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    Favorite pensiones/casa rurales on El Norte

    What a wealth of information. Thank you SO MUCH!
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    Favorite pensiones/casa rurales on El Norte

    Thank you! We are booked in San Sebastián and I'll get Deba set up. We will walk from San Sebastián on September 18.
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    Favorite pensiones/casa rurales on El Norte

    Hi all, My husband and I are walking the Norte from San Sebastián to Santander in mid-September. We stay in hotels versus albergues, and given what I've been reading about the bed race on the Norte, I figure that leaves more beds for those who are counting on albergue beds. But I know there are...
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    “Bed race” You should read this before attempting Camino Del Norte in July/August.

    Jbirk -- I'm headed to the Norte in a few weeks and will be staying in pensions. Did you book ahead, and if so, how far ahead? I'm used to booking the night before when staying in hotels on the Frances. Wondering I can expect the same. Thanks, and Buen Camino.
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    LIVE from the Camino Laurie and Alun on the Vasco

    Thanks for sharing this, Laurie. Amazing! It looks like you did the Vasco in one week (with a 45K day). Is that right?
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    Hiking Skirts

    I've worn a Royal Robbins Discovery Skirt on two Caminos and just loved it. Big, secure pockets and looks good enough for wearing after the Camino. I wear it all summer at home as well. They are almost discontinued, but still out there. And the Purple Rain skirt looks similar, but a bit shorter.
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    What to wear in bed?

    My first Camino I took nothing special to wear to sleep, assuming I'd sleep in some of my walking clothes as people advised. For me it was a mistake. The next time I took lightweight pajamas. This time I'm bringing silk long johns from Lands End. They weigh little, can provide a base layer if I...
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    Keto on the Camino???

    I was thinking about this thread as I took a training walk today. I am gluten free, which I realize is not keto, but I was able to make adjustments to make my Camino work, though I admit I ate plenty of (carb heavy) potatoes. However, I thought I'd mention that Spain is heaven for canned fish...
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    The Meseta.

    Another vote for Clementina's place. I loved it so much I wrote a story about it: http://www.edibleaustin.com/index.php/travel-2/beyond-texas/1674-food-for-the-journey Also, don't miss the pilgrim's mass in Carrion de los Condes. (I also stayed at Hotel la Corte, very happily.) It was a top...
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    Monastery in April?

    If you're willing to go off path for a few days, the monastery and monks at Santa Domino de Silos offer a transcendent experience. You can't stay at the monastery (only men) but there are pensiones just opposite, and they have been chanting there 1000 years and made the Chant albums. It would...
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    Confused about Macabi Skirt

    The Macabi didn't work for me. I'm also 5'2 and average weight, but I found the waist way too binding for me, so there wasn't a payoff for how unflattering it also looked. I bought a Royal Robbins Discovery skirt on Amazon and liked it so much I bought a second one. I wore it on the early part...
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    Gregorian Chants

    I also recommend the side trip to Santo Domingo de Silos -- it was a highlight of my Camino, even though it required two days off the walk itself. I hadn't heard about it until I was nearing Burgos, and I made the decision to make the side trip, and it was magical. (I was walking with the Chant...
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    Need a new waist pack

    Oh, thank you!!
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    Need a new waist pack

    This is the perfectly timed thread for me -- thank you! I hope to return to the Camino in June to walk in the weeks leading to my 50th birthday. I walked half the Frances in 2014. But I'm coming off a year of frozen shoulder and don't think I'll be ready to carry a backpack all day. I have no...
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    Choosing Monasteries/religious route

    I strongly recommend taking a side trip to Santa Domingo de Silos, outside Burgos. The monks of Silos have been singing Gregorian chant for a thousand years and you can hear them at all of the offices of the day. They also have accommodation -- though for men only. I'm a woman and stayed at a...
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