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    Good place to exchange money?

    Thanks for the advice!
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    Good place to exchange money?

    I plan to use ATMs throughout but we brought $500 to get us started since we are arriving Sat night. And I heard warnings about using ATM on weekend. Any chance of places taking US dollars?
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    Good place to exchange money?

    I'm sitting here in the Chicago airport, finally on my way to the Camino! There is a place to exchange my dollars to euros here, but the exchange rate is .76 which seems pretty low. Does anyone have recommendations on a place where I can do better than that?
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    Requiring all my patience....

    Just be thankful you got into the albergue. The other 900 peoples are wishing they could hear that sound right now :P
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    Accomodation...or lack of

    So if there are 300 beds available, and 900 pilgrims show up, what are the other 600 doing to sleep? We have a budget of $3200 for the two of us for 40 days, so $300 hotel rooms are out of the question for us.
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    Accomodation...or lack of

    Where are you seeing the daily figures? If I go to statistics and try to select May it tells me I can only see the statistics for the previous month.
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    Time to switch?

    I just want to take it a day at a time, and not have to try to reserve days in advance. And I am not going to rush the hike either. We are good wherever we can find a place to lay our heads, be that an albergue, hostel, monastery, in our tents, or even under a bridge if we have to.
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    I could have murdered for ...

    When I hiked a section of the AT back in 2014 I had this craving for a cheeseburger and cherry coke that I couldn't shake for days. Further into the hike I started dreaming about eating apples that didn't go away. Now I eat an apple every day and remember the feeling of wanting them so badly...
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    Time to switch?

    That's the approach my son and I agreed on last night. We are going to start the Frances and see how it goes. If the first few days are unbearable we will head up and do the Primitivo. The Camino San Salvador sounds intriguing. Will have to look into that.
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    Time to switch?

    I wouldn't say it's that great... I have been studying Duolingo for a few months and it says I know 1500 words. I could probably get something broken out like: "Mi hijo con yo tenemos tienda de campaña. Podemos quedar en su patio?" Do you think they would understand, lol?
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    Time to switch?

    My tent is about 2lbs and my total weight is about 15lbs lighter than I carried for 300 miles on the Appalachian a year and a half ago, so I'm not too worried about the weight. I do appreciate the advice, though :)
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    Time to switch?

    I'm assuming the Norte or Primitivo shouldn't have this same bedding problem?
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    Time to switch?

    I was think more along the lines of camping out in albergue yards. More than willing to pay for it... Never having done the Camino, I don't even know what percentage of albergues even have yards, though.
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    Time to switch?

    Well, my son seems pretty set on the Camino Frances. Info on the internet seems to be a mixed bag on whether using a tent is a good idea or not. With overcrowding, it seems like they would be pretty open to the idea of people bringing their own place to sleep, though.
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    Time to switch?

    Or I can order from Amazon next day. Not leaving till Friday morning. Do you have a guidebook you recommend for it?
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