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Pilgrim Greeting from Germany ;-) After an uneventful 2,5h drive my kind and long-suffering husband deposited me in the center of Görlitz and drove back home to Prague. After checking into the Pilgerherberge (Pilger=pilgrim, Herberge=hostel, you are getting a bit of a “Pilgrim German” course...

First I want to give a huge thank you to this forum and the people on it. I learned so much from the information here and was so well prepared I feel I didn't have too many packing or planning foibles. I thought I'd share my packing list along with the methods I used for staying dry, how I...

I always like to read what other people pack because everyone is different and things that are important to one person are completely irrelevant to another. I marvel at how much some people spend and I also I enjoy reading about how much some people know about the latest Camino gear. So here is...

I am a US woman in my 40s and I started in Pamplona in early May. I arrived in Santiago in early June. I have been home from my Camino experience for about 1 month. I gained a lot of advice and wisdom from this forum and I would like to give back in the hope that my experience will help...

Following the enthusiastic reception of @Jo Jo 's report on gear, I thought I would post mine. This comes from the perspective of a mature woman who had no previous hiking experience. Before I walked the Camino Frances in 2013 I did lots of research on this and other forums, drinking in the...

Along 550-mile Camino de Santiago, volunteers maintain a hostel for those who make the journey A refuge for pilgrims Sunday, July 25, 2004 By Rebekah Scott, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette RABANAL DEL CAMINO, Spain -- I met him in April, deep in the mountains of northern Spain. Through our long...

Hi! We are a family of 5 who walked the Camino from Leon to Santiago last month. I had read the forum extensively before we left and found then very useful. What I have to add concerns footwear and bedbugs (no relation intended). Footwear: I had read suggestions concerning light hiking boots...

Just donate it to your local charity shop before you go on Camino after trying it out at home first and hating it.🙃

Most people over pack the first time on Camino. I surely did - and ended up mailing home a 2kg parcel only a few days in. You will quickly know if your pack weight is jeopardizing your trek. But it would be better to whittle it down off the bat. And to that end, you've received some good...

@Val&Tom re the pillow question, Spanish pillows are long and narrow, quite a different shape to what you probably have at home. If bringing pillow cases be prepared for the pillow to stick out the end somewhat! Or use something that wraps around. Also the Spanish pillows tend to be quite thin...

Search "pillow shape" to get started. Some people claim that there is no standard shape in Spain. However, I recall a lot that were long (e.g. 1 m) and narrow (maybe 30 cm wide). I take a silk scarf about 18" x 48", that weighs only 28 g. I can unwrap it from my neck after dinner, and wrap it...

I use a medium-sized stuff sack for a pillow when I'm walking, either on camino or backpacking. I just remove the contents, roll any soft clothing into a suitable shape, and arrange it in the sack until it is comfortable for me.

OK, head-above-the-parapet time, I'm going to advocate for the pillow-bringers... My Sea to Summit Aeros blow-up pillow weighs 80g in its bag. It's the first item on my packing list and just about the last I'd be prepared to part with. Admittedly I have had some neck issues in the past from...

Cocoon Travel Sheet – I use a rectangular silk travel sheet that has a pocket pillow insert. The rectangular shape is not as constricting as a mummy sheet. The pillow pocket insert allows me to use the pillow from an albergue if provided. Otherwise, I improvise a pillow with my drybag and some...

On my first camino (long before supplied pillow cases were a "thing") I took a stretchy infinity scarf, because my sleeping bag did not have a hood. The infinity scarf was a jersey type material, wonderfully soft, and could stretch to handle any shape of pillow. It turned out to be one of...

Bringing your own pillow case from home is a nice idea, but there is no standard size /shape pillow in use along the way! Perhaps a light weight scarf would be a better solution for you. ...Walking in late autumn/winter I have never been bothered by bedbugs. Not yet.

There is no standard size or shape pillow used on the camino. Hence many pilgrims carry a lightweight scarf which can easily be used to cover whatever is provided. MM

As I can't stand being confined while sleeping, I did the following: I bought a 180 gram rectangular silk liner (80 cm wide) with pillow compartment and cut it open in an inverted T-shape (see picture 1) to open it up completely and now it works like a flat sheet but still has the pillow...

Per your suggestion for a neck brace, I just stuffed my down jacket into a pair of long compression socks. It feels like it might work as a pillow.

I used a stretchy infinity scarf that fit any size or shape pillow I came across. It was wonderfully soft too.