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  1. Sirage

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    or just rent in Spain? no hassles
  2. Sirage

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    On a reasonable rail line, not necessarily the highest speed, rather than close to an airport. Clearly time to have a few weeks or months being in Spain to experience the various places that are suggested here. Include Segovia, about 30 minutes from Madrid on a good train, (and as a nostalgic...
  3. Sirage

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    So long as you are pulling your weight, somehow 🤔
  4. Sirage

    Camino Planning with Chat GPT - Hmmmm

    Notwithstanding my previous comments earlier in this thread I do now as a matter of habit use Perplexity AI as a search website for factual answers with success, rather than google that often does not get close. A, or THE, key feature is that it summarises the contents of its sources and...
  5. Sirage

    Camino Planning with Chat GPT - Hmmmm

    Just as frame of reference: The new Camino walker is best served by a guidebook or "just follow the arrows" with a basic map, and stop at places you know about or find along the way. For those exploring the lesser walked Caminos I can't see how an AI at the moment can help much unless it...
  6. Sirage

    Camino Planning with Chat GPT - Hmmmm

    Why not just rely on the collective wisdom (and miscellaneous banter) from this forum. At a minimum there should be much less hallucination than on the current statistical text generators masquerading as Intelligence.
  7. Sirage

    Ivar's Map

    @AlanSykes Thanks for the confirmation and details. I am "generally" familiar with all the routes discussed above. I have all the kml files necessary (cleaned edited and stitched together) except 1 section: I have scoured the world for a kml just west of Benavente without success. I am not...
  8. Sirage

    Ivar's Map

    I wished to buy the new map, even better with the 20% discount. A few limitations for me: From Xabia it doesn't have the connecting link between Benavente to Santa Marta de Tera which I am advised does exist - it might even be named the Sanabres Este. Nor the alternative route I will be...
  9. Sirage

    Morning Coffee Idea

    Whilst at home in my quiet country town in Australia I have a cafe that opens at 5am and another at 6am so I am well catered for whenever I choose. Whilst on a Camino life doesn't provide for such predictability ;)
  10. Sirage

    Morning Coffee Idea

    Of course each to their own, but I prefer the natural goodness of espresso with proper milk, rather than all the sugar and other synthetic stuff that is likely coming along with the caffeine.
  11. Sirage

    Morning Coffee Idea

    Resorting to 2nd grade alternatives to a fresh espresso would not be my approach. I have been walking in Spain for many 1,000 kms including Caminos with not-so-many bars as there are on the Frances, and have always found a bar with reasonable to good coffee before I fell to the ground writhing...
  12. Sirage

    Washing clothes on CP

    I think that suggestion to minimise hassle is a wise approach to all aspects of doing a Camino, and travel, and probably life in general.
  13. Sirage

    The price of coffee in Spain and the perplexing economics of it

    My understanding, in brief, is: - That in much of the developed world espresso coffee is just called "coffee". Perhaps just "Espresso". - In the USA espresso coffee is (mostly ?) called "speciality coffee" and we all know that "speciality" can attract a price premium. eg Starbucks et al. I...
  14. Sirage

    How much Spanish do you need to learn?

    Almost none, just the words for coffee and beer and wine and the words to create common phrases, preferably with Spanish-like pronunciation otherwise it is just gibberish to a Spaniard. However more Spanish improves the probability you will get the meal you want. What is your risk profile?
  15. Sirage

    Avoiding currency exchange fees

    Out of idle curiosity (as an Australian) can someone explain the apparent magic pudding of the US Schwab card? Banks are not known for their generosity. The European banks who own the ATM don't provide their services for free to Schwab. 1 Is there a high annual fee? 2 Is there a cross...
  16. Sirage

    I wonder what the Gallegos call us pilgrims?

    Don't try cycling across Romania - you will clearly observe driving that leads to that.
  17. Sirage

    Rest step - has anyone used this technique on steep uphill sections?

    New to me. My first impression is that I suspect the staccato nature of the movement is appropriate only for heavy loads on steep tracks. So far I have never encountered a Camino track that warrants this movement. I prefer a continuous movement at a speed that I find comfortable. However...
  18. Sirage

    Where have you felt a deep sense of community on the Camino?

    Having glanced at all the above posts, and reflected on my own experiences, it appears to be "all over the place". So perhaps any list of places is as good as any other list.
  19. Sirage

    How Much Should You Budget Per Day?

    Time for some direct words: I am really curious about how your experience allows you to make this "very reasonable" claim. Your exact $114 is based on various uncertain items and the even more vague "very nice" hotels. Let me claim Euro 65 with 65% of the nights in Albergues ranging Euros 8...
  20. Sirage

    Weight, Heat, Humidity

    Start easy and build up your kms over the first week or 2. Don't over do it at the beginning. You might not even finish at Santiago but in the big picture of life that is less important than damaging your body and mind by overdoing it

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