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    Contact solution

    Falconbrother, since you're looking for the contact lens solution, not the generic 3% solution, this *might* be available: https://www.ndoptic.com/products/avizor-ever-clean-225ml-hydrogen-peroxide-system-solution-for-contact-30days-made-in-spain
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    Opinions on Wlingua?

    I've used Duolingo and Babbel, and have started listening to language transfer. But so far, I'm liking Wlingua the best. It presents clear differences between Spanish/Espana and Spanish/Latin America vocabulary ( though I could certainly use correction), and I can actually hear the...
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    Observations from my second Camino

    You said it best here: "Because unbeknownst to me, everything I found on the Camino I started building at home." "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." T.S.Eliot Buen Vida! Buen Camino!
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    Medication woes

    ...Fortunately, they're different enough from each other that, even in the dark, I still know which is which. As for OTCs...yes, you can get *some* in Spain. But I've not yet seen the little travel doses that I like to carry in the farmacias. And I don't have to look up what loperamide is...
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    Few questions - advice

    Let's see... I carried a spork and used it occasionally until Melide. I carried a clothesline; should have carried pins. I carried 300 Euro...got me almost to Santiago. I had a habit of leaving 5 euros for 2 candles, and 20 for a Mass, plus albergues, meals, and laundry. I stayed in Hotel...
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    Roads versus Trails

    I was curious 😉
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    Do I need separate pilgrim passports for my Caminos?

    While I'll let those who have collected Salvadorana and the Finisterre certificates comment on whether they obtained those certificates using any old credential, my general impression is that, if you're starting from SJPdP, the required stamps for Compostela are unlikely to fit in any one...
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    Do I need separate pilgrim passports for my Caminos?

    ...stamps. Do you want the special certificates for completing the Salvador (Salvadorana), or the Muxiana/ Finisterrana ( not sure of spelling) ? I *suppose * you could use any credential, but I suspect it's easier on the people issuing the Salvadorana if you used the specific one issued in...
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    Roads versus Trails

    Out of complete curiosity, how did you do the entire route bit? I'd like to see this for the main Primitivo ( no Verde), and I used Buen Camino then
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    Has the dog “policy” on the Camino changed?

    Oh, was an uncontrolled dog the proximal cause of the injuries to the two pilgrims we heard about earlier? That's a very painful lesson. :/
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    Would it be overkill to bring both a rain jacket and the Altus poncho in Oct/Nov?

    A buff is a thin piece of stretchy fabric sewn into a tube that can be worn around the neck or neck and face. https://www.wikihow.com/Wear-BUFF%C2%AE-Headwear#:~:text=BUFF%C2%AE%20multifunctional%20headwear%20is,sun%2C%20and%20keeps%20you%20warm.
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    Would it be overkill to bring both a rain jacket and the Altus poncho in Oct/Nov?

    For the OP...we call a wind shirt a windbreaker, as far as I can tell.
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    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    ::: chuckle::: Who's assuming that the people the OP met don't want a better world?
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    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    As always...it seems to be a bit more complicated than that. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-braces-wildfires-beef-farmers-battle-red-tape-2024-03-02/
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    Stage 28

    I searched out her posts. She was planning to start the Frances from SJPdP on April 3rd. My assumption is that she means either Brierley's or Gronze's Stage 28. Robo probably has it dialed in correctly.
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    Pilgrimage - selfish?

    Quite true, VN...OP may not have known that. May of 22, wasn't it? Or May 23. Given the number of salmon protected streams I crossed over on that Way, and the number of small farms that remained along that Way, I don't know if OP knew how much of the Primitivo is along private land, or on a...
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    LIVE from the Camino K's Primitivo 24

    :::chuckle::: That's a bit more limiting on the Primitivo in the early stages than on the Frances. Strongly recommend Gronze plus Wise Pilgrim or Buen Camino to see all your possibilities. The potential is that the bubble poor Kari is stuck in will dissipate soon, as the May 1 holiday ends...
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    The Camino will provide?

    ...loved one(s) died, or left them, or hurt them. They may not have the job, family, children, life, that they longed for. These souls have a * lot* of trouble calming their anxiety enough to even start Camino, and they often try to manage that anxiety by trying to control as much as...
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    Hiking Pole Rehoming Service?

    This topic has come up several times. To summarize, its not an economic model that works. I spent a fraction over 11 euro to mail my poles and a lightly used guidebook back to the municipal albergue in Oviedo where I started, with a donation note. Consider doing the same, or send to a pilgrims...
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    If there are too many pilgrims, what is a pilgrim to do?

    :::chuckle::: OTOH, those of us who are visiting St James in memory of the souls of others may still have a few souls left in the queue. In Vicarie Pro only permits one name at a time.... 😉 I am blessed by the people I meet on Camino, and I try to let the Lord work in me to bless them... but...

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