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Returned from Italy a few days ago. You have to wear masks indoors (shopping...), but in restaurants only to and from your table.
For indoor dinners you need to show the "green pass" what is simply the vacc. proof. I showed them my QR code via CovPass app and that always worked.
All in all I...
This is the PDF application form for pilgrims from the US: https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/demande_de_conversion_de_certificat_de_vaccination_en_cle85188d.pdf
As far as I understand, you need this + pass + vacc. pass + return ticket.
Yes, double vaccination is sufficient, you don't need a test. But you need to apply for the new "pass sanitaire" in France.
On this page you can find more information on how to apply for the pass.
From reading about the pass sanitaire I get the impression that this is quite a strong...
France has the new pass sanitaire. This will apply to SJPP and the restaurants and albergues there. You must be either vaccinated or have a negative test valid for 72 hours - otherwise no service. I don't know exactly how you can come by the pass sanitaire but it might be a good suggestion to...
Hi there,
this is exactly what I experienced in September 2015 on the first half of the CF (from St. Jean). Zubiri was "completo" by 3pm, the same for El Burgo Ranero around 1pm.
So, leaving early and being one of the first people to arrive at your destination is quite an advantage - although...
The author calls it a "booklet", Kindle gives an average reading time of 1hr 46min, so I think it's probably not long enough for a paperback edition.
However, I just read the first pages and I like what I see very much. It's this kind of "philosophical" camino memoirs I really like. Will buy...
My problem on that day was: El Burgo Ranero was "completo" and knowing that many people were on that part of the Camino I did book in advance with the La Laguna guy - a thing I did only three times on my Camino (when I felt it was necessary). So, leaving after seeing the beds would've meant...
Hi,
after returning from my Camino in late October I managed to keep that "Camino state of mind" for a few weeks, but then work and family took their toll again. In fact, I've been struggling a bit to keep myself on track - plus I had a lot of work in this first half of the year.
I've changed...
Yes, stayed there last September and had my first bites - and the exquisite feeling of a bed bug crawling over my face at 1 in the night. I just waited for the "hospitalero" to return in the morning - and out I went.
The albuerge is the only one I stayed at where there's a sign in Spanish...
Hmm... It's strange how many people have no contact with bb. at all. On my Camino in September and October I've been bitten frequently. There are some albergues where you can clearly see that the owners do nothing against bb.
I think the best advice is to learn how to spot them and the signs -...
Hi,
when you're walking the standard route, entering Pamplona through Villava, you'll pass by a small Vodafone store.
I bought a SIM card there. It was a nice experience: I had told the lady that I speak only a bit Spanish and she spoke so slowly that I was able to actually communicate very...
Hi,
I walked the river route in September 15. From the road junction where you leave the main Camino it's clearly marked saying "RIO".
However, you enter that "parque fluvial" not from its busiest part. Even as a man I felt a bit uneasy, probably because I was the only pilgrim for some time...
Buen Camino, Waka! I'll be 3 days behind you!
I know the very same feelings, in particular because I'm also starting (travelling to SJPdP) on my own. In my memory I have the saying "The Camino provides" and I hope that everything will be OK and also that I (we) will make it.
All the best to...
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