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Another grumpy old so-and-so here, not giving you the advice you are asking for. I strongly recommend what Vacajoe is suggesting and starting closer to Santiago and doing one long walk. If SJPdP is important to you then give it its fair due and...
Pamplona is closer and perhaps easier, just a bus or taxi ride away. To get there from BIQ depends on your tolerance to the various modes of transportation that are available.
Starting a journey for me starts with the planning. This year everything aligned so here I am about to leave Canada to begin my 2nd Camino - the Portuguese Coastal. With three weeks to get my mind and spirit in camino journey mode - this forum...
Have been walking my first Camino and loving it, until coming down with a nasty cold in Puente La Reina, with a bad headache, sore throat, deep chest congestion and developing cough. The pharmacist in Puente La Reina was very helpful in stocking...
We have been travelling from Australia via Dubai and have been caught in the kaos in Dubai airport for over 3 days. Sleeping on the floor of the airport and finally Emerites put us up in accomodation. Just arrived in Madrid 6 days late but now...
Will you have a converter (they are heavy!) for your juicer and heating element? I don’t think an adapter will be enough. I’m thinking that if you don’t, you may fry them the first time you go to use them.
There is amazing produce in Spain...
I walked 4 caminos being a vegetarian, the last two were off-season and on unpopular routes so I mainly cooked from the supermarket/market produce and was quite happy with a choice of fruit/veg on the road and also sourced some from nature, like...
I have just popped my Targeta Dorada (Golden Ticket) in my packing box. They cost €12 and cannot be bought online, but can be renewed online.
If journeying too or from the Camino on Spanish trains it could be worth buying, I think mine paid for...
There is a thread about the cult of the heating coil.
Stray thoughts:
Not everyone is a hardcore fan of ultralight packing. If you are happy walking with the weight of your backpack, go for it.
Spanish supermarkets, even quite small ones, have...
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