phone to contact someone to let me in? I'm not terribly worried about this; I trust that I could go knocking on doors to ask for help if needed, but my Spanish is very minimal and if it's expected to have a working phone to help with the albergue situation, I will certainly see to that.
Lastly, because I am deep in the glorious anticipation/preparation stage of my pilgrimage: would anyone like to share their single favorite moment or memory from this route? This is one that seems to be a hidden treasure, and I am just so excited to begin this journey.
Buen Camino,
Nadine