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When i was taking classes in Spain around 20 years ago, the fellows at the language school told me to order a Caña for the main reason that i will be cheaper than a Cerveza. No idea if it was true, but the idea kind of stuck and i kept ordering...
Thank you for this! It's not that I couldn't find something with their help, it's that I got too irritated with the first guy because he just kept talking about his experience and he was training a new sales gal and I wasn't getting anywhere...
To do away with the most obvious first: There is some saying among experienced hikers along the lines that a pack for 3 days will look very similar to a pack for 3 month. My pack for the CP would look pretty much exactly the same as it would for...
Started twice around this date. I always pack to be OK in temps from 0°C upwards. Not that those temps are very likely, but i actually encountered single digits quite some mornings and once even a bit of snowfall. For rain i go with a minimal...
Since my wife is just in the train to Bayonne and to start walking tomorrow i am following the weather with quite some interest. While the snow might be annoying, the extreme winds in the forecast from tomorrow afternoon give me more concerns...
You can walk along the road from San Fiz de Seo to the N-VI road (which the main route follows). Youll meet it a bit after Trabadelo, so with some decent timing you can meet your friend at that point. Or walk back to Trabadelo, but that seems...
Anything that keeps well and has a decent calorie to weight ratio. Oreos are kind of a favorite of mine, those wine gum strings (i cant remember the english name), some nuts.... kind of depends on whats being sold in the village before the start...
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