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  1. Jose J. Martinez

    considering canceling my trip :(

    Grab a stone and promise yourself to set it at the Cruz de ferro...and you will be on your way.
  2. Jose J. Martinez

    Easyjet

    Buy the tickets if you ca. I could not book from Madrid to Biarritz and had to settle with San Sebastian. You can also take the train from Paris to Bayonne and then on to SJPP.
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    Easyjet

  4. Jose J. Martinez

    Traveling from USA, Houston to SJPP,

    Gracias...
  5. Jose J. Martinez

    Traveling from USA, Houston to SJPP,

    Our second Camino Francés starts on April 3 from Tucson, AZ to Madrid via Dallas. In Madrid we will board a flight to San Sebastian and arrive there at 13:00 hs. The issue here is how we can get to SJPP from there. There were no reservations available Madrid to Biarritz, so this was the closest...
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    Traveling from USA, Houston to SJPP,

    Last year my wife and I flew Tucson-Dallas-Paris. In Paris we had issues at the CDG airport because of the language...nobody wanted to speak English or Spanish. A Stewardess from Air France recommended we board a bus at the airport for a Downtown train station and buy ourr Paris to Bayonne...
  7. Jose J. Martinez

    Easter 2017 is one month after 2016

    I am setting up to go and buy my tickets but am wondering how the Camino Frances will be with the Easter festivities. In 2016 our flight from the US allowed us to start from SJPP on April 2, and not too many people were walking. Am wondering if there will be too many if we must be walking in...
  8. Jose J. Martinez

    Camino Francés Altitude Profiles

    These are good, thank you.
  9. Jose J. Martinez

    Camino Francés Altitude Profiles

    Thank you, exactly what I wanted.... Gracias.
  10. Jose J. Martinez

    Camino Francés Altitude Profiles

    Am getting ready to go on my second Camino but I misplaced the sheets where the office in SJPP places the full set of altitudes per day and gives a relative graph of the profiles, with the km per day. Can I download these from somewhere? What I find does not have them all, and that is a lot of...
  11. Jose J. Martinez

    2 days and already broken

    Sounds to me like you are not prepared for the camino. many for sure will tell you to rest , drink this, drink that, etc. My take on this is that you SHOULD GO TO A DR., and get evaluated. The desire to do El Camino should not come before your health. The cramps seem like excessive sweating that...
  12. Jose J. Martinez

    CF - current budget

    My wife and I went March/April/May, 2016. I was budgeting an amount of 25 euros per person per day. I ended up averaging the 50 euros for both of us, but wound up ahead most of the time. Anyhow, the stay is a fixed expense and the meals are variable. We saved money buying at the supermarkets and...
  13. Jose J. Martinez

    Washing Clothes

    My wife and I took each these things instead of towels... they also served for wringing our wash until it was almost dry... they weigh very little and are inexpensive. their size is about 50 X 50 cm... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00IRVF3EC/?tag=casaivar02-20
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    Hiking the Camino in April. Advice needed!

    this is what we used as towel and also for the clothes wringer it is 70 X 50 cm. CleanTools 34942 The Absorber XL Synthetic Drying Towel Chamois, 29-Inch x 18-Inch from wallyland...
  15. Jose J. Martinez

    Hiking the Camino in April. Advice needed!

    For money, cards and passport, be sure to take the small traveler pouches that you carry in the breast area hung from the neck inside the torso. You can leave it with wife or friend when going to the shower. They are small but you may also put them inside a sandwich bag if they could get wet...
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