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    Walking sticks confiscated at Bilbao airport

    I took my sticks home last hear. After much delay and debate they (Iberia) made me check them and charged me 75 Euros!
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    I'm 65 and I have plan for my first Camino

    There is a nasty stretch of downhill before Molinaseca. Crumbly. slick stone you have to constantly watch where you step for about 4 or 5k. If it is late in the day there is a nice little town to stay at before all that. Also, you will enjoy the side trip to Samos Monastery!
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    I'm 65 and I have plan for my first Camino

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    Backpack in the Hold?

    I used a canvas laundry bay to put my pack in. It was awkward to carry it across the airport and they opened it and went through it after it was checked, but the pack was protected just fine.
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    Backpack in the Hold?

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    Introvert or Extrovert?

    I'm an introvert. I can interact with one or possibly two people for a long time but the more people there are the more I want to get away, unless they are funny in which case I love them.
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    The most emotional place?

    My glasses popped apart and I took one of the lenses and placed it at the Cruz de Ferro and kept the other. I also placed a stone from a young Italian girl whose father had died recently. I wrote a note to The Lord and wrapped it to the stone. I bent my head down to the pole and wept softly...
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    walking sticks

    I took my sticks home on Iberia Airlines. I had to check them and they charged me 75 Euros!!!
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    Nervous 1st Camino August / Sept 2015

    Hi Daniel- The Bocadillo is everywhere. A ham and cheese with olive oil on fresh bread. Not the watery ham we get here, more like prosciutto. A lack of condiments though, but you can put it in your pack and eat it later in the woods by a stream. I also liked the fresh OJ from those machines...
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    Finisterre Saved Our Camino

    We walked from Leon on April 19th. and got to Santiago on May 4th. It was a little more crowded near the end but not bad. We were only almost shut out of a place for 1 night and that was because people make reservations and then not show up. If I go again it would be the same time of year or...
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    What one guilty luxury item have you brought on the Camino?

    I brought a small bottle of Dr. Broner's peppermint soap which is my favorite and which I promptly forgot in one of the showers in Santa Catalina!
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    How steep is the trail coming down from Alto de Perdon?

    You got that right! I remember hearing that it was only a few kilometers and all downhill!
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    leaving for Camino del norte on Sunday June 28, few last minute questions...

    Yes, Pulpo also you might try that Arujo. A potent drink made from the fermented remains of the wine press. It's killer and the yellow stuff is smooth. RicksRicks
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    rain in spain

    When we went in April and early May it was misty and rainy at least part of every every day for a week, mostly in Gallicia. I had a light raincoat with hood, a waterproof pack cover, and a wide brimmed hat and good hiking shoes. The thing is where I come from (Cape Cod) when it clears up...
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    How do people 60-and-over plan their Camino?

    Love those afternoon naps after checking in to an auberge and having a shower! RicksRicks
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