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  1. Kathar1na

    Type of bike for Camino Francés

    Isn't it then time to find out what is meant by "bicicleta eléctrica" in the new version of the Cathedral's credencial if one has serious doubts about the precise meaning of this Spanish expression and in Spain? May I suggest putting "bicicleta eléctrica" site:.es or better even "bicicleta...
  2. Kathar1na

    Type of bike for Camino Francés

    Ah, and since then nobody has found out yet what exactly the Spanish term "bicicleta eléctrica" means and/or those who composed the new text for the credencial had no doubts that it was clear to the Spanish holder of such a credencial what "bicicleta eléctrica" means in concrete terms?
  3. Kathar1na

    Type of bike for Camino Francés

    Just to confirm this (pedal assisted bike means electrical bike, correct?) and because new information takes a while before it has reached all the parts of the forum that it ought to reach: A copy of the text of the newest version of the credencial, issued by the Cathedral of Santiago, was...
  4. Kathar1na

    Caminho without a phone

    I guess that not every fellow pilgrim was willing to do so but a few did. I guess that is why @Josephus wrote: I managed to virtually find every hotel/albergue and secure my accommodation. But this was extremely difficult, and certain fellow pilgrims made this experience more difficult I am...
  5. Kathar1na

    Caminho without a phone

    I am very sorry to read that you were mugged at knifepoint for your phone on the first night of landing in Portugal. This is horrible. When you say that Booking.com would not tell you where each hotel/albergue is I suppose this means that you phoned them and they would not reveal these details...
  6. Kathar1na

    Sorry if this is a dumb question - Single vs. double rooms

    No, it is not. As a single person you don't have to feel guilty when you wish to have the same level of privacy as a couple. First of all, albergues offering beds in private rooms in addition to beds in dormitories are usually "albergues turisticos" which means that they are not exclusively...
  7. Kathar1na

    1951 documentary on the Camino

    Welcome to the forum, @Compostelle. Do you know any details about your father's pilgrimage from Catalonia to Santiago in 1952? Perhaps even photos although that is presumably not very likely? It must have been quite unusual to do this route in those days. More than 70 years ago! A few months...
  8. Kathar1na

    Paulo Coelho's "The Pilgrimage" to be made into a Netflix movie

    You are making a valid point. I am sometimes still surprised about the passionate negative reactions to what I, too, regard as works of fiction inspired by personal experience. Why is that so? Are people afraid that readers may believe every word and take it as fact? That these...
  9. Kathar1na

    Camino by Coach

    Are you having yet another battle of the definitions of pilgrim and pilgrimage? Does it ever get old? 😎 I think that Camino peregrin@s view certain categories of groups as invaders of their space. They ought not to be there. They ought to be out of sight. They don’t get it or nobody told them...
  10. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    I understand that. The fact that the UK is no longer part of the Customs Union (technical non-political point: they could have stayed in it despite leaving the EU) is an issue for businesses on both sides who wish to export or import goods. However, for private individuals who want to send a...
  11. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    Thank you for confirming that Correos will hold a package for up to two weeks at the destination post office and that there were no additional fees for the recipient to pay and no costs occurred during the whole process other than the postage you paid when you mailed it from within Spain. I...
  12. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    I should not read or post so late at night 🫣.
  13. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    Erm ... I had a look at the first post again: The OP plans to bring a particular protein powder to Spain and then would like to post part of it to somewhere near Oviedo. There are no customs issues at all for the OP. It was simply that the first two replies needlessly raised the question of...
  14. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    So this development had completely escaped me because I very rarely receive parcels from outside of the EU (I only send them occasionally to the UK) and since Brexit I also avoid ordering items in the UK to be sent to me (but this would be commercial goods and a different topic anyway). So there...
  15. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    @Molly Cassidy, this made no sense to me when I read it for the first time. How could this be, I asked myself. I see now, provided that I understood it correctly, that Correos charges a processing fee for goods that require neither import duty nor VAT at the point of importation into the EU...
  16. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    Correos has a similar system: They call it Customs management fee (shipments ≤ 150 EUR that do not come by IOSS) and there may also be additional Expenses derived from border security controls, depending on the nature of the shipment (health, pharmacy, veterinarian, etc.) which may apply to the...
  17. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    Wow, thank you to @markie6 and @Molly Cassidy. I had no idea. I've now looked into this a little bit. It seems to me that these charges are not customs duty on goods but some kind of other charges for imports from third countries (from outside the EU). The rules appear to depend on the...
  18. Kathar1na

    Are passport copies accepted at albergues?

    Just to clarify (probably not necessary but one never knows ... ☺️): Scanning with a dedicated mobile phone and app is fundamentally different from scanning with a photocopy machine/scanner or taking a photo with a mobile phone. The first method registers only the data that are needed by law...
  19. Kathar1na

    Post items from the UK to Spain (at the mid-point of Camino del Norte)

    I am curious: Are people really having a lot of trouble with UK and/or Spanish customs when sending non-commercial items of low value (less than £270) from the UK to Spain? When it is a private person and not a company/commerce who is sending the item? I have no experience, just experience with...
  20. Kathar1na

    Train cancelled from Bayonne?

    I hope so too. I hope that he is not still rolling through France on SNCF trains or waiting in SNCF railway stations for the next train ... 😉

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