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    Talking to the young

    How wonderful, Peregrinopaul! The kids are going to love the time you spend with them and they will treasure the stories (specially if you have pictures of the camino). I am a retired teacher (42 years!), and while I was working I found that having guest lecturers in my courses gave my students...
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    Nepal Earthquake

    Sorry Maggie that you did not like my comment. It is just a personal first hand observation; and following Peter's wonderful suggestion "...helpful to recommend organizations you feel will do a good job.' My Nepalese friends are grateful for our/your help.
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    Santiago To Porto By Bus

    How about the train - RENFE (or buses) should be over with their strike by then.
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    Nepal Earthquake

    Two years ago I volunteered in Nepal. I witnessed blatant corruptions from politicians to trekking companies with orphanages attached to them (donations to orphanages find their way into other venues than the orphans. Children are miserably neglected in Nepal.) My worries are such that I will...
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    Walking to Find the Way

    Thank you Jayree for sharing the info. The photos are wonderful. I went on Michael George's website and check out his the section on "portraits of pilgrims". Some of the entries make you wonder about the hardship on the camino. Interesting!
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    Pilgrims in or near the Berkshires

    I am from the Connecticut shoreline area and will be doing my first Camino in May2015.
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    Hoka One One's on El Camino!

    Hi Duey, I have been training with the Hoka and Injinji sock - It's great! I am not as tired as when I used the other brand including the Brooks.
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    Asking for Prayers please

    Dear Annie, prayers and energy on the way to you and your family. Take care of yourself.
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    Bill2florida

    Oops! forgot to let you know my age: Celebrating my 71st birthday in Santiago.
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    Bill2florida

    Hi Bill2florida, I will be at SJPDP on the 9th, and will be celebrating my birthday end of June in Santiago.
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    The Most Inspiring Travel Quotes

    Just open an old journal I had while volunteering in Asia, and found these quotes: " Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet." Thich Nhat Hanh. "He who does not travel does not know the value of men." Moorish proverb. "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one...
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    Getting Euros at the best rate

    The best option will be for you to apply for a "no-transaction fee" ATM card, either at your bank or any commercial bank in your area. (Also get a credit card with "No transaction fee.). Do not buy Euro in the States - banks current exchange rate for the Euro is ridiculously high. The Euro is...
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    The Most Inspiring Travel Quotes

    Some of my favorites: "The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things maybe, to see them as they are." Samuel Johnson. "A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." Moslih Eddin Saadi.
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    Bridges on the Camino de Santiago

    Welcome! I find the "Pilgrimage road to Santiago" by David M. Got lite and Susan Kay Davidson a fascinating book about the culture and history of the camino. Unfortunately, the authors started their work in Somport to Santiago; you'll be missing SJPDP to Puente la Reina. Buen camino!
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    Guidebooks.

    Question for veterans on the camino: which guidebook do you recommend - John Brierley or Anna Dintaman and David Landis? As a newbie, here are my pros and cons: Brierley : pro - the maps are clear and big enough for my septuagenarian eyes; although he has the compas on each map, he is telling...
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