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  1. naplesdon

    Where to spend a week between Santiago de Compostela and Lisbon

    I loved a few days that I spent in A Coruna. I lived near Cascais and it is a wonderful place, although it is a bit touristy. I recently visited the Algarve and you can't go wrong with any place near the Faro airport, again it is touristic but the prices are decent. Isles de Cies was always on...
  2. naplesdon

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    Sage advice is to never to buy real estate in a foreign country. I have ignored that advice twice and been very successful with my purchases. My home sale in Sydney netted me a nice profit and my experience with my apartment in Biarritz was equally beneficial. The lesson I learned in that...
  3. naplesdon

    Currency exchange

    ATM's are the way to go. The Exchange Bureau is as dead as American Express travelers checks.
  4. naplesdon

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    I had not considered mentioning the climate issue. Eight years of living in Biarritz introduced me to the vagaries of the storms that come in from the west off of the Bay of Biscay. Certain weeks in the winter can be a miserable experience when you have no heat in your apartment. The same was...
  5. naplesdon

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    I was still in the market to buy after I sold my apartment in Biarritz. My plan was to move the Algarve. For the past year I have been using IDEALISTA to research properties on the market. If you narrow down you options to one or two areas, you can get notices every day of new properties that...
  6. naplesdon

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    Suckling pig is their specialty on certain days, I believe.
  7. naplesdon

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    For sure, if it was good enough for Pope Paul II to eat there; maybe it is too good for pilgrims and then just 5k away is ****hotel and restaurant San Zoila.
  8. naplesdon

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    I am traveling in Portugal at the minute, so I have no access to my notes. I have listed some of my favorites before on this Forum. When I get home, I will post a list if you want to start a thread. I am a foodie at heart and after walking numerous Caminos between 2011 and 2019, I have a list...
  9. naplesdon

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    Hey, mods can we stop this food fight before someone gets their feelings hurt or will I have to resort to my reference material and list the dozen plus restaurants I have eaten at between Burgos and Leon that would rate as Michelin star eateries, not including a list of the finest restaurants in...
  10. naplesdon

    Camino Litter-Picks: do they ever happen?

    Ditch Piggery, been there, done that! It is a very rewarding weekend at the end of November working out of Moratinos. I also spent most of my days while volunteering at San Anton walking between Hontanos and Castrojeriz picking up litter. It just takes a small plastic shopping bag and some latex...
  11. naplesdon

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    Some of the top restaurants in Spain are located in town in the Meseta.
  12. naplesdon

    Subsistence in SJPDP

    There are a number of shops on the main "pilgrim route" walking out of town after you cross the bridge heading west. They are open on Sunday for the tourist trade and open early in the morning to offer freshly baked baguettes and will prepare sandwiches for you as well. I suspect the Lidl store...
  13. naplesdon

    If you get lost on the trail answer your phone!

    Currently, the son of a good friend is hiking the AT in Tennessee. She is frantically trying to reach him but there is no cellphone service in the mountains due to Hurricane Francine.
  14. naplesdon

    Top 15 Small Churches On The Camino

    Kevin, That is a wonderful list and your descriptions are very inciteful. There are so many other smaller chapels with local distinctions; like the chapels in SJPdP, O'Cebreiro and San Juan de la Pena. I have always been amazed at the exacting skills of the Templar masons, they possessed an...
  15. naplesdon

    LIVE from the Camino Gun fire? Cannon? Fireworks??

    A little farther south there are marble pits that use explosives. BTW, lots of activity in Padron on the 28th, la Vuelta is coursing around the town all day long.
  16. naplesdon

    Best book for all routes

    Like RJM say, use this forum to review comments about each route. Find those you like and drill down deeper with one of the many guidebooks available.
  17. naplesdon

    Avoiding currency exchange fees

    Totally agree with the comment about not using a debit card. I never want to repeat the time I was nicked/hacked when I accidentally used one of mine for a meal purchase in Burgos and subsequently had to cancel my account and begin my credit card journey anew. Thankfully, I had an understanding...
  18. naplesdon

    Avoiding currency exchange fees

    Thank you Paul for mentioning that imperative! Doing the tap function would be much like leaving your card in the ATM and walking off without it.
  19. naplesdon

    Avoiding currency exchange fees

    I have been fortunate enough to have a Carte Bancaire, so I never pay fees. I was just guessing it was a few Euros.
  20. naplesdon

    Avoiding currency exchange fees

    Yes, much like in the US. The fabled warning is always do your transaction outside of a "bank" that is currently open for business because if your card is rejected or eaten by the machine, you can usually go inside and get the situation corrected. An ATM on the front of some random shop on a...

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