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  1. David Tallan

    Bus Muxia to Santiago Do I Pre book and with who?

    I pre-booked online on the Monbus website. I also saw more options on the schedule on the Monbus website than I had seen on Rome2Rio.
  2. David Tallan

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    I think we all tend to see more of what we are sensitized to look for. I know that as soon as I got a new car, that make and model seemed to be everywhere when I had never noticed many of them before. Similarly, it is interesting to read people's experience of the Camino Portugues from Lisbon...
  3. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    Also in Ávila on the Levante:
  4. David Tallan

    Hello 😃

    Others have covered a lot of good points already. I would suggest that you start now going on some walks with your backpack (loaded with what you expect to take). My pattern for training is start with shorter walks (like 5km) and gradually build up length and frequency to 20km walks. When I can...
  5. David Tallan

    Camino in late March for two weeks with two 11 yr olds

    I still think a Camino Portugues fits well into the length of time you have. Of course, it will be hotter then, and a Coastal (or Senda Litoral) Portugues sounds like it would provide more opportunities to cool off, which certainly sounds appealing. I haven't walked the Coastal myself (after...
  6. David Tallan

    Happy Shavuot!!!

    See, I thought that the more traditional view was to follow not the traditions of where you happen to be at the moment, but of your parents, which is why I said "unless your family is Israeli" rather than "unless you are in Israel". But I make no claim to real expertise. Also, I didn't know...
  7. David Tallan

    Reservations and WhatsApp

    Sometimes it wasn't really possible to give a heads up. For example, the published number for thr albergue leads to the ayunamiento, which is only open a few hours and never when you call, or the email is checked by the ayunamiento and you find when you arrive that they haven't passed on your...
  8. David Tallan

    Happy Shavuot!!!

    Two days unless your family is Israeli, if I recall correctly.
  9. David Tallan

    Help getting lodging past Sarria

    I can't say I agree with you.
  10. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    In Ávila, on the Camino de Levant.
  11. David Tallan

    Bronze Scallop Shell…Carry-on?

    This is when I start to get suspicious that someone just wanted some nice spices.
  12. David Tallan

    Are passport copies accepted at albergues?

    I believe it is transmitted to the Guardia Civil.
  13. David Tallan

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    I bought the book at Livreria Lello in Porto. I got it at a discount because the price I paid for entry into the beautiful bookstore was deducted from the price of the book. I finished it. It reminded me of the Carlos Castaneda books I read in my teens more than anything else. It did stretch my...
  14. David Tallan

    Memorable Climbs

    There were a lot of beautiful climbs on the San Salvador and Primitivo last year. And the climb to Fuenfria was also memorable, although I got rain rather than snow. But most memorable for me was the climb to A Fonsagrada on the Primitivo. I think that was the only one where I felt forced to...
  15. David Tallan

    Reservations and WhatsApp

    I guess it is a fine semantic distinction. On the lesser walked routes "first come, first served" isn't a thing so much because places don't fill. On the Camino de Madrid I was the only pilgrim in the place two thirds of the time and I don't think I encountered a full albergue on the Salvador...
  16. David Tallan

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    In most cases, I suspect tourist taxes are not meant to reduce the number of tourists, but rather, to extract additional municipal revenue from them to offset the costs for municipal infrastructure and services that their presence creates. Reducing the number of tourists is a whole other kettle...
  17. David Tallan

    Little sculptures

    From the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes in Toledo on the Camino de Levante:
  18. David Tallan

    Albergue in Manzanares el Real

    I had the same experience last year.
  19. David Tallan

    Getting a sello where I’m not starting?

    There is nothing preventing you from getting a sello in Madrid and starting from Leon. If you later use the credencial to get a distance certificate, you can always tell them you really started walking in Leon. Even if you don't, chances are that they will see a stamp in Madrid and the next one...
  20. David Tallan

    The forum, 20 years on.

    Interesting, initially the site was not so much about the path as the destination. That has changed somewhat. And from the very first post there was a distinction made between "tourists" and "pilgrims". :) But Ivar was clear that the distinction was not prejudicial. The forum is for all.

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