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    28L pack on the Camino Frances this October

    The first backpack I got was a 30L osprey. I was focusing on how much weight I should be carrying, and I thought I would only need a 30L pack. But I found over time, going on long practice hikes with a fully loaded pack, that it would get really uncomfortable after the first few miles. So I...
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    LIVE from the Camino Would you walk in these?

    Thanks Ede. I read about Alexandra and she sounds like an awesome woman. You can’t tell a book by its cover.
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    Record time for US passport renewal!

    My son had an appointment to apply for his US passport one day before departing. Don’t know what he paid for 24 hr service though.
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    Roncesvalles Albergue

    A lot of Spanish hotels haven’t opened summer 2020 dates for reservations yet. Booking.com will show “sold out”, but really it’s just too early to book some places. Not saying that you shouldn’t want to book that early - I book early sometimes myself - just that it’s not possible with some...
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    Graffiti idiots staying in Portomarin tonight?

    Nico was German 🙂 Also I’m not a handwriting expert but it looks like one person wrote all the names.
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    Heat, feet and water

    Nice blog, Andrew. I studied le Francais a million years ago, aussi.
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    Tips and Caveats for Flying around in Europe

    You have to go through customs & immigration at your first European port of entry, regardless of whether your connecting flight is with the same carrier. So you aren’t adding extra time by booking with a second European airline, for that reason anyway. The budget European airlines do tend to...
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    You Tube Vlogs

    I felt the same about the music. It’s where 80% of all Camino YouTube vids go wrong.
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    Meseta 2019

    https://www.turismocastillayleon.com/en/countryside-nature/boat-trips/juan-de-homar-boat According to this website: Summer April, 1 – September, 30: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Holidays: 10.30 – 14.00 and 16.30 – 20.00 Closed: tuesday
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    Camping legally on the Francés – albergues that allow to pitch a tent?

    Refugio Gaucelmo in Rabanal says they accept tent campers
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    Leaving the Camino

    I’m so sorry you had to leave, Lucy. Hope you can return soon. Would be wonderful to read the Camino blog of a historian of medieval Spain. Good luck healing, and BTW Anne of Cleves is buried at Westminster Abbey.
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    Virtual Camino Frances

    I think perhaps this might be the website you’re looking for: walking4fun.com

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