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    Traveling from Canada

    If you have time and resources to see a little more of Spain - we flew Toronto to Bilbao direct - loved Bilbao! Then train to San Sebastian (ditto) and bus to Pamplona and SJPP.
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    Backpack Transfer

    No need to book luggage transfer in advance of your arrival. You can do this "one day at a time" as you go. We usrd several different companies and they were all good. The albergue manager can usually recommend an operator and contact them for you or you can do it yourself online or by phone...
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    Bus from Pamplona to St Jean

    Definitely get your tickets in advance. We were there in April, showed up at the bus station same day and the bus we wanted was already full....will likely be even busier now.
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    Where to stay in SJPP ?

    I stayed at Belari for two nights before starting the camino in April. While I am not an "icebreaker" fan, I decided to just go with it and ended up meeting some lovely people. I enjoyed it even more the second night, as I realized the diversity of people walking the camino and their...
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    Mailing/shipping items to another country

    We just shipped our backpacks from Santiago to Oxford UK with Mailboxes etc. Takes a week, cost about 100€ for two big packs.
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    Sending your backpack home

    Thanks so much - do you recall how much it cost? Sorry for all the questions!
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    Sending your backpack home

    Thank you! Did you have any issues with customs? US or Canada? I shipped my boots home after a hiking trip to Scotland and got dinged by canadian customs.
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    Sending your backpack home

    Thank you, very helpful!
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    Sending your backpack home

    Has anyone shipped their backpack home to Canada (or US) from Santiago? If so, would be very appreciative if you could please share any advice from your experience - carrier, cost, time, customs etc. I am going to England post-camino and would prefer not to haul my pack around with me. Many...
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    Getting from Santiago to Bilbao

    Hoping someone might have advice as I'm getting nowhere online....I have to go to England after my camino, and have a flight booked to Bristol from Bilbao May 11 late afternoon. I can't seem to find an easy way to get from Santiago to Bilbao that doesn't involve leaving Santiago on the 10th, or...
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    Gehwol foot cream

    I didn't start using it before the Camino. Three weeks in, I am using it before bed, in the morning before putting on socks, mid-day after drying feet and before putting on clean socks. Love this stuff - no blisters. But I think the mid-day boot airing, foot inspection and sock change really...
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    Backpack transfers

    We sent it to the packs to the monastery in Roncesvalles, from Orrison. You'll be glad you did. That part of the route is stunningly beautiful, but has some challenging sections. Lots of people forward their packs. Buen camino!
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    Backpack transfers

    We have been forwarding our backpacks most days since St Jean - it's very easy. Every albergue so far has had a supply of envelopes for various transport companies we used Bourricot to Orisson and are now using NCS in Spain - but there are others and they all seem very very professional. Cost...
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    How to get Credentials from S JEAN please ? Can I do it online

    How's the weather there, Tom? Beun camino.
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    From Yellowknife NT Canada

    So excited to be walking my first Camino, starting April 10th from SJPdP. Just returned to Canada from two months in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I met several people who had walked various Caminos......they're everywhere! So appreciate all the good advice and various perspectives on...
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    Avoiding highways on the Camino Frances

    Thanks again, everyone, for all your posts in reply to my question. As a regular forum reader, I did expect to get a variety of responses and they are all truly helpful for this first time pelligrina. So many options....all of which serve to reassure me that whatever happens, it will all be...
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    Avoiding highways on the Camino Frances

    Thanks very much to everyone who replied to my request. My instincts align with Mark Lee's advice to just start in SJPdP and adjust as we go...thanks for that, Mark.....will keep the different perspectives on the meseta and other options for skipping ahead that were offered in mind, too. Love...
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    Avoiding highways on the Camino Frances

    Hello everyone - Looking for advice from more experienced peliginos. Through a series of unfortunate events, the time my friend and I had originally allocated to walk the CF has been compressed. We'll now start April 10th from SJPP and she needs to be in Santiago by May 8 - 4 weeks. That's...
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    Camino Frances late March

    Thanks, Chloe!
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    Camino Frances late March

    Thanks, MT - appreciate your helpful advice. As we say in the north, there's no bad weather, just poor clothing choices!

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