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efdoucette replied to the thread Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?.My life long friend and I will celebrate our 70th in Sept. We were born 2 weeks apart and plan on celebrating both birthdays on the trail. It will be his first Camino, my first was in 2011. -
Dear forummembers, It is with great sadness I inform you of the death of @annakappa. She and her husband fraluchi ( who was also a member here ) were very active on this forum. They were both gentle and wise people. They were always generous...
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efdoucette replied to the thread Bar Etiquette.Could be my imagination but I remember getting "noticed" by bartenders by removing my hat as I enter. Sometimes, maybe by inadvertently not following the local protocols, I've been made to feel invisible.
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Definitely do not PARK your backpack on a chair that another patron might be able to use. Sitting at a table with others is quite customary on the Camino, so please leave other seats at your table open.
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Make sure that you start with a greeting, such as buenos días. I gained a lot of insight from this post from @MariaSP, who is Spanish:
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It may seem odd but in rural areas and the smaller bars it is customary to offer a general salutation as you enter: “ ¡Buenos días! /Tardes” will do. Same with the bartender, a greeting before ordering “Buenas, Una Cerveza” @trecile beat me to...
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When stopping at a bar/cafe for morning cafe con leche and slice of tortilla etc, I would generally order at the counter, wait for the items and then take them to a table. If the bar is not busy, often one is not charged upon ordering but rather...
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efdoucette replied to the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem?.I am once again (2011) starting from St Jean Pied de Port. This time with an old friend that wants to experience the Camino. I have booked ahead the first 3 nights as I don't understand the reality on the ground, but have heard, and read, that...
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Best post I have read in a long time. Technology is IMHO depriving the former spontanituity of the Camino. Combine with the huge increase in firsttime pilgrims, uncertain and unknowing of the Camino's (former, "normal") walking, the willingness... -
efdoucette reacted to wisepilgrim's post in the thread The booking ahead problem: Is it a problem? with Like.
This is a complex issue, and one that I have had many a conversation about with albergue owners. It is a topic I have spent a LOT of time wrestling with. It has not occupied me as a pilgrim, because as a pilgrim I am rather staunchly a fan of...
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