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There is a language program out there called " Pimsleur " . It's a series of CD's and is taught using conversations. I've borrowed the sets from libraries and have also purchased Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese on eBay...very inexpensively. I used duo lingo for basic word...
I generally wear shorts, but always a sun guard long sleeve shirt to protect my arms without having to keep applying sunscreen while walking ( which is a bit gross smeared with sweat and road dust...lol ) The sun shirts dry ultra quick and are not hot at all ) In addition, they're smooth like...
I did indeed use What's App, but seem to remember that it was to 'Casa Fernanda', and not specifically Fernanda herself. I believe the What's App belonged to Jacintho, her husband? .....I do know I had reservations and they were all set when I arrived having never placed a phone call....?
I'm going to agree with you...and the icons are more confusing than helpful. Washers and dryers can fry the brain too after a long day of walking...lol
It's all a bit to laugh about, but the struggle is real!
Best piece of advice I received was from a sports physical therapist...the trick is to not put blunt pressure on your knees to begin with . We tend to lock our knees in place to brace for a decent, akin to planting a stump on the pavement. This jars the joint. The idea behind reducing knee pain...
On both of my Camino Ingles treks I stayed overnight in A Coruna at a hotel just around the corner from the train station. They serve breakfast early and it's such a short walk over to catch the early trains to Ferrol.
Alternately, if you have an extra day, have a leisurely breakfast then head...
I agree with @trecile , I believe it's the same flight with code share. If you look at the times and airports, it's identical. I generally book through American and the airline is Iberia. When our flights were cancelled, it was good to work with AA in English to get new flights. I do enjoy...
Many people who express having a 'fear or heights' actually have a fear of 'falling', not heights. One can stand on a high, flat surface on a mountain and not have the anxiety that standing close to a cliff/railing on the edge of that mountain. I can't recall any edge hugging steep paths that...
Not in the Pilgrim's Office specifically, but with the FCJ/Camino Companions...Support for the English Speaking pilgrims in the same building as the Pilgrim's Office Upstairs ( English announcements at Cathedral, help with English Mass at Pilgrim's Office Chapel, coffee hour, one on one...
Odd title, please bear with me. I'll be volunteering in Santiago July 01-July 15th this year. I've one day off each week and would love to spend those days walking to a "destination" and returning via taxi either in the evening or early next morning. I've walked several different routes ...
There is quite an expense over time in sending a backpack ahead. Those who are healthy and strong don't have that burden of having to pay to allow a chance of walking. I carried my full pack on 6 of 8 Caminos...I've nothing to prove to those who would question me now that I've been rendered...
We had lots of names for fellow walkers along the way, most playful/affectionate in nature " the Tall Ones", the Irish Girls", Brothers Grimm, California, Smoking Siska, Mooch, Stinky Guy. I dont think we ever called them their assigned names, it was reference between myself and my walking...
Lucifer is my guy too! I first met him in 2014 he was tending the lounge in those years, then was waiting in the big dining hall for a year or two. He's back in the lounge... told me he lived at the monastery years ago, but now has an apartment and a girlfriend! LOL He's lovely. He's become part...
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