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    If You Are Sick

    Just spent the night in a packed 8 person room with a gentleman who was very ill and coughing all night without a mask or covering his mouth. As former healthcare provider and clinical microbiologist my guess is that one or two of our roommates are likely to get ill. I carry masks and used one...
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    Beilari Reservation

    PS well worth the wait, always a great experience at the Beilari.
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    Beilari Reservation

    I booked earlier this week and it took a couple of days to get a confirmation. Happy trails, LoneStar
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Testing before flight

    Synlab Santiago de Campstela, 40 euros , Calle Xeneral Paradojas. You can Goggle the directions. For the US the test has to be done the day before and you need a printed copy of the test.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Getting COVID QR Code at CdG Airport

    Keep walking…have a safe and will Camino.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Getting COVID QR Code at CdG Airport

    Have not been asked for it on either side of the border. Was told I would need it for the Biarritz flight but was not asked to show it prior to boarding. I guess I bought a 36E souvenir piece of paper.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Getting COVID QR Code at CdG Airport

    Just flew into Paris yesterday from the States. Had some angst about converting my US Covid card in to an EU QR code. The pharmacy at terminal 2F did it for me in about 10 minutes. It is located near the first Air France check in area. The cost is 36E. As a side note I found it very easy...
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    Class of 2019

    lissie45, have a great time. Going slow and enjoying the sights and the people is not a bad way to go. Long flights are no fun but I have yet to convince the crew of the Enterprise to beam me directly to SJPdP. Not that there are not other great places to stay in SJPdP but my vote goes to the...
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    Class of 2019

    Hopefully starting in SJPdP the first week of April 2019. This will be my third time around and hopefully not my last. Did the John Muir Trail last year and off on the Colorado Trail soon but the Camino Frances is still my favorite. The scenery, the history and of course the cafe con leche are...
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    Walk The Way with me in 6 minutes

    Excellent, thank you so much for putting this together and sharing it. It was wonderful!
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    Is Finisterre worth the extra time?

    Poles: A physical therapist that is also a hiker explained to me that your knees take a lot less biomechanical stress when you use poles. I forget the percentage decrease but it was significant. She recommended against using a single hiking stick since the contralateral knee ended up with a...
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    Don't Pick the Grapes!!!

    There is no doubt that some farmers would be okay with folks picking up fallen produce but it is not a good idea to assume that it is okay with all of them. In northern Spain most of the farms are small, family farms. Some of them have posted signs, unfortunately only in Spanish, that say...
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    Single Greatest Threat to Failure

    Got back from my second Camino Frances and thought I would share something that might help increase the chance of completing your next Camino: start out slow and doing lower mileage for at least a week. Last year I hiked with young and not so young folks who decided for whatever reason that they...
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    Night walking

    Recently did a night hike in Colorado in an attempt to summit a 14er. Hiking at night is beautiful, an eerie but always amazing experience. It can be more than a tad dangerous. All we had to worry about was falling to our death. Spanish roads on the Camino can be very isolated, narrow and very...
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    2015 SEPTEMBER PILGRIMS

    DanielH, I am sure we will run into each other. Safe travels and buen Camino.
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