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I got a WhatsApp a little bit ago and also saw here on the forum that @Vacajoe posted that the pilgrim albergue in Canfranc Pueblo will be opening April 16.
https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2024/04/05/renfe-empezara-vender-billetes-trenes-avril-dia-18-empezar-viajes-mediados-mayo/00031712312945670512792.htm
There will be reduced numbers of trains this summer, but because of this new faster train with more capacity there will be the...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4553521/
I found this older (2013) scientific article today about bed bugs. It is testing a permethrin impregnated product for a few different things, like killing the bugs and also repelling them and keeping them from feeding.
All bed bugs are not...
We just got our newsletter this morning with a hospitalero report from 2023 from HosVol (one of the organizations we volunteer for that staffs albergues on various Caminos with volunteers). They covered volunteers for 22 albergues in 2023 and there were 587 volunteer hospitaleros needed for this...
https://bresca.es/santiago-de-compostela/
They say they have gluten free stuff(pizza, pastas) as well as vegan and vegetarian. Thinking of making a reservation for tomorrow for a group.
It was 4 F (-15 C) when I caught the shuttle to the airport at 4 am. Hope its warmer in Spain. Shuttle from Laramie, WY, to Denver. Flight to Denver, then flight to Madrid where I will meet my 10 students at our hotel. M., the other professor, and I should be on the same flights with 3 students...
UGT y CC.OO. anuncian ocho días de huelga en Iberia en Navidad - http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/economia/2023/12/13/ugt-ccoo-anuncian-ocho-dias-huelga-iberia-navidad/00031702495294870774593.htm
Ok, mildly freaking out as my students and I are supposed to fly to Santiago early on the 30th...
Braga inaugurará en 2024 un nuevo albergue para peregrinos del Camino de Santiago - http://www.lavozdegalicia.eshttps//venagalicia.gal/noticia/2023/11/29/braga-inaugurara-2024-nuevo-albergue-peregrinos-camino-santiago/00031701272185071381575.htm
Article about a new albergue planned in Braga for...
Preparing for our first 4 hour session with students I am taking on a short winter Camino. The first, still- at- home session will go over the course syllabus (2 credit university course), topics for the individual assignments, a pre-camino self well-being assessment, brief Camino history...
This is for those of you who use a Schwab debit account on the Camino. Here at home in the US, I can use my debit card from a non-Schwab bank as I would a credit card for purchases like groceries, gas, dining out, etc. and not just for accessing cash at an ATM. If I use it for Hotels, they put a...
Hi Pilgrims,
Some of you may remember that I am taking a group of 10 nursing students on a study abroad over the Christmas break. I am retiring in the Spring so the school asked me to do this with another instructor so they can keep offering the course after I retire. We only have time to do...
Air travel just isn't fun any more. I remember the excitement of the journey as a child and watching airplanes take off and land at the airport with my grandparents in the big city of St Louis.
Today I am in Frankfurt on an overnight layover home to the US. I woke to find our flights have been...
It has never been easier to cross the streets or find a free bathroom today in downtown Madrid near Atocha. We're staying at the Oxygen Hostel again. Phil still hates it, but I think it is quiet, clean, cool, and in a great location. The streets are blocked all around for the Pride activities...
Phil and I arrived on the crowded double decker bus today in Muxia from Finesterre. There were some detours and road blocks due to mowing and painting maintenance, but we made it through only 15 minutes late. There was a near riot as we disembarked and tried to get our bags and pilgrims turned...
Hi all,
Phil and I are in Finesterre today and tonight. We had a mishap at the great restaurant and bar El Puerto where Phil confidently ordered two rounds if Goyza Shrimp and then for supper ordered the regular Gambas (shrimp) and got this
He bravely tried to deconstruct one, and then gave up...
Walked around Santiago yesterday to go to Mass at noon, get my Compostela, and do some research for return with my students this winter.
I got a blister! Same shoes and socks as the Camino this last week when I got no blisters! Only a small one and in the same place as one of my 2016 blisters...
Done with our volunteer time in Arres on the Aragon Way. On the train to Sarria now.
Stayed at the Oxygen hostal in Madrid last night in a double pod. Phil hated it because he likes to spread out. Packs are kept in a secure locker away from your sleeping pod. Extremely clean and quiet. Perfect...
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