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I've been drinking 2 or 3 cups of coffee a day my whole life but for years I couldn't find any that I really liked anymore.
Until the camino! I did the Portuguese 2 years ago and I love the meia de leite in Portugal even more than the café con leche in Spain.
Back home I bought a coffee...
Okay, that last line makes me wonder: Does clicking the 'Send' (or 'Alta individual' or 'Create a group') button get you a QR-code and number just like the QR-code and number you get at the Pilgrim's office to line up for a Compostela? If not, why would you have to be in Santiago already to send...
I have a Portuguese credential with a first page for personal details + starting place + starting date.
The second page (first page for the stamps) has place for the first stamp + date.
I will be in Porto the day before I start walking the Camino Portugues. I already ordered my credential online but of course I will have to get my first stamp from the Cathedral in Porto.
If I get my stamp the afternoon/evening before I start walking, does that mean that date will be put in my...
Can I ask you something else?
There's the digital form on the Pelgrim's office website now. When you click 'register', choose 'single' and select English language you can fill in the form. But then the only option to continue is 'create a group'. When you select Spanish language you can...
I always read that you had to fill in a form (on paper) at the Pelgrims Office to obtain a Compostella. They would ask for your reasons to walk and the three options where something like: religious, spiritual and other reasons. You would get a Compostella if you walked for religious or spiritual...
Several websites, including the official site of the Pelgrim's office explain getting a numbered ticket with QR code that allows you to see what number they're at.
This is the first time though I find out that apparently you cannot get a numbered ticket anymore before you have completed an...
I've seen some you tube video's from menu del dia's on the camino and it looked like the main was always something like chicken or cod with fries. No problem with meat or fish with fries, but every day?
Would love to try the local specialties but I think you have to order from the carta then?
I haven't walked the camino yet, so the difference is not very clear to me.
From what I understand the Menu del Dia is originally for the Spaniards themselves, but of course everyone can order them, including pilgrims. Served at lunch time.
Pilgrim Menu is 'invented' for the pilgrims because...
How do you use the 6 credencials (or in general: more than one credential) if you want to get a distance certificate at the end?
Do you simply collect your next sellos in an empty new credential?
Or do you need the same sello on the first page of a new credential as is on the last page of the...
You might not want to hear this but volunteering at a children's home might not be in the best interest of those children. Just picked two of the many articles on this subject:
https://www.worldnomads.com/responsible-travel/make-a-difference/people/orphanage-visits-more-harmful-than-helpful...
In my opinion not having much time in Santiago de Compostela is not the same as 'failure to plan ahead'. Some people can't take many days off work and still want to do a camino. I myself plan to walk from Porto for 15 days, arrive in Santiago in the end of the morning on the 15th day. I'll have...
But even without a phone and the possibility to check numbers remotely, you still have some idea of how long things are gonna take. If the estimated waiting time is 4 or 5 hours, at least you know you can go and grab a coffee or lunch somewhere. Come back, check the number and decide to stay or...
I have not walked the camino yet, but I think attending the mass in itself and getting the compostela are the main acknowledgement of what you've just accomplished, apart from your personal accomplishment of course.
Buen Camino is something you can compare with Bon Appetite. You say it before...
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