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  1. Mina Sameh

    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    Ladeis and Gentlemen, my fellow Pilgrims, I proudly announce that I have changed my blog to be http://somedayillbethere.com!! and I am very excited about it :D please share my excitement and drop me a line there. I generally blog about my camino, other adventures, dreams and plane for the...
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    When was it more difficult than you expected?

    for me it was the hill after fromista, it was an easy hill actually, but not expected at all, specially that i had spent the night at fromista and left when it was dark, so i couldn't exactly see how high it is, and with everyturn i thought it was the end top of the hill, but it wasn't. Reached...
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    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    Read some nice blogs here... I started posting about my camino, along with some other travels, dreams and plans (yeah i blog about a couple of things all together...:D) you'll find all my camino posts under the category "camino de santiago" though if you are not interested in the rest of the...
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    The question of money

    My answer isn't very general but I would tell you how much it costed me I walked through september 2011 (started August 23rd till september 26th) so 33 days till santiago (camino frances) the total cost including: accomodation in albergues (private/municipal/donativo, depended on where I am and...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    So tomorrow I'll be in Santiago!! I did it from sjpp!! This is by far the best experience I've had in my whole life!! And I think I have enough to also walk to finisterra... Thanks for all your help :)
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Thanks alot and sorry for asking so many questions :oops: so another question now that have probably been answered before but I'd like to make sure of the info I have, how do I reach SJPP from pamplona?? I decided to land in Madrid and take the bus at 19:45 to Pamplona. I know theres a bus i...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    @ Anne thanks alot for the advice about Paris...I have thought alot about landing in Paris and reaching SJPP from there but since I'll get my visa from the spanish embassy then I have to land first in Spain and then move freely between Schengen countries... So i have to land in Spain, still...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Hello again I'm not in the flight selection phase...cheapest flights from Egypt to Spain land in Barcelona so i was wondering whats the easiest way to get from Barcelona to SJPP? i looked for older posts containing info about Bar - SJPP and they included 10.45 hour trains into France and...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Can anyone kindly answer me?? Specially the weather question :) Thanks
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Thanks alot falcon :) Kelly, yes I know it's in France, my problem was with where to first land when I have a schengen visa from the Spanish embassy..because I heard that I should land in the country I'm issued the visa from. I wanted to land in France to have easier access to SJPP but just to...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    by the way whats the average age of pilgrims?? like just to know what to be expecting... :D
  12. Mina Sameh

    Traveling from Egypt

    Guys I'm really thakful for your replies...and I know I might be demanding or a little stupid with my questions haha...its my first time to travel alone and to be preparing everything for the trip on my own so I'm using this place as a resource for info about anything I might need to know... Ok...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Thanks alot for the quick replies :) I called the Spanish embassy today and the first free time for an interview was july 28th! Feels like all of Egypt is booking interviews there haha. Anyway so I will be picking my application tomorrow or after and start checking what other papers do I need...
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    Traveling from Egypt

    Hello my name is Mina, from Egypt. I'm heading from Egypt to walk the camino next August. I was wondering though about the Visas, I know the camino will take me about a month, so i guess I'll need a 6 week visa or something, conscidering anything that might make my pace slower on the camino...
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