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    Learning Easy Spanish

    Ahh! This is incredibly helpful! I took your recommendation, picosrider, and have drafted a (very small) phrasebook, since I've procrastinated on the learning Spanish front. (If I ever have kids, they'll be multilingual, no ifs, ands, or buts!) Thank you all for your contributions to this...
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    Terrain from Sarria to Santiago

    Thanks again to everyone who replied to me! I've seen a foot doctor and he said that it's likely a tendon problem. It's seemed to get much better in response to the RICE treatment, and I'll hopefully be back to walking with a pack shortly. So, for now it seems like the mini-Camino is back on...
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    Terrain from Sarria to Santiago

    Wow, thanks for the quick replies! I'm going to the foot doc on Monday (the clinic is closed on weekends--imagine that! :wink: ) and see what he says. Last time I followed the advice of some well-meaning family members and hobbled around for 3 months before caving--not this time! That 3 months...
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    Terrain from Sarria to Santiago

    Hi all, My mini-Camino is a little over 6 weeks away--yay! Unfortunately, I think I've just sprained (and by sprained, I might actually mean broken) my foot. I've suffered a similar injury many years ago, and it took about 6 weeks in a walking cast before I was allowed to shower without...
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    Tarta de Santiago

    I know it's been a while since this thread was active, but I thought I'd add that I've seen almond flour (AKA almond meal) in bulk at one of the Bulk Barn stores in my city. I recently bought some (MUCH more expensive) at a speciality kitchen shop, only to see it in a huge bulk bin when I went...
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    Pack size

    LOL!!! :lol: See, that's what typically happens to me!
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    Pack size

    Thank you, tyrrek! I'll be sure to step in every mud puddle I see as I attempt to train for the long walking days! :wink: I will definitely be trying to make new friends along my short stretch of the Camino, and I'm looking forward to meeting new people! I'll be there in October, and I'm...
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    Pack size

    Hi everyone, I'm heading off to do my mini-Camino (starting in Sarria) in a few months, and I'm trying to decide how I want to organize my luggage. I'm heading south afterwards to see some other sights, so I'm pretty sure I'll be packing a larger rolling bag for that portion, and since I've...
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    Mini Camino in October

    Apparently Sarria has a train station (from what I've pieced together with my website savvy and a lot of Google Translate), and you can catch a train there from Monforte de Lemos. My plan is to take a train from Bilbao to Monforte de Lemos, then catch another train to get to Sarria. It'll be a...
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    Quickest mode of transport from Bilbao to Sarria

    I've been poking around Renfe.com and noticed that there appears to be a train station in Sarria. Currently, my plan is to take the train from Bilbao to Monforte de Lemos, and take another train to Sarria from there. I'm still not 100% sure if this works, but that's my plan so far. (If anyone...
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    Mini Camino in October

    Hi all, I'm planning to do a mini-Camino Frances this October (starting at Sarria and working to Santiago). I'd love to do the full one, but that will have to wait until I rack up more vacation hours, so I hope I'll be able to get a taste of the experience during the few days I'll be on the...
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