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  1. allykat

    Should I try to find you?

    Mi Camino Familia isn't super close, but we have all stayed in contact since our Camino in 2013. We friended as many as we could find on facebook and created a group for all of us. It has been really nice to see my Camino Familia grow and get careers, kids and travels. I think it really...
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    What is the most you have walked in a day?

    Sahagun to Mansilla de las Mullas: 60km+ (with bonus bus trip to Leon!) Day 17: I had ended up on a different schedule than the two friends (will call then R & J for their privacy sake) who were on the Camino with me. One, J had finally gotten to a doctor after the bottom fell out of one of...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    I will look for that, I want to get as much info from as many people as possible.... I mean, I am nowhere NEAR ready to make this trip, my husband and girl don't have passports... and mine is still in my maiden name!!!
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    Very true, and if it turns out we have to wait another 4 years... 10 years.... 15 years... whatever it may be I will be grateful. I will always hope for a Camino. This makes me sound REALLY awful but... I truly and deeply need this. I feel like all the family and the negativity that convinced...
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    Can you camp along the Camino?

    I know it was possible. Back in 2013 two young kids (early twenties), a brother and sister, from an Eastern European country I can't quite remember were on the Camino and joined our familia, but they only had about 300Euro between the two of them for the whole trip from SJPDP to Santiago. They...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    I'll have to watch it! I have a feeling if I make my intentions to go on the Camino again known, a few of my Camino Familia will want to join, many have wanted to meet my little girl for awhile but the world is big and we are all so far apart! While I wouldn't expect anyone to help me bring my...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    I know.... Remembering Sarria and the throngs of holiday trippers who joined my hard one Camino Familia at that point in the journey (and the influx of shady demands for charity...) and then multiplying that by a Holy Year plus all the people who have had to postpone their trip... Well... its...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    The trolley idea sounds amazing and I wont lie I think a Donkey would be amazing fun but I have never stabled or homed a large animal before so my concern would be caring for their needs to the utmost. I'd have to think hard on that one, as amazing as it would be! Thank you so much!
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    Thank you so much for this, I'll admit that its hard for me to imagine a Camino without my entire life for that month plus on my back. But what I am trying to remind myself is that, more than anything, I can't imagine not going. Edit to add: A fellow Oregonian! Can't wait to enjoy some hikes...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    This is great to know! Our daughter is not so much a teddy bears and toys sort of girl as she is a sticks and rocks and flowers and mud lover... so while my plain is to have a toy for her...my intention is to make sure there are opportunities to get dirty and enjoy her favorite toy... the...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    Thank you so much for this amazing advice! I will look into the trailer, honestly... I was seriously contemplating figuring out how to hire a donkey!! o_Oo_O In all seriousness we have been on quite a few day-hikes but the weather in our area (rainy, cold, muddy) has prohibited most...
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    Packing two packs for three people (Camino Frances)

    Hey awesome people! Backstory: My husband and I were supposed to walk the Camino de Santiago with a few close friends, have a small "ceremony" in Finisterre before heading back for a short but fun ceremony/reception smooshed together party back stateside. Long story painfully short both our...
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    Close route Napoleon

    Is this about the downward part? Or the entire route over the Pyrenees? I remember, my first day was after and before a few particularly rainy days in June 2013, and the Pilgrim office showed us a picture and said "when you get HERE, turn left". Because the "normal" route was far too steep and...
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    Getting Euros at the best rate

    Thanks guys! I'll look into setting up a Charles Schwab account. I know it is silly to worry about the fees but they do add up so avoiding them will REALLY help. I am budgeting at USD to EURO conversion of $1 = .80Euro based on things never staying very good on the dollar for long. It'd be...
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    Getting Euros at the best rate

    I know cost is a complicated thing to estimate for any couple on the Camino.... However as I get further in to planning my "stateside" wedding I am realizing getting the most out of each dollar towards the Camino will save me a lot of stress in the long run... and the numbers are stressing me...

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