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    Advice needed on travel from Tomar to Porto

    I strongly recommend walking - relaxing, improves fitness and physical and mental health...
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    Language for camino portuguese?

    Not suprising, given the Spanish royalty assumed control of Portugal in 1580 and it took 60 years before the Portuguese regained thier independence... (https://www.historytoday.com/archive/shotgun-marriage-spains-annexation-portugal)
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    Language for camino portuguese?

    My experience has been that saying "Eu não falo português. May we speak English?" works wonders. And Google Translate is a good Plan B...
  4. LesR

    Shirley Maclaine - The Camino - Swimming place

    I read it end to end (prior to my first camino) and concluded that it was a complete book of fiction, and have no intention of ever opening it again....
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    OK guys, what underwear?

    The mind boggles...
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    OK guys, what underwear?

    I am on Bradypus;' side... well said. Being in Australia, my choice is Tradies 3/4 leg trunk - intially wore cotton/lyca version, and more recentlyfully synthetic versions. All dried readily overnight, did not result in chafing (to which I was prone) and kept everything in its place...
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    Where is this

    Mea culpa...
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    Where is this

    https://redecilladelcamino.blogspot.com/2022/11/monumento-al-peregrino-en-redecilla-del.html Redecilla del Camino, just after Grannon
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    Vodafone - Setting for crossing from Portugal to Spain

    I had a simialr problem in 2018 - had been told hat it was an EU requirement that SIMS cards work in all EU countries ... Went to to a phone shop not long after we entered Spain (maybe Vigo?), and was told the "it happens frequently". Bought another SIM card and all went well from there - even...
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    How the Camino can change your life: Personal experiences and expectations

    I fully agree with the views expressed by others - leave your expectaions at home and be receptive to whatever comes your way.... I undertook my first camino in 2017 - never having ventured far from Australia's shores, this was a bit leap into the inknown and my approach was to "abandon myself...
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    Is this Camino clothing heresy?

    Not for me... I prefer shorts, whatever the weather
  12. LesR

    Did you get tired of wearing same colours for weeks?

    Too much water in handwashed clothes may damage the dryer, and wettish handwashed clothes may take too long to dry, preventing others from using the machine...
  13. LesR

    Did you get tired of wearing same colours for weeks?

    No...
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    Managing electronics

    Lots of good advice - and comprimises between weight, comlexity, security, etc... I would add just one thing - better to buy a charger that fits EU power points than take a travel adapter with you. Travel adapters have a tendancy to be left behind, and an EU charger is not expensive and less...
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    Tell me what I need to know

    Four things you ned to know (IMHO): 1 Love your feet 2 Listen to your body 3 Stop and smell the roses (often) 4 Take your time on the camino to make peace with your past. That is all you need to know - and be receptive to whatever comes along...
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