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    Evening bag

    Thanks for the tip about Rick Steves' cross body bag. I had purchased the Civita Day Pack from Rick Steves but after trying it out on a few day trips around home, I don't really like the way it fits and it is also too large for the purpose. It is more of a bag for an actual day hike and would...
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    Choose a route - which book?

    I have yet to make my first Camino, planning the Via de la Plata in March 2013. I have no experience walking The Way but 2 years of experience in planning. I don't know of a book such as you are looking for. My own decision was based on my needs; time of year and weather, terrain, and avoiding...
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    please tell me what I can leave behind

    I don't understand using a mattress cover. If you put it over a mattress that had bed bugs and then took it off, put it back in your pack and then put it back onto the mattress at your next stop, wouldn't you just be spreading bed bugs into your pack and every bed that you use from that point...
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    In the shadow of pilgrims: VdlP - Graeme Bennett

    Will you be publishing a blog? My own Camino (first) is planned for the VdlP next March/April but I may have to delay until fall and will be interested in your experiences at that time of year. My thought now is that a March/April walk will put me in Galicia at the worst of the rainy season...
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    An Alcohol-Free Camino?

    Wow! My Camino does not start until March of 2013 and I'm very concerned. First at the judgemental spirit I am finding in this forum. Is it everyone on the Camino or just the people here who seem so quick to condemn? And second, I realize now that I don't know the rules for behavior on the...
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    Morning coffee

    Sue - can you please clarify why the VdlP is different regarding morning coffe? My first Camino will be the VdlP next spring. I will have no other experience with which to compare. Please tell me that coffee is not a raeity on my chosen route!
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    Can I just wing it?

    I love this forum and all of the information. With my first Camino still 11 months away I walk vicariously with those already on the way, I learn from all, keep the anticipation high, and very much enjoy the preparation stages of any adventure. But, I, too, get overwhelmed by all of the...
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    Municipal Albergue in Leon is closing

    If 15 euro is the actual cost to provide a bed for me for a night, then I vow to always donate at least 15 euro. I will also take a bag for trash and some of those lightweight gloves so that I can pick up trash along the way. Now for the hard part - I will also try very hard not to "cop an...
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    Albergue in St.Jean Pied de Port / in 30 days to Santiago

    Rob - Although I am not sure that I will be able to adopt your attitude for my first Camino in spring of 2013, I have copied your comments into my Camino journal. Thanks for the reminder that "the journey is the destination." I often have trouble remembering that it is the experience of the...
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    Class of 2013

    Two and a half years ago I was in Santiago as a tourist and saw all of the "backpackers" near the Cathedral. All I could think was 'why?' and 'what is it with the scallop shells?' One year ago the Camino called to me. It was a normal day in every other way but the call was clear and my life was...
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