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    Language questions

    Okey dokey... pretty easy answer to the poles question. Sounds like the actor/actriz terminology is undergoing an evolutionary process. Thanks, all!
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    Language questions

    Can someone tell me what Spanish word is used in Spain to refer to hiking poles? Bastones? Palos? Also, as women in tv and movies generally are now referred to as "actores" rather than "actrices", would I refer to Penelope Cruz as "una actor"? "Una actora"?
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    Experience staying at the Monastery of Saint Benedict in Estella?

    Hope you are able to stay at Monasterio San Benito. We did in 2016 and it was such a highlight of my Camino!
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    What is the best app to learn some Spanish for the Camino? Thanks

    Yeah, if you're learning specifically to walk the Camino, you really want to train with Castilian Spanish. It sounds quite different from what is heard in most parts of the US! News in Slow Spanish has a regular program of just Castilian Spanish (don't choose "Latino"). I'm a news hound so I...
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    What is the best app to learn some Spanish for the Camino? Thanks

    This is absolutely true! I'm a retired Spanish teacher and so I have lots to say on this topic. Just a few here... In addition to any app or program that you use to actively learn, also try to have as much spoken Spanish in your environment as possible, the good old immersion theory...
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    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    If this is true, I'd like to know. Can someone else confirm?
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    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    Can I just clarify my point in mentioning AllTrails? I've never used the app and generally don't use technology when I hike. But that one particular feature where, in preparation for a walk, on the website (free) you can follow along a 3-D journey through the actual landscape I find to be...
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    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    Are you familiar with the app and website called AllTrails? The website has the craziest feature where you can follow a blue dot on a 3-D trip along the exact route (actual landscape). As it goes along, you get a moment-by-moment update of the mileage and elevation change. Just enter the info...
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    "3 Caminos" Series available on US Amazon Prime Video

    Thanks for this comprehensive list, David, so nice that you screened so many videos and organized them for us. I'll be binge watching!
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    What was left unused? What can be left behind?

    Another variable: the more you train, the more you'll be able to carry.
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    App for tracking mileage/sharing photos?

    I've used Wikiloc for years and really like it.
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    Help! Pack too heavy! — CF Sept & Oct — Senior Woman

    These hydration tubes are a life saver. Just connect it to a lightweight disposable water bottle that you refill until eventually you replace it. The bottle stays in your pack and the hose clips to a pack strap with the mouthpiece ready when you want it. Don't ditch the headlamp. You may not...
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    Am I packing too much?

    VintageCowgirl, you have a very practical list. Of course you do, you are a horse woman (so am I). One common topic of conversation that's always guaranteed to be fun is that of "What was your guilty pleasure?" My luxury item was an electric coil that I used to boil water for coffee. Everyone...
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    Am I packing too much?

    Oh, yes! I'm sure someone has mentioned this... you want to remember that you'll be carrying food. Always have snacks!
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    Am I packing too much?

    Walking sandals are one of the best items you can choose to take, IMHO. I changed into my Keens 2/3 of the way through every day, along with a clean pair of socks, and didn't have a single blister from Saint Jean to Santiago. I also just bought one of those hoses that screws onto any bottle and...
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