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  1. Felice

    Sticker Mania?

    I thought this was fairly excessive this summer.
  2. Felice

    Weird Shell

    There's something engraved along the bottom about Jose Seramago and 'a viagen do elefante'....
  3. Felice

    Traveling with a cello

    Walking through Birmingham airport after my last camino, I was walking directly behind a young man carry a cello on his back. The main body of the instrument was in the position of a normal rucksack whilst the neck stuck up way above his head. At one point, I thought he was going to smack the...
  4. Felice

    Ordering "agua del grifo"

    Again, another simple solution to asking for a glass of tap water in a restaurant - bring your own. I always have my water bottle with me in a bag as I wander around in the afternoon and evening. If you have already ordered a drink, no one ever seems to object if you drink from your water bottle.
  5. Felice

    Ordering "agua del grifo"

    Simple solution - take an empty water bottle with you and fill up once you are through security. You may have to ask where the water fountain is, but there will be one somewhere. In Birmingham there is one next to Costas. In Santiago, there is one immediately after you finish with security...
  6. Felice

    refusing disposable sheets in albergues?

    No need to hand wash the disposable sheets - they seem to wash safely in a machine as well!
  7. Felice

    refusing disposable sheets in albergues?

    Since eucalyptus trees have been mentioned.... There are lots of protest posters saying Altri Non in the area of Palas del Rei area. Locals are against the proposal by Greenfiber to build a cellulose factory in the area, using eucalyptus trees as feedstock. So in the future, if you buy some...
  8. Felice

    Oh to be young!

    That is a HUGE group of pilgrims.
  9. Felice

    refusing disposable sheets in albergues?

    Galician albergues might be required to provide a bottom sheet, but prior to Galcia, by no means all albergues provide bedding. In May last year, on my first night walking after Pamplona, there was no bedding provided and I was really glad to have saved my fitted disposable sheet from the...
  10. Felice

    The Camino will provide?

    I walked from Le Puy to SJPP and whilst the countryside is often beautiful, the daily stress of trying to find somewhere sensible to stay (it was busy when I walked in Sept and May/June) and my poor French combined with a predominance of French walkers, meant that I did not enjoy it nearly as...
  11. Felice

    Commercial walking stunt from Wolksvagen

    I think that it is only available in Norway.
  12. Felice

    Cafe con leche different this year?

    I was in Malaga, Cordoba and Seville in Jan and Feb and the coffee there was much stronger than I am used to in the north. So yes, I think it might be a regional difference.
  13. Felice

    What about “té con leche”?😀

    I love my tea too! If you order a tea in a cafe, they usually fill the cup with hot water and give you a tea bag on the side. Makes a very weak cuppa. I always bring a few tea bags with me as well as a few milk sticks and a very light plastic mug (which doubles as a fruit carrier), then I can...
  14. Felice

    Mosquito with same size of a Pterodactylus! Don´t Kill it!

    That is a Daddy longlegs. It does not have wings and is an arachnid (though not a spider), whilst a tipula has wings and is an insect (I think...). Otherwise, I agree. Interesting video.
  15. Felice

    Mosquito with same size of a Pterodactylus! Don´t Kill it!

    My mother always used to call them flydi binders. Harmless creatures but quite difficult to throw outside without hurting them. And as regards bedbugs - after all the current fuss and bother in the UK press about the problems with them in France, I was pleasantly relieved that I saw no sign of...
  16. Felice

    Need Advice on Route Change

    I just got back from the camino frances on Monday, having walked from Grañon to Leon. I mainly stayed in smaller 'between stages' villages and found, as a result, that the camino was lovely and peaceful. Apart from leaving Villafranca Montes de Oca, I never encountered streams of pilgrims...
  17. Felice

    The culture has changed...sadly

    If you look at the map that you link to, you do not find a route that goes from Bristol, then heads north of Oxford and then on to London. That is the route shown on the map of Caminos on the wiki page that I am querying. I'd never heard of it, and the pilgrimage page seems to confirm my...
  18. Felice

    The culture has changed...sadly

    I was not talking about the wiki dispute. I was talking about missing routes. And what are all those routes in the UK about - what is that route that goes from Bristol to London north of Oxford? I've not heard of a camino there.
  19. Felice

    The culture has changed...sadly

    Just looked up Camino de Santiago on Wikipedia for a laugh. First thing you see is that in Jan 2023 is that the factual accuracy of the map is disputed. I think most on here would dispute it too. So much for wiki's reliability. I completely agree with JabbaPapa's assessment.
  20. Felice

    The culture has changed...sadly

    I'm an 'old timer' and am certainly not upset by your comment, it's probably got more than a grain of truth in it. I hate FB. I joined the Le Puy FB group but gave up because I found it impossible to search for past answers. Maybe this is why newbies just plunge straight in and ask questions...

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