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I find this foot file (see attached) works well for me. Lightweight also. 1 minute of coarse side and then 1 minute of fine side daily. Keeps calluses under control when used on problem areas that pop up. Again - very light weight and slips easily into any pack.
Agree 100%. Ivar walked with me to the post office last October to help make sure I would get my packages when they didn’t reach him in a timely manner for me to pick up. He and his administration of this forum are truly gifts to every pilgrim walking the Camino. Thank you Ivar from our little...
Schwab. Worked perfectly in 2022 On our Camino. I set mine up to email any transaction more than $1 and usually had an email in less than 1 minute showing my transaction. That way I knew if there was anything funny going on. Also - ALWAYS reject the currency conversion. If you don’t you will get...
Having just walked the Central route in October - I believe you can easily make it in 12 days depending on your health and condition. I would consider the coastal out of Porto for the first few days. I found the first two days on the Central out of Porto were not very enjoyable due to cars...
Bought an Orange “Holiday Zen” esim (phone, text and data) from simoptions.com back in Sept and it worked great. Bought in the US and activated on the plane upon landing without any issues. Also bought a separate data only plan from Airalo as a backup. ($5). Didn‘t need it but it also worked...
We encountered multiple tour groups during our early fall 2022 CP-Central. It made it challenging a few times when we encountered ”booked by tour group” (full) accommodations after long days of walking. Not sure there is a solution as hotel and albergue owners want the business. One day we...
I used Orange back in October. Signed up before leaving the US and turned on when I landed in Paris. Worked well for me. I’ve also used Airalo data only plans with great success as well.
Having tried that on our way to a Camino walk a few years back and watching our connecting flight take off without us - I would say - definitely not. If you are going into Frankfort you should give yourself a minimum of 3 hours.
Having just completed the central route in October I would take the coastal out of Porto and cross over to the central after a couple of days. I found the largest portion of road walking (and the loudest) was taking the traditional central route out of Porto. The first 2 days were not enjoyable...
We did the Central out of Porto back in September. We did not enjoy the first two days very much. Lots of walking on or near roads, noisy (cars on cobblestones sound like jets taking off next to you), just not a pleasant experience. It did get better by day 3 but we would most certainly start...
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