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    JoEllen replied to the thread What do you wish you had worried less about?.
    I honestly wish that I'd worried a bit more about my footwear. I bought a pair of low ankle boots, thought I'd broken them in enough, but by Puente la Reina, my heels looked like raw meat. Thankfully, there was Caminoteca back in Pamplona...
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    JoEllen replied to the thread Valcarlos Accommodation.
    I always use the aemet app when I'm in Spain. It's linked to the Spanish national weather service. You can specify regions, municipalities, etc. I always felt it was reliable. The regular website is aemet.es.
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    JoEllen replied to the thread Caminos for cycling that are not very hilly..
    The Camino Portuguese is good for cycling, but the portion from Lisbon to Porto is hilly and the last leg into Porto can be quite rocky. However, if you are okay with starting in Porto, you can cycle the Senda Litoral (beach route) and/or the...
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    JoEllen replied to the thread Lisbon airport, and not to be missed in Lisbon?.
    Monuments and cathedrals are great, but we did a wallking food tour and I would - "hands down" - recommend that if you only have one extra day. You can sample the pasteis de nata, the bufana, some of the eastern and african foods, and the wines...
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    JoEllen replied to the thread cycling from Santiago to Lisbon?.
    Wow....I typo'd the heck out of that!! It was Coimbra to Santiago, and the Litoral and the Coastal become the same a few times.
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    JoEllen replied to the thread cycling from Santiago to Lisbon?.
    We rode mountain bikes (not electric) from Coimbra Santiago via the Senda Litoral (after Porto). The Litoral and the Coastal because the same a few times. From Coimbra to Porto was extremely hilly and we ended up walking the bikes way too much...
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    JoEllen replied to the thread Mt. Trega - A. Guardia taxi.
    I'm sure you will enjoy it....not only the ruins, but the view from the top is phenomenal!
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    JoEllen replied to the thread Mt. Trega - A. Guardia taxi.
    We stayed last September at the Hotel Convento de San Benito. The front desk called a taxi for 6 of us. The driver took us up there, did a little bit of "tour guide" to explain some of the history (we had one native Portuguese speaker and...
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    JoEllen replied to the thread To carry or not to carry an hair dryer?.
    Hmmm…..it was definitely a “valid” issue for me. One just needs to determine their level of needed creature comforts. The positive aspects of carrying a hairdryer outweighed the negative.
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    JoEllen replied to the thread To carry or not to carry an hair dryer?.
    So, I commented above about taking a hairdryer on the next Camino. I walked the Frances in 2017 and wished I’d had one - for hair, for clothes, for the inside of wet boots. Well I bought a small dryer, with European plug, that folds. It’s tiny...
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