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  1. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    It's certainly still current in Poitou Charentes. We call it godaille and usually mop it up with bread. I have heard that it's acceptable to drink a dry sherry with a consommé but that was a long time ago in a country far away. I'll drink wine with anything except chocolate, and I might even...
  2. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Sorry, wrong again. The French drink what they want and waiters don't have heart attacks if your choice is unusual. Either bottled or tap water is normal and wine is of course another option. You really don't know much about France, less than I do, but then I've only lived here for thirty five...
  3. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Not again! I think everyone learns basic table manners as a child, which is all anyone expects. I can learn any big differences in about five minutes, which leaves plenty of time for thinking about anything else I want to think about. Funnily enough, it doesn't include listening to or reading a...
  4. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Why not? It's as cheap to make so an increased price is likely due to tax. If there is no extra tax on the beer then the cost should reflect the production cost.
  5. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    That's certainly the system in France. Usually it's possible to buy exactly the same wine both in bag in box and bottle, in the middle of the price range at least. My local pub serves a very nice Pays d'Oc in cafafe or bottle ( 25cl or 50cl or 1 litre in carafe, the bottle is standard 75cl) ...
  6. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    I live on France and that's how I buy my everyday wine. Usually in a 3 litre bag in box which fits nicely in the fridge or on the table and keeps for as long as it needs to. The bag collapses as it's emptied so the air doesn't get in. Sometimes the box is omitted but there is always a tap at the...
  7. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Oh yes, I feel your pain. The PTSD lasts for a long time after that sort of experience.
  8. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Excuse me while I go and bang my head against the wall. Training trips? It's a walk in a first world country. With places to stay. Good grief.
  9. Barbara

    Three rescues on the Route Napoleon yesterday

    I agree with most of what you say, especially starting already tired. That said, the oxygen level is not really a problem going over a fairly low pass. A bit over 1000 metres for St Jean pied de Port, rather more for Somport. There is an article on wiki...
  10. Barbara

    New Camino route identified

    And the date is?
  11. Barbara

    3.7 magnitude earthquake in Sarria this afternoon

    Hardly surprising, really, with all the extra people joining the Camino there.
  12. Barbara

    LIVE from the Camino FRANCÉS: Flies, spiders, isolation & roommates: not what I expected!

    O Tempora, O Mores I used that guide, too. Though I lost it about half way along the Norte, at the same place where I lost one sock from a washing line. I'm still not sure how that happened. Fortunately keeping the sea on the right worked quite well most of the time. As did rocking up at a bar...
  13. Barbara

    Flies. Just sayin…

    Apparently so. And by getting warm, or cold, or wet.
  14. Barbara

    Question about booking accommodations ahead of time

    Well, yes. But unless you have the statistics to hand, how will you take them into account?
  15. Barbara

    What's so special about SJPP?

    I'm very much inclined to agree with this as far as the Frances is concerned. Not so much twenty years ago on the Norte with a donkey. Populated certainly, culture and beauty, plenty of tiny tiendas but no lists, very little waymarking, no useable map and you try taking a donkey on a bus! That...
  16. Barbara

    Dangerous Pavement kerb

    I once saw a sharp knife in an albergue kitchen. Should I have reported it?
  17. Barbara

    What's so special about SJPP?

    Because, although it's a more recent pilgrimage there is absolutely no reason why it couldn't, and I was trying to make the point that this discussion hasn't got a point....That's where the community of walkers has decided it starts so that's the way it is. Plus there was rather a good book...
  18. Barbara

    What's so special about SJPP?

    Yes, thank you. I have actually read it, many years ago, though I struggled with the Latin and ended up reading a translation in parallel. I was just being a little (I thought) humorous. Maybe I should have used some smileys? I was simply playing on the idea of the Camino starting from home...
  19. Barbara

    What's so special about SJPP?

    I'll put my oar in here and say not all that much detail, as far as the route goes. Anyway, it starts in Antigny in the Vienne. Must do, that's where I live. Or possibly Paizay le sec, where I used to live. Or Canterbury, because why not? Or Parthenay.
  20. Barbara

    Your gracious opinions on my itinerary for 1st 10 days from Pamplona

    I think your plan is fine. Just remember that no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy. Enjoy your Camino, however it turns out. Be careful though, it can be addictive.

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