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I was walking in France
One time a car nearly hit me whilst walking on a pedestrian crossing. The car sped through the pedestrian crossing.
Another time I was walking on the pavement in a town when a car nearly hit me coming up the alley...
I walked with an American pilgrim who had walked the CF the year before. He said he always took the plates back to the bar. I started doing it and the bar workers were very grateful.
Was at the first, very busy bar with only one person serving. He served the guy next to me who came 15 minutes after me. I put my hand up to say what about me and the person serving went ballistic at me in Spanish. It was obvious what he was...
I met a boy on the Camino in June 2016. We walked and talked all day and night for about a week until we got to Santiago. We call it the longest and most in-depth first date ever. After spending another couple days in Finisterre, we ultimately...
I walked CF last October, two weeks of sun and two weeks of solid rain. Washers and dryers were expensive. 5 euro each in a lot of places. Good idea to bring a washing bag to place your dirty clothes in making it easier to share washing machine...
I find all these 'have to do things' plus packing, travelling etc take a lot of time so it is a relief to get to the start of the camino and just walk. Yeh!
These matters were not yet addressed:
Put your water heater on vacation mode.
Put your refrigerator(s) on vacation mode.
Shut off the thermostat/HVAC, unless you live in snow country, then put it in vacation mode.
Be sure to remove any...
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