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  1. Anhalter

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    Afaik the "inheritance tax" in Spain is seriously high (maybe only for real eastate?), much higher than in Germany for example. So its not only the capital gains. This might also be worth looking into.
  2. Anhalter

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    Consider that you won't be the first person with the idea of co-financing their holiday home with renting it out. People have been doing that for decades. Yes, it can work, but it can also fail. Won't be easier when you're on the other side of the world.
  3. Anhalter

    Buying an Apartment in Spain?

    This might not be the answer you been looking for: I do have some personal experience from my family with property in Spain. I feel that if you want to make it work, you either have to be super smart about it, put in a lot of money to have someone do it for you or put in a lot of effort by...
  4. Anhalter

    Is there really a waterproof solution

    Used mine on all my caminos. Love that thing. But your lower legs and feet will get wet. I can live with that, since i generally walk in spring. For colder/wetter seasons it might not be optimal.
  5. Anhalter

    Is there really a waterproof solution

    When it rains for this long with some intensity there is practically no way to keep dry. Simply because your sweat has no where to go. So even with the best raingear, you will become wet. Period. The trick is wearing clothes that still provide warmth when wet, like merino or polypropylen...
  6. Anhalter

    Food on La Meseta beyond abysmal

    Hmmm. Weird. While i am not a nutritionist or anything of the sort i travel to spain for some decades and do have a very healthy opinion about food. Actually i was quite happy with what i found in the Meseta. Both times. Yes, due to the smaller size of the villages there is not as much choice as...
  7. Anhalter

    Poles have failed - help!

    Unless you can fix it somehow, one option would be to walk the two days to Astorga without poles (or just one) and buy some there. Not very hard terrain until there.
  8. Anhalter

    Camino Planning with Chat GPT - Hmmmm

    I only use ChatGPT from time to time, but your post made me experiment with it a bit. It seems to not be a reliable tool for camino planning right now. I gave it several tries (and clarifications) but it could not come up with the rather easy task of planning a CF within 30d including 2 rest...
  9. Anhalter

    The Taking of Gloves Paradox

    Even in my sub 4kg packing list there is a pair of gloves. They are the cheapest ones decathlon is (was?) selling. Made from some kind of fleece material. Very likely also the lightest ones at 22g a pair. I typically use them for cold mornings. I also use them when it is raining. For some time...
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    The price of coffee in Spain and the perplexing economics of it

    So assuming 10g of coffee for an espresso/cafe solo (i get conflicting numbers)... the difference between a "cheap" 10€/kg and an "expensive" 40€/kg coffee is exactly 30ct. To me that doesnt explain a price difference of 2-3€.
  11. Anhalter

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

    Coffee, for quite some time, has been one of the things served in bars and restaurants with the highest margain. As an anecdote, i remember a story from my childhood from a restaurant owner how the german counterpart of the IRS measured his water consumption to calculate how many coffees he...
  12. Anhalter

    What's the Camino like right now?

    My experience is from May this year, a month that is quite busy, but not the busiest month for the most problematic section. Here's my thoughts: - The Xunte de Galicia has been promoting the final stretch of the camino heavily for years, especially so the last 100km. - The last 100km...
  13. Anhalter

    Zoom interview whilst on the camino

    I do remember a few (very few) places on the C.Frances where i did not have reception and also no Wifi available, San Bol for example. But those were tiny tiny places usually, so if you plan to be in a bigger village for your interview you'll be fine, being in a hotel with wifi would also help.
  14. Anhalter

    New rule reported: 2 stamps per day within Spain [awaiting confirmation]

    Exactly my experience so far, but lets see how they handle it in the future. Hopefully the volunteers in the office will still hand out the certificates with some common sense. Not that important for me, i only framed my first compostela, the others are still sitting in their roll, but i would...
  15. Anhalter

    Your actual time on the track?

    I understand your concern, i guess i had the same at some point, but in practice, it is not a problem. Lets assume some worst case szenario: you walk slow and need to rest often. Lets say you cover 2,5km "on track". Lets say you are aware of it and set foot "on track" at 07:00. Given the...
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    New rule reported: 2 stamps per day within Spain [awaiting confirmation]

    What a weird rule. So if i start in St.Jean, don't know about that rule, find out halfway... do i have to "lose" my credential in Sarria and start a fresh one so i can follow the two stamp rule? Doesnt make sense.
  17. Anhalter

    Is this crazy?

    Yep, absolutely normal. Even had it on camino #2. After a few days i always came to realize that things work out just fine.
  18. Anhalter

    Knife blade length on High speed train, Spain

    If we start asking "why couldn't you find it yourself" i guess a lot of topics on this whole forum will take turn south... sometimes it's just the use of the correct use of a phrase on google one did not think of, but yeah, i guess sometimes it's not.
  19. Anhalter

    Knife blade length on High speed train, Spain

    Source: https://www.renfe.com/es/en/regulations "Knives with blades measuring more than 6 cm in length." --> like with airplanes in Europe.
  20. Anhalter

    Finisterre Day Trip

    I think the Monbus to Fisterra was 7,20 per trip. No idea what the schedule is, but the one we took to Fisterra took almost 3h, following the coastline and stopping often. If you enjoy these views not a bad trip. The one taking us back took only a little more than 1h, driving directly on the...

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