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Santa brings the oddest presents

Jeff Crawley

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A "Tourigrino" trip once Covid has passed, so 2023
One of the more curious in MY stocking was a do-it-yourself chorizo making kit - what can I say, my daughter is weirder than her father.

Whist a friend received this for Christmas but doubts she'd ever have the nerve to use it. for one thing "carrying around a bottle of my own, warm urine is a bit off putting . . . "

https://tinyurl.com/ycnb9fje
https://tinyurl.com/ycnb9fje
and you got . . . ?

Feliz Año Nuevo para todos!
 
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"carrying around a bottle of my own, warm urine is a bit off putting . . . "

https://tinyurl.com/ycnb9fje
My gosh, what I would have given for one of these a few years back. Seven months pregnant, camping in Jasper National Park in the Rockies end of September and having to exit a warm sleeping bag to make a night time trek in sub-zero temperatures..........:eek:
 
C3D345A7-FDB8-4E3F-9225-9024186A11BB.jpeg Socks and slippers are always welcome gifts but I love this replica map from 1648 of the Chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle map showing the routes through France leading to the Camino Frances in Spain.

Great for daydreaming . . .
 
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View attachment 38464 Socks and slippers are always welcome gifts but I love this replica map from 1648 of the Chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle map showing the routes through France leading to the Camino Frances in Spain.

Great for daydreaming . . .

Jill81,
For more re what may be your "map of 1648 " see this earlier forum thread.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/a-treasure-map.36114/

Nevertheless your map still great for dsydreaming; Buen camino!
 
From some posts made in the last few days in a couple of other threads:

Peg and I have a number of plush animals as souvenirs of trips. Only about half were bought on the trip itself. I found this guy two and a half years late. Peg got it for Christmas.
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We didn't see any live ones on camino but we sure enjoyed the dead ones we came upon.

Once Peg gave me some fossilized dinosaur dung for Christmas.
 
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View attachment 38464 Socks and slippers are always welcome gifts but I love this replica map from 1648 of the Chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle map showing the routes through France leading to the Camino Frances in Spain.

Great for daydreaming . . .
Beautiful map indeed. I guess I should thank you for "sort of" changing the subject matter of the OP. :)
 
One of the more curious in MY stocking was a do-it-yourself chorizo making kit - what can I say, my daughter is weirder than her father.

Whist a friend received this for Christmas but doubts she'd ever have the nerve to use it. for one thing "carrying around a bottle of my own, warm urine is a bit off putting . . . "

https://tinyurl.com/ycnb9fje
and you got . . . ?

Feliz Año Nuevo para todos!
As for your friend's gift "Been there, done that"...wouldn't do it again! :oops:
 
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An electronic churros maker! :eek: I did appreciate the nod to my love of things Spanish just not sure it extends to making my own churros. ;)
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