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  1. fenix

    Pension in Monforte de Lemos

    Besides my questionable phone Spanish, that's a big reason I like using Whatsapp (and email and Booking.com) is the security of a reservation in writing. I've usually only resorted to the phone call when I had to, day of. And it's all really easy to cancel or change as necessary. (I will only...
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    Pension in Monforte de Lemos

    I'm the same. I have passable travel Spanish, but struggle on the phone. I did make a little system for myself for when it's necessary though, just for that night or the next. I use Google Translate liberally and have a "script". First thing: ¡Hola! Lo siento, mi español no es muy...
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    Accommodation options in Rodeiro for April walkers

    Yes, exactly. I always contact the ones with no (or limited) availability directly, and am generally successful. Sometimes it will save you money too. But also, I admit, my anxiety does appreciate the "security" of a Booking.com reservation.
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    Accommodation options in Rodeiro for April walkers

    I have found them on Gronze.com, in the forum 2019 guide, and in the Brierley Invierno guide and the occasional googling. If a phone number starts with +34 6## ## ## ##, it is a mobile number and the user might have Whatsapp. So add the number to your phone contacts, and then see if it shows up...
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    Pension in Monforte de Lemos

    I tried texting that number this afternoon. I'll update when I hear back!
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    Pension in Monforte de Lemos

    Does anyone have any thoughts on Hostel Medievo? It's cheaper than most there, and it's on both Booking and Whatsapp. I definitely put Miños on my OGD (obsessive Google doc) to call once in in Spain though. (And El Polar)
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    I love the chestnuts! I can't believe after 6 caminos that I've never encountered them blooming. I hope to change that on the Invierno! My first Camino though was fall 2000 and chestnuts absolutely littered the ground. On my way up O Cebreiro, just before the snow storm hit, I met a farmer who...
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    That's OK, I'm not modern or hip either, and I'd say more spicy than lively.
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    Just FYI - this is from Gronze: 1.8 km after Santalla del Bierzo, where the path joins the N-536 national road, the itinerary takes a detour, going up to Villavieja and the Cornatel castle and then going back down to the road. Cyclists usually take said N-536 road to the right, thereby saving...
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    Gotcha. I may be misunderstanding, but the Google map El Cascayal posted in #64 is of the entire Invierno - not just a segment - with resources and the Orellan variant included (which isn't in the Dutch tracks). It's a great map.
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    It's a tracks file you can download into a GPS offline map app. I tried downloading both the KML and KMZ, and couldn't get either Gaia or Guru Pro to display it. It's still saved in my google maps, but is less useful offline. Not crucial since the Dutch tracks in Resources are available. But...
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    That's fantastic! It can be downloaded as a KML file too. Can this be added to Invierno resources?
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    I was looking at Casa Pacita, but couldn't find any way to contact them to insure they are still open. Do you have a WhatsApp number or email for them? I hope the Pobra albergue option opens on schedule, but this thread has gotten me comfortable enough with the Salcedo option, and not having...
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    Conquering the Challenges of the 14-day Camiño Dos Faros

    I stayed with Traci at LFH in 2017, and she took me on some driving tours, including the English Cemetery. I should reach out to her. I have heard that LFH moved elsewhere fairly recently? She was having real problems with the neighbors in the original village - something about a garden...
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    Suggestions for a 2-Week Camino Invierno Itinerary in May

    Not to reopen an earlier conflict - but I will anyway - it is not possible to overuse ellipses...... or em dashes. As the kids on the intertubes say, fight me.
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