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The only thing that really concerned me the first time were the logistics of getting to the "start line". Friends had told me that after that, everything would just unfold as it should. They were right.
Before I'd ever walked a Camino I worried most about sleeping in albergues and finding meals. So first time around I used a company that booked me hotels and evening meals, on the Camino Portuguese. I learnt a lot that trip and determined to have...
Don't take off your backpack until you have your beer in hand. Don't leave it unattended if you are alone, or with newfound yet unknown "friends" IMHO.
Sometimes it is one way and sometimes the other. There may be a sign that says to go to the bar to order. Usually bar or drink tables don't have silverware and only have a napkin dispenser on them if anything.
Sometimes you will see that tables...
I have always carried an ICE Card / folded piece of paper with my passport. It is a simple Microsoft Word table, split into four panels.
Each panel has identical information. But each panel is in a different language: English, French, Portuguese...
I used two packs, much as you're describing, but my little pack turned out to be very uncomfortable and so I would stuff as much as I could into each day, ship it, and wear the bigger pack with more in it than I needed. If you're going to use...
Like when I went to Girl Scout camp at age 10, I again had ribbon labels made to sew into my clothes, hat, pack and other stuff I might lose (some of it I will certainly lose on the Camino. I do every time). My labels just say "Return...
So many great suggestions here.
I'd add:
1. Write a note on a piece of paper that says: IF FOUND, PLEASE CALL _____________. Then take a picture of it with your phone and make it your phone's screensaver. If someone finds your phone, they'll...
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