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Twice Ive been to Albergue Izar and both times I was treated wonderfully by the owner Sonya .
The first time was when I injured my leg and upon checkout was waiting for a ride to take me to B&B for a couple days rest . She let stay in the community room until my ride came to get me a 3pm. The...
Hope you can share a moment in your Camino travels that caused you to wonder if "Murphy" actually exists
Here's one I recently experienced
I am starting my Camino May 22 coming into Madrid the 19th .I was ticketed to return from Madrid on Iberia 6275 on July 16 to the States .
Two days ago...
Tickets purchased for ALSA bus Madrid Airport to Pamplona . Now need to find my way to the bus . Searched airport links without luck . Any help getting from A (T4s)to B appreciated :)
If you know an Albergue owner please share!
Also..
"The next time you're packing for a trip, you might want to reach for your brightest-colored luggage. It could help keep bedbugs away. A new study finds that bedbugs -- just like flies and other insects -- have favorite colors. They really...
Fellow Pilgrims . Nonami has offered to manage this thread until September ,. Go to the new thread and say hi :)
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...eptember-october-peregrinos-departures.38584/
I will be back after my camino to take over before she leaves for her Camino I apologize for the...
2014 was a serious medicine year for me . My list of meds equaled twelve separate prescriptions , seven in the morning , five at night . Coming from the states to St Jean I was concerned if I portioned them at the house they might get confiscated at the airport . I had written prescriptions...
Ciao /Greetings/Howdy
I'm Joe ( DeadFred) and I am continuing my Camino in September 26th( or May?) 2016 from Los Arcos . I started in St Jean in 2014 and had back issues which are now history ( knock on wood) .
During my pre-2014 Camino I started here on the form a thread for Pilgrims who...
Presently in Villamayor de Marjardin .Wife and I looking to be in Navarette on the 11th . Having a heck of a time trying to locate a Hostel/Alburge/pension .
Thanks!
I'm boarding my flight for Madrid in five days and a wake-up .. My pack is heavy . I need to jettison something. Everything I have is essential except for maybe the extra pair of boots I once thought were essential.
I hear that I don't really need them and I hear that I absolutely need them. I...
I found this interesting... Hope you do too.
In 1883, wearing a sixty-pound suit sewn from leather boot-tops, a wanderer known only as the Leather Man began to walk a 365 mile loop between the Connecticut and Hudson Rivers that he would complete every 34 days, for almost six years. His...
If anyone reading this is headed towards Orission anytime soon please tell them Joe Bott at el has tried several times to contact them to make reservations with no luck . :( Need the 26th of Sept 14' for 3 ... have them email me at histroy101@aol.com that histROy101@aol.com ( so ,, ok I...
You know I can't sleep past 4:00 am so we will have to start walking early
Me: It's to dark out , we will get lost or walk off a cliff beside we don't want to wake up everyone trying to exit
She: I'm suppose to lay awake in bed until it's time to go?
Me: Maybe you will be so exhausted from...
I've been looking for a group for interaction of the Septmember 2014 folks and haven't had much success . Figure I would hop in here and start one , then I would get a ton of emails telling me were at least five such threads dwell . If I don't then , Welcome to the only verified , validated...
Reading the forum for some time now , I find there are the two popular starting months for the Camino Frances. May or Sept .
May is the most popular . We selected Sept as my wife & I would like a more contemplative less busy environment. It seems to that Sept/Oct are ,on average, drier then...
Assuming a clear , none rainy day I'm curious to know what is the least populated day of the week ( if there is such an animal) to Leave St Jean for Roncevelles via route Napoleon?.. While we are talking about it what's the MOST crowded ?
Thanks
Joe
Presently reading " Six Months Walking the Wilds (of Western Europe, the long road to Santiago" It's a very good read
Here's a video Interview with the author and composer Steve Cooper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0MXJUOYkGg
The Class of .. threads were started back in when 2007 Arn had the bright idea of creating a topic for all those planning to go in 2008. His post:
Who among you is willing to acknowledge you're a member of the class of 2014?
Buen Camino
Arn
I have been searching the forum for a "Class of 2014"...
I've found some great stats on the forum for the Camino in general. One I haven't found yet is the # of Pilgrims that start at SJPdP heading for SdC but don't make it the whole way.
I wonder, has this been calculated?.. one might not be able to gather that type info but it really would be...
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