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  1. west coast paul

    Train from Paris (CDG) to st.jean pied-du-port

    I wish you the best of luck and the grandest of travels, I'd love to be there but my post was actually quite some time ago (2007). :)
  2. west coast paul

    Train from Paris (CDG) to st.jean pied-du-port

    it was a great story to live, but unfortunately the cards folded upon themselves and it didn't work out. it's amazing what the camino can give and take away (in a good way). the complications arise when one is back within their own ill-defined caminos at home :)
  3. west coast paul

    pretty much terrified - landing in Lisbon Monday the 28th

    agreed. it did however get me moving, regardless if I knew the train was the right one or not. but as soon as I started moving it became a trip of internal motivation rather than motivation from unease. honestly, I'm a content loner in life, but that was the first time I've put myself into...
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    pretty much terrified - landing in Lisbon Monday the 28th

    I'm a terrible planner and get over-whelmed by all the organized possibilities, so I usually fly by the seat of my pants. when I arrived in paris, I didn't even know how to get out of the airport. I paced the cdg for a couple hours and made phone calls to family (answering machines with my...
  5. west coast paul

    How do people adjust to home after their return from the Camino?

    it's been seven years, and i still have flashbacks to my happiest moments as if they are in current time. all it takes for me is walking alone in the early morning, or feeling cool morning air before the sun takes its place. any gravel path the i feel beneath me, and crossing any long grass...
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    Train from Paris (CDG) to st.jean pied-du-port

    thank-you for the kind reminder, trevor. i rarely check the email associated with this site, so it was good timing considering i have been thinking of this trip as of late. i feel the need to go back to visit the part of me i left behind. also, all the best for your trip, sept.4 is a good date!
  7. west coast paul

    Train from Paris (CDG) to st.jean pied-du-port

    i just got an email notification saying my thread had a reply, so i thought i'd drop in after posting two years ago. i never did get that train from CDG airport. the travel assistance there had no idea where st.jean was, so i figured i'd hop on a random train into paris, walk around, get a...
  8. west coast paul

    Guidebook

    thank-you. i think i'm just getting the last minute nerves.
  9. west coast paul

    Guidebook

    Re: Guidebook + Credential ps.. i leave first thing tommorrow morning. (4th) !!! paul
  10. west coast paul

    Guidebook

    Re: Guidebook and Credential hi, where specifically in St.Jean Pied-du-Port do I get a credential and maps etc.? tourism office? i have no idea where the train will take me... near town, i town? i am ready to be lost, but a general idea would be appreciated. thanks, paul
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    Maps and guide books available in St.Jean Pied-du-Port?

    hi, i'll be flying out tommorrow to do the camino. i have a rather big, text-only book on the camino, and a book on northern spain. i'm taking the northern spain book, but am wondering if guide books and maps are available in St.JeanPiedduPort. if so, where at? thanks, paul
  12. west coast paul

    hiking september/october. Sleeping Bag, or Sheet +Mat?

    hi natashaom7, i plan on taking a train down from paris to st. jean. someone here gave me a website: http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_Sv ... HomepageUK it seems like tickets are available for pickup around the world except canada it seems. 100-150$ CAD, so flying is probably cheaper, but...
  13. west coast paul

    converter or spanish li-ion battery charger>?

    i have a digital camera that takes a lithion-ion battery. i'm definitely getting a back-up battery, but has anyone had experience using a charger for these on the camino? my manual says not to use converters with the charger, but i think that may just be them making sure they are not...
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    hiking september/october. Sleeping Bag, or Sheet +Mat?

    hi everyone, i'm leaving on my first camino trek in a week. so you'll probably hear from me a bit with my last minute supply gathering/contemplations. i've read various opinions about sleeping bags, obviousely everyone has their own levels of comfort/needs. i am contemplating getting either...
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    Train from Paris (CDG) to st.jean pied-du-port

    Hi everyone, well, i did it, booked my ticket for september 4th to paris. i am a bit nervous to say the least! hey, i might lose my job over this trip, but i am so happy that i went for it, finally! it's been on my mind since 1st year art history, 7 years ago. now all i need to do is figure...
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