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  1. timr

    Coffee

    This is a bit off topic, but over 25 years ago I visited Seattle and my sister then living there had a ticket for a tour of the Starbucks factory, and guided coffee tasting, purchased at a fundraising auction for the children's school. And off we went. It was not a regular thing you could buy...
  2. timr

    Busy in the bars of Spain

    I well remember on my first camino being in Portomarín on 27 May 2009, demurely locked inside the municipal by 10pm, in stifling heat, hearing outside a happy crowd cheering on Barça to beat ManU 2-0 in the Champions League final. The celebrations went on for a l-o-n-g time. Being from...
  3. timr

    The forum, 20 years on.

    @ivar I remember in 2009 Ivar's 'office' was on the right as you came towards the Cathedral on 'final approach'. The Camino Travel Centre? I posted on some 'stuff' there and also Ivar booked me into the 25 Julio hotel in SdC - I didn't know the significance of the date at that time - and also a...
  4. timr

    The forum, 20 years on.

    How strange.....and nice! Only a few days ago I was wondering was it possible to see post #1..... and there it is!
  5. timr

    National passport in card form

    Thanks for reviving for a moment a most enjoyable and civilised thread...... Happy Travels. Tim
  6. timr

    Changes to the Camino

    I shy away from topics which show even the slightest tendency to become contentious. Usually. But I can speak from personal experience on the single detail of how much incense goes into the botafumeiro. I am a Catholic priest and always concelebrate at the pilgrim Mass when I reach Santiago...
  7. timr

    National passport in card form

    Yes, the thing which will always catch us out is the unexpected! The person (of good will) who has never seen one before......:eek: And it is a huge pity they cannot be used in the public e-immigration booths as it is clear that they are in fact machine readable at the desk.
  8. timr

    National passport in card form

    Yes a great collection of UK driving licences. Sadly not the ancient “British Visitor’s Passport” which was available from the post office, filled in by hand and was a tri-fold piece of cardboard with a photo glued on!😉
  9. timr

    National passport in card form

    Thanks @Kathar1na - what a wonderful and very nostalgic document!😄
  10. timr

    National passport in card form

    @Kathar1na Thanks so much - that is exactly what I wanted. Good to have the gov.uk complement to what the DFA says in Ireland. So the first guy I met in Brindisi was incorrect, but his friend did correctly correct him! I might revert to using the (really useful) passport card then for all...
  11. timr

    National passport in card form

    Thanks!! The big attraction for me when I first got it, and I was living in Ireland, was that for EU travel it was a spare and I could leave the other one at home. Now that I am living in UK, even though what you have sent above from DFA is definitive, I do not feel as secure not taking a...
  12. timr

    National passport in card form

    This is the kind of thread I tend to shy away from, where there is a lot of personal experience and history, and rather less fact.:D But like others I have found the true facts hard to come by, and I will contribute my experience as well, as I am interested in other's experience. I got my first...
  13. timr

    National passport in card form

    Absolutely true, So if you travel on Aer Lingus (which will accept at photo DL for identity) you do not need a passport with you. Ryanair though will ONLY accept a passport as ID for travel though. And flying into UK from Ireland to (say) Liverpool you do not pass (wo)manned border control. So...
  14. timr

    Last day in Santiago

    Delighted to hear it went well for you! And always very nice when someone tells us how it went. Not at all necessary to say thankyou - but a very kind thought when it happens. I am positive you have upset no one with your comments. Safe journey back home - you will need to get the sweaters and...
  15. timr

    Afghans on trees

    oh there was one like that here too! i wonder is there a pattern book? :D They do look nice and people seem to respect the work.
  16. timr

    Afghans on trees

    These were in Villeguillo on the CdM in 2017. During the lockdown quite a lot of pillar boxes (where we post letters) in England were decorated with crochet, and this has continued in some places with expressions of solidaritiy over a current war.
  17. timr

    A glimpse behind the walls of the monastery Santo Domingo de Silos

    Usually last thing is a 'Marian Anthem' either Salve Regina, or in the weeks after Easter, Regina Coeli. It is the traditional way to end the day, sometimes done in darkness, or with a single light on an icon - as I saw in Sobrado dos Monxes (where in the very modern chapel, in the very old...
  18. timr

    Privacy in the shower

    it is 'Custody of the eyes'! 😇
  19. timr

    Using Whatsapp to message albergues

    ...your SIM, it works thereafter on either Wi-Fi or data. You don’t put in the phone numbers you are using for yourself again. But for someone you are *adding* as a contact you will need international code in _their_ number. Contraintuitively Whatsapp will continue to work on your phone if you...
  20. timr

    Using Whatsapp to message albergues

    I agree that the written record aspect of Whatsapp is very useful. BUT On one occasion last November I had booked some accommodation using Whatsapp, with a host on the Cammino Materano, and when I came to the day, I found the record had gone from my phone. There is a relatively new feature...

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