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    St. Jean Pied de Port or Roncesvalles

    Margaret, Just read your post, and it lightened me up a bit. Whatever will be, and don't let this decision be TOO big a deal or disappointment. thank you. LulusMom, Kari
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    St. Jean Pied de Port or Roncesvalles

    I had totally planned to start at St. Jean Pied de Port, but am now rethinking after 9 weeks away from any exercise at all (family vacation - actually husband working most days while I stay with young daughter, and I'm alone with my daughter pretty much the whole day and so don't really have the...
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    Best Wishes for Xmas and 2011

    And a third from me. I hope those of you lucky enough to be in Santiago today enjoy it, and that those of us who plan on doing the Camino in the coming year are successful. Thanks to everyone here who has been so helpful to me with advice over the past month or so. A merry Christmas to all.
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    The Aarn Liquid Agility Body Pack: looking for reviews

    Oops, one more question - speaking of poles, is there somewhere to attach poles (or more like a single pole) to the pack for when I don't want to use it? sorry to have so many questions, but I'm both fascinated and excited about this. cheers, kari
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    The Aarn Liquid Agility Body Pack: looking for reviews

    Gitti, this is all incredibly helpful information. The main reason I'm not ordering from NZ is that I'd like to try the thing on before buying, make sure I get just the right size, etc. and also that I'll be there anyway in Jan. and Feb. The closest place for me to buy them from where I live is...
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    The Aarn Liquid Agility Body Pack: looking for reviews

    Thank you both so much for the replies. Gitti, I had seen numerous posts of yours from before you used the Aarn, and I'm glad to hear that it worked out so well (hope the shoulders are doing much better at this point). I'm pretty sold on it (they do a good job of making it sound perfect) but of...
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    The Aarn Liquid Agility Body Pack: looking for reviews

    Hi Everyone, I'd like to especially thank Carole for pointing this item out to me. I've done some research on it, and it looks/sounds like a great way to go. I'm just wondering if anyone has any first hand knowledge - has anyone used on on the Camino, or for other long distance walks? Most of...
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    Most Favourite and Least Favourite

    This is a great question and two very helpful responses. Although I plan to mostly try to stay in hotels (I'm a pretty bad sleeper on the best occasions) it will be useful to know where to feel most comfortable not doing the hotel thing. Thanks so much. cheers, kari
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    Booking beds ahead??

    Hi Carole, Thanks for the tip on picking up the NZ made body pack. Are they hard to get elsewhere? Obviously a 2 month trip means we'll have ridiculous luggage, but I can always buy it there and mail it back to myself if that makes more sense than trying to buy it from here. Good news that so...
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    Booking beds ahead??

    It is SO true - anticipation can either be so much better or so much worse than the real thing, can't it? Very funny about you and the 50th birthday present! It just seems so much the right thing to do. I've been wanting to do it for ages, and things just sort of came together for it right at...
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    Booking beds ahead??

    Sillydoll - thanks for the laugh (and the vote of confidence!). I think I *won't* be looking for male companionship after a day of hiking, but it amuses me to think that was what was on Shirley Maclaine's mind after making her way over the mountains. It does help to know it is a fairly gentle...
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    Booking beds ahead??

    Well now see there, I thought I was off the hook when I noticed that Easter was going to be over by the time I got there; no such luck. I really need to sit down with a calendar and my "plan" (in quotation marks because it will only be a guess at where I'll make it each night) and figure out...
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    Booking beds ahead??

    One more quick question - this for Jeff. When you say you did what I'm planning to do, you mean you stayed in hotels most nights?
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    Booking beds ahead??

    Thanks again to everyone for the very useful comments. I got a bit nervous about the Easter thing, and then looked it up. That will be March, but there will be a bank holiday sometime in late May that I probably need to worry about. I'm happy to hear that France is more of a problem than...
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    Booking beds ahead??

    Thank you both again so very much. I hadn't planned on booking, but having read through this forum (somewhat obsessively, I have to admit - so much useful information) over the past couple of months, I've noticed many people suggesting booking ahead, and I started thinking that maybe somehow I...
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