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I recently finished Walking with Sam. It's impressive and disappointing. He does write very well and offers interesting analyses of difficult thoughts and emotions. However, he appears to have never heard of online Camino resources or modern Camino apps. His preparation for his second Camino is...
Oh yes, a comment on Gronze says the hostel owner died last week unexpectedly and the hostel is closed. That’s sad news. Now the scramble is on for alternate accommodations.
Does anyone know if Hostel Puente Fitero in Itero de la Vega is operating? I’m due there tomorrow and I’ve been calling them (
+34 979 151 822) to confirm my reservation but no one answers. Thanks.
I have found https://www.viewweather.com/
to be very accurate. Just enter a town name. Use the three-bar “hamburger” icon to set F degrees, if desired, and view data such as sunrise time.
You've touched on what I thought was a minor miracle: I used big glops of Vaseline on my toes at the start of each day and not a bit of it could be found at the end of each day. Where did it go? I saw no sign that it was absorbed into my socks, nor the inside of my boots. Did my feet absorb it...
Note that hand-washed clothes do not get the benefit of a washing machine spin cycle. Subsequently putting them in a clothes dryer may result in hard feelings and extra expense when they aren't dry after one cycle. If the weather is not conducive to hanging your hand-wash to air dry and the...
I'm continuing to enjoy your videos! I totally understand the elation, in the final week, of the impending finale and the pride in your accomplishment, contrasted with the sadness that this Camino will soon be over. You deserve a special award for being able to regularly get two teenagers out of...
Allow me to suggest that you also take a plastic “S” hook, one that will fit over the walls of the shower stall, for those times when no interior clothes hooks exist.
Nicely done. Can you tell us what camera gear and post-production software you're using? Here's a contribution to your rapidly improving Spanish: "auberge" is French, but in Spanish it's "albergue" (al-ber-gay). Thanks and keep up the good work!
Twice now, taking the RENFE train from Barcelona to Pamplona, my bag had to go through airport-style scanning at Barcelona Sants. I, on the other hand, did not. There was NO metal detector that I had to pass through. So nothing was said about the Swiss Army knife I had in my pocket.
I'm writing to solicit advice about the logistics of managing masks on my upcoming second Camino Frances. Other threads here thoroughly hash out mask/no mask and risk decisions so, please, let's not go there. Suffice to say, I plan to wear a mask indoors, whenever I'm in close-quarters, and if I...
It happened to me. Google Fi gives you a 30-day warning, via email, that you're going to be suspended. No grace period, no flexibility. I talked to their Customer Support and they wouldn't give me even a few days extension. The roaming data suspension is not apparently triggered by how **long**...
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