I forgot about this thread, I ended up in a shop in Leon, not my best haircut but not my worst either. It was fun to try to communicate. I am working on my Spanish for my next Camino.
I ate in Roncesvalles, worst food I had the entire Camino. I am planning on walking again this fall and I am going to walk past Roncesvalles this time to the next town.
I agree, poles take some of the load off your legs and back and tone your arms. As trecile mentioned, they help you to avoid the swelling in the fingers I usually get on long hikes, I call it sausage fingers.
When I went last September I left my headlamp at home to save the weight, that was a mistake. I had no idea it wouldn't get light out until 8:00 in the morning. I found myself leaving usually around 6:30 as it was pretty hard to sleep when people start getting up at 5:00 and shuffling around...
I finished last month and I saw many young ladies walking alone, I'm from Canada and I felt safer on the Camino than I do at home. I spent an average of 30 Euro's a day. Probably the most inexpensive vacation I have ever taken.
I only booked ahead once, and it wasn't even necessary that night. One thing I did notice was a lot of people that had booked ahead didn't show up. This lead to people being turned away and beds being empty. I don't like the booking ahead for that reason, I saw way to many no shows. It must be...
I finished a few weeks ago, I saw half a dozen people camping in the month I walked. It looked like a great option to the nightly snorefest, except for the whole not showering thing.
I have tendinitis at the moment couldn't walk without ibuprofen in the morning. I use vino tinto in the evening to ease the pain. I'm in Leon right now and it seems a pretty popular combination. I'll detox my liver when I get home.
The MEC here where I live doesn't carry Osprey for some reason. I bought my pack at Atmosphere sports, they probably have them in Toronto. They also had a great sale on icebreaker shirts and socks recently so I loaded up.
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