A while back, someone posted a suggestion for an app showing all the sellos available (I did a search but did not find that thread).
Anyway, this came up on FB the other day, under the name CaminoStamps. Seems to cover the Francis and Portuguese.
Link to the google map is :-...
I tried to help a small, older lady open a heavy church door just after lunch .... and received such a scolding it drove all my small Spanish out of my head. Of course she was closing it and I was the oafish tourist trying to push in and keep her from lunch.
I was quite shattered for the next...
At home I go to bed late and wake late, but I had no trouble becoming an early riser on the CF.
After a day's walk an early bedtime was welcome, and it gets hot after 1 or 2pm so best to get the walking done before then.
Sometimes we even started walking before the sun was up, quite good...
If you need a power adapter to suit Spain/Portugal, tape it to your charger so you don't inadvertently leave it behind.
Bring some safety pins, for hanging washing on a line or sometimes on your backpack the next day.
There is wisdom in the saying that goes something like :-
"The first week...
My Garmin watch has exercise categories including Walking and Hiking, and I have never been in doubt as to which one to use.
But when I try to define the difference in response to this post it is not so easy.
Best I can offer is that for me Hiking compared to Walking usually involves (or often...
Good bunch of replies above, the two things I would offer are :-
* Don't do too much research before hand, let your camino unfold
* Don't bring many expectations, experience it for yourself
Initially I thought this was going in the direction of "what a great way to avoid the weight of bringing my own guidebook", until the rest of the sentence ...
Yes, in 2016 I found out that Orange France and Orange Spain are totally different. The scratchie top-up cards in Spain don't work if you bought the plan in France (but the French ones do if you thought to buy them prior). I could have tried the on-line French top-up but back then the language...
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