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Great tread, amusing and informative. I thought myself a Marxist still, unchanged since my student days, but now I realise that my love of Yorkshire tea and my loathing of the rubbish on offer on the Camino means that I've lost my ideological...
When in Spain, drink what the Spaniards drink... when they want whisk(e)y, it's usually Scotch. Bourbon is not a thing here. Don't expect "selections" of things nobody but you wants to drink.
Please do not misunderstand me. I freely recognise that people may use any service which is legally available to them. They do not need my permission or my approval for their choices and I will not criticise any individual who decides to use the...
A brand of bourbon is available in just about any Spanish bar: it's called Four Roses. The label says it's from Kentucky, but I have my doubts... back in my American days I was a fan of nice bourbon. This is just OK, but when I get the yen, it's...
+1 for the TP trail and horrible tea. I'll add bag rustlers at silly o'clock, head torches in the dorm, rabid non drinkers. Non judgemental non drinkers are fine. I try to sit next to them.
Now for some likes to balance. People who yomp past...
I think that a lot of the disagreements which crop up here on the forum and elsewhere in the online Camino world are related to an ever-expanding range of definitions of pilgrimage. With proponents of one definition often rejecting those used by...
It is sad how narrow peoples' views are. To paraphrase St. Francis, Evangelism takes many many forms. Some of them are even spoken.
The Camino is packed with generosity, transformation, breakthroughs, and epiphanies of all kinds. These all...
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