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  1. J Willhaus

    Sundays and public holidays

    One caveat this this is that during the Christmas Shopping season in December, we often saw stores open late and on weekends Zamora.
  2. J Willhaus

    Sundays and public holidays

    Even in larger towns, shops will likely be closed on Sundays.
  3. J Willhaus

    vodafone sim purchase

    I may be incorrect (and I am sure someone will correct me) but in order to get an eSim with a Spanish phone number you have to physically visit a phone vendor and show your passport. If you don't need a Spanish number and just want data, you can buy an eSim at home and then activate it when you...
  4. J Willhaus

    Would it be overkill to bring both a rain jacket and the Altus poncho in Oct/Nov?

    I have had both a rain coat and an Altus Poncho. As long as it isn't raining a lot, the jacket with pack cover is OK. Last winter though it rained on me almost every day for a long portion of the day. I was glad to have my Altus Poncho with a synthetic puffer jacket underneath. I won't go back...
  5. J Willhaus

    The king’s breadmaker

    I am sure the brown sugar helped immensely, too!
  6. J Willhaus

    vodafone sim purchase

    I think you will need to wait until you reach Pamplona.
  7. J Willhaus

    LIVE from the Camino Walking the CF for Teresa

    Maybe after this holiday week passes, things will thin out and you'll be back to gritty pilgrims again.
  8. J Willhaus

    LIVE from the Camino Account of a very challenging day SJPdP to Roncesvalles (crazy weather)

    My experience is that there were more fruit and vegetable stores than regular supermarkets. For vegetarian protein there are jars of beans, hummus, and even peanut butter (look in the child snack section) in the supermarkets. I agree that the pilgrim menu can get quite tiresome.
  9. J Willhaus

    The Camino will provide?

    Thanks for this. It sounds a lot like our first Camino, but interestingly enough we've been back 8 times now. Somehow the sprained ankle, the bilateral blisters, the searing heat, the food poisoning didn't put us off and we returned home with the sense of peace and belief in good people. The...
  10. J Willhaus

    Try something new?

    I stay at the ones I know I love or that fit me best again. Others where my experience was "meh", I skip.
  11. J Willhaus

    The king’s breadmaker

    He'd probably been up for hours already making bread!
  12. J Willhaus

    LIVE from the Camino K's Primitivo 24

    Sounds like everyone else is down on the CF; you are a Pathfinder and free spirit!
  13. J Willhaus

    Two pilgrims injured in an attack by a cow

    Yes, this makes more sense now.
  14. J Willhaus

    The king’s breadmaker

    The bakers Susanna and Chuchi in Grañón gave us a huge paper flour sack ( the kind they buy bulk flour in, and told us to always store the bread in it. The same at Arrés, the baker at Puente la Reina de Jaca told us to store the bread in the paper flour sack and offered us one for the albergue...
  15. J Willhaus

    The Camino will provide?

    I have given another pilgrim money for a bed and supper more than once. I did it knowing I might never see the money again. When I give like that, I understand that once the money leaves my hands, I have no controll on what the other person does with it. One pilgrim got to Orrison thinking he...
  16. J Willhaus

    The Camino will provide?

    I agree and disagree. I wouldnt expect someone to bring me a lost item, but I think it does happen that people are reunited with lost things from time to time due to the kindness of strangers (even in everyday life). I think people post queries here to get the collective mind and wisdom on how...
  17. J Willhaus

    Route planning- Help!

    Do you need to end in Santiago? If you don't, just start somewhere easy to get to from Barcelona and start walking. Travel will eat into the pilgrimage if you travel to Madrid and back and you will want to be somewhere easily accessible to Madrid of you plan to go to a concert. That's more...
  18. J Willhaus

    Two pilgrims injured in an attack by a cow

    Not many details provided here as to the circumstances. Our cattle usually only did this if provoked such as territory or calves threatened. Certainly they are large mammals and can inflict serious injury and deserve respect.
  19. J Willhaus

    Buying shoes on a Sunday. Are sports stores open?

    That's great! I would go for a long walk with your pack on to be certain.
  20. J Willhaus

    How to use the search function?

    Sometimes we encourage newer members to "use the search function" for a topic that has had many conversations such as bed bugs, shoes, socks, poncho vs raincoat, hiking piles, to book or not to book, bag transport, etc. But the search function isn't all that helpful and mainly people just want...

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