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  1. Barbara

    Where to start past Le Puy to save 4-6 days

    There is a subsidised taxi from the station to Conques. You could start there. Shame to miss Conques.
  2. Barbara

    Appointment needed to go to health Center ?

    I don't think that's invariably true or even terribly relevant. The health centre is public health care and is what you will find in a small town . If you want a private hospital or clinic then only the larger towns will have one. It will probably be easier and quicker to visit the local health...
  3. Barbara

    Recovering, step by step

    Good to hear of steady improvement for all the wounded warriors. For those who like to read, I would suggest an e-reader for instant new books! Maybe on a gooseneck stand fixed to your favourite chair, with a page turner clipped to the reader. And possibly a cat on your lap for warmth and...
  4. 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...
  5. Barbara

    Pacemaker Implant Surgery Tomorrow. A New Phase for Future Caminos.

    All the best from France for your surgery and a quick recovery!
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Barbara

    Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed?

    I once did a walk in France with a dog and a donkey. Not even my dog, his owner was on holiday. Sometimes the dog got to stay in my room, sometimes in my tent, and often in the stable with the donkey. Sometimes all three of us were in the stable. We all had a great time. Just don't expect a...
  9. 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.
  10. 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) ...
  11. 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...
  12. Barbara

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Oh yes, I feel your pain. The PTSD lasts for a long time after that sort of experience.
  13. 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.
  14. Barbara

    The Camino will provide?

    I think that's the best and most profound post I've seen on this thread. I'm not terribly keen on Oliver Cromwell myself, but he did at least have a deep belief in what he was trying to do. For those who disagree with me and for those who think Cromwell was entirely misguided and that the...
  15. Barbara

    Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed?

    They may even be local, of course. I have dogs and walk them but don't take them on holiday. They get a live in sitter. BTW, if you like dogs I am planning a few trips away and the French countryside is great for training walks! On one of the French Caminos, even.
  16. Barbara

    The Camino will provide?

    Oliver Cromwell, at the Battle of Edgehill in 1642, is supposed to have told his Roundhead troops in that opening fight of the English civil war, ''Put your trust in God, my boys, but mind to keep your powder dry. Which is a way of saying that you need to take some of your own responsibility if...
  17. Barbara

    Money stolen in hostel

    Yes, me too. But please put your passport in a moisture proof cover or bag inside the money belt.
  18. Barbara

    Bus to Santiago airport

    You passed it on the way in if you walked the Frances. If you have time you could walk back. Unless you send a huge suitcase (with all your non walking stuff) ahead, of course.
  19. Barbara

    The Camino will provide?

    Not recently. But yes, they have all happened. Because I'm a human being I helped the pole loser and the hungry pilgrim. Not a lot I could do about a camera ten kilometres back other than suggest asking at a police station. I didn't see the cuddly toy post. I've helped non pilgrims in non...
  20. Barbara

    The Camino will provide?

    Yes, of course. Sometimes my supper has been the tired packet of instant noodles in the bottom of my bag. But 1) there was a packet of noodles and 2) I didn't expect the Camino to provide a miraculous three course meal. I don't rely on the "Camino provides" It's not helping people that annoys...

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