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    Lot's of questions from newbie, please help!

    Hey there, I think that if you're simply only spending one day in the major cities of Madrid and Paris that you would instead want to simply start in Paris take the train down, and then take the bus or the train back to Paris meaning that you'd get to actually spend some time in a major...
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    Your favorite "section" of the Camino

    This has no relevence to like an exact area of what section i liked since i voiced my likes already. but i remembered one thing that made my Camino a whole lot better. I dont speak spanish besides the simple meal ordering and a few simple questions like where is the albergue or where is the...
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    Fear: the Return Home

    the return home was hard. i was tempted to not get on my flight back to Singapore and stay in Spain instead Since i finished my Camino around 2 weeks ago, i've been having dreams of the Yellow Arrows, Scallop Shells, cows along the way, and if any of you were walking in late june/early july...
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    Robbed in Madrid

    This seems to be an old post but the same happened to be on the 6th of July 2010. Was in the train station taking the escalator to change trains just after arriving in Madrid. It wasn't even past 20 minutes of leaving the airport, but a guy reached into my pocket which stored money that i had...
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    ONE thing I wish I had taken, ONE thing I wish I had NOT...

    i think things i shouldn't have brought with me would be a torch, a compass, my IPhone which was also my MP3, my camera - as the camino taught me to live in the NOW rather than live in the past - if that makes sense. and things i wouldve brought are hmmm nothing really, anything i can think...
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    MY CAMINO QUESTIONS.....

    A highway I say to avoid would be the one right after you leave Villafranca Del Bierzo. Take the hill-ridge route which isn't clearly marked where it splits off from the road - hint its right after the bridge with the pilgrim statue. oh and do take time to go to Finnesterre or as its known as...
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    Your favorite "section" of the Camino

    my favorite section of the camino would have to be the day where you leave villafranca del bierzo. amazing town, and as you leave there are the three options. TAKE THE ONE THAT GOES UP THE MOUNTAIN! less people take it cos they miss the route, but if u do get up on that path. the views are...
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    Class of 2010

    Hi all uhm I'm chris, and i'm from Singapore (the lil city state just south of Malaysia), and i'll be doing the Camino Frances this June. I'll be walking the Camino with my mother. This will be my first time doing a Camino but hopefully i'll find it just as enjoyable as my trips in the Himalayas...
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