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My bank in Australia phoned me while I was transferring euros into my new Wise card. Stated this was the fraud dept and had I just transferred a large amount into Wise. I was very thankful to them for keeping an eye on my account.
I like to walk alone during the day but enough to meet up at cafes and to have dinner with in the evenings.
You lose some and gain some in the 6 weeks but in Salamanca there was a good gathering and then on the Sanabrese a bunch of us who started in Seville were still in tune to Santiago. Perfecto!
I count my Caminos by the amount of flights from Australia .17 now and will be 18 next April. Sometimes 2or 3 Caminos in each trip. Needless to say I no longer collect Compostelas. Worse part of any Camino is the long flight.:rolleyes:
Hopefully the new path will be open for you.
This April I walked to the Vasco da Gama bridge on my day off in Lisbon ,took the train back . Next morning I decided to taxi to Alpriate and walk to Vila Franca where I had booked.
Painful start as the taxi driver had no idea where Alpriate was . He...
Hi, I'm from WA . I always preload my Bankwest Mastercard for emergencies .I don't use it as a credit card but could if required.
In the past I have taken a travelcard loaded with a couple of thousand euros but this year got a recommendation for a Wise visa card , it was ideal and will use this...
RAC travel quoted me $1387 for two months from Perth. Unlimited medical /hospital for Covid. Also includes if you are tested positive before your flight and need to change dates. However that's nearly double Covermore International +.
7/10 for me and yes I am a Camino addict. My first was to celebrate my 60th birthday .It was memorable with 12 of my Camino family at the Parador in Rabanal. Thinking back I couldn't have started younger as my life panned out in such a way that 2007 was exactly when I needed to be there.
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