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    Camino From Porto 7 Days

    Hi, just back from my first Portugese. Was there 7 days starting Porto finished in Tui ( first Spanish town across the border ). It's about a 30km hike out of Porto so would advise to go along coast instead of through the city. You won't see many Perigrinos as the overwhelming majority of people...
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    Medical bill from Spain

    Hi, looks like you are from the States and therefore being a non-European citizen have to pay for any treatment received. If you convert that amount in dollars down to €Euros that sounds reasonable enough to me! Time is not on your side to help you claim back same.
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    Is Roncesvalles worth staying in?

    Hi, on a practical level you will be glad to see Roncavalles & a bed by the time you have crossed the Pyrenees even with the 8kms you have saved by staying in Orisson on the first. Do not overstretch yourself or more precisely your feet in the early days of your Camino especially if it's your...
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    Frances or Norte for first camino?

    Definitely do the Frances as a beginner! Buy a copy of the Brierly guide and plan your walk ( distance ) each day. The key to ensuring you get a bed each day is get on the road EARLY ( 5.30am or 6.00am at latest ).Plan what distance you can cover by 2.00pm at the very very latest and you...
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    The shell

    Hi NYC, as others have said the shells on the beaches after Santiago are quite small and nowhere near the size of the gift shop shells! Totally agree that you should bring a shell or stone from USA and leave it on the Camino. You'll see where to leave it once you start your walk. You can then...
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    The shell

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    I need a laugh.

    On my first Camino Frances as a group of 10 we started to make tracks about 6am after breakfast at a table of about 20 different nationalities. Some of our group had left earlier with one of them settling the breakfast bill for the group. The hospitalero stopped me on the way out and I could...
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