— The exhibition A viking life opens to the public on Friday, July 12, starting at 4 p.m., after its institutional opening ceremony, which will take place that same day in the morning
— Curated by: Irene García Losquiño
— Entrance free of...
Thanks for the comments. Have bought a hat from Decathlon. Will report back after I do the Camino in late August on whether I have abandoned the hat (and the pro-hatters should reimburse me 10 euros) or not.
Also, because I am not completely...
Five years ago, June 2019 I carried a stone from Texas to the Camino for my Grandmother. She passed before I walked my first Camino in 2017 but I believe she would have loved hearing about my walk. I knew exactly where I would leave it, walking...
Again, another simple solution to asking for a glass of tap water in a restaurant - bring your own. I always have my water bottle with me in a bag as I wander around in the afternoon and evening. If you have already ordered a drink, no one ever...
Simple solution - take an empty water bottle with you and fill up once you are through security. You may have to ask where the water fountain is, but there will be one somewhere. In Birmingham there is one next to Costas. In Santiago, there is...
I won't comment this post, but rather take the opportunity to thank all the people who provide free and useful applications or web sites: mapy.cz, gronze.com....
I was pleased to see that the used disposable pillow cases were put to good use in Güemes where I volunteered recently. Ernesto's place has a big turnover of pilgrims. In the mornings, we would tie knots in them, (not the pilgrims!) and re-use...
Every time I handwash my disposable sheets and hang them to dry in the sun, people look at me like I'm Borat or Crocodile Dundee. I suspect their ecological awareness has a lot of room for improvement.
Edit: The hand washing part was a joke...
Has anyone tried refusing disposable sheets in albergues? (Or thought about it?)
Eucalyptus isn't native to Spain and growing eucalyptus requires a lot of water and wrecks the soil for indigenous trees in Galicia. Eucalyptus forests are also a...
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