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    Santiago Pilgrim Office Volunteers

    The actual request from the office states: "If it is the first time you apply to volunteer, you must also send a brief resume of your work life along with a photograph to the email info@acologíacristiana. Advising applicants to ignore the specific request for a resume of their "work life" and...
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    Santiago Pilgrim Office Volunteers

    I think this is misleading advice for folks wishing to volunteer. Where did you get this idea? The CV request is specific for the volunteer's work-life experience. Like any job interview, they want to know about your education and work experience, to see if it will be useful in staffing the...
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    Volunteering at the Pilgrim Office in Santiago - October 2021 Update

    I want to hear from people who have volunteered, if that's okay with you.
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    Volunteering at the Pilgrim Office in Santiago - October 2021 Update

    I am invited to show up at the volunteer house this summer, Tuesday at 2:00. Is there a separate entrance or a sign to follow to report for duty? How many volunteers are on-site at one time? Are the accommodations bunk beds? How are meals handled? Where do pilgrims go after they get their...
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    Seeking guidance on becoming a hospitalera on the Camino Frances

    I am looking to volunteer, but in an alternative to the big organizations. If you (or anyone, really) know of a way to accomplish this, in the words of the OP of this thread: "please share any tips or experiences related to the topic."
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    Seeking guidance on becoming a hospitalera on the Camino Frances

    The APOC wants you to pay $50 to join and then $650 for a training/motivation session before they will find you a place to work for no pay from 5AM to 10PM for a minimum of two weeks. Is there a better way to volunteer than this?
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    How many miles to put on your shoes before the Camino

    The lugs on my Merrell Flex lare good for 1,000K on the Camino after breaking them for 80-100 miles, mostly on the golf course. My daughter's Hokas are only good for maybe half that, so If you get those, best shorten the break in...
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    Overweight on the Frances?

    I walked with a big guy this summer and he was an expert at seeing the water pumps along the CF. He had to be, because he drank a tremendous lot of water. One of his worst days was a morning on the Meseta when the wind was freezing his arms. We eventually found a sports store and he paid...
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    pills, pills, and more pills

    I got these little baggies, 100 for $5.. The 1.5" hold maybe 8 pills. If you load what you need before leaving home your camino mornings pill time takes 10 seconds. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JBVN5K4/?tag=casaivar02-20 Airport security has no interest in your pills. And I don't...
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    28L pack on the Camino Frances this October

    I went with a 35L pack and the 10% rule but I had a lot of bulky stuff like fleece jacket, clothes, sandals... while everything fit, is was torture packing every morning. And if I dared stopped to get something out, that was hell, too. After I tossed the sleeping bag, jacket, sticks, food and...
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    How to Properly Size and Fit Footwear for Distance Walking and Backpacking

    In just the one link I provided, five of the first six posts acknowledged this advice. I am sure you and hundreds of members have heard it many times; to claim otherwise because there is no consensus on "this" thread is known as the ole head-in-the-sand fallacy. Since you agree with my point...
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    How to Properly Size and Fit Footwear for Distance Walking and Backpacking

    Perhaps if you expanded your "search"... https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/1-size-larger.73606/
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    No farmhouses

    A fellow walker pointed out to me that despite the large number of farms we passed, there were few - actually no - farm houses on the properties. So for weeks after, to León anyways, I would search for farmhouses on those big farms and come up empty. Where are the farmers?
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    How to Properly Size and Fit Footwear for Distance Walking and Backpacking

    The consensus to buy shoes larger than your feet is not correct, IMO. Maybe at the end of the day they will fit better but that leaves hours of feet slipping and sliding, begging for blisters. I bought Merrell Flex and worried that they were too tight on the sides but after breaking them over a...
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    Fields of rocks

    Picture is one of several taken on the meseta among bean, wheat sunflower and other plants. I see what you're thinking - maybe they are put or kept intentionally, to keep the soil from blowing away in the wind. Also, I wonder if the rocks add trace amounts of minerals to the soil every time it...
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