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  1. dick bird

    Finally - real food in Santiago!!!

    Meatball is also ‘albondiga’.
  2. dick bird

    Camino miracles

    OK, I’m a cynic, but 4 people pray that a lost phone be found and two people go and look for the phone, and find it! And the 4 who prayed claim it was their efforts that led to the phone being found rather than the 2 who had the common sense and gumption to go and look for it?
  3. dick bird

    Con Niños!

    The Francés has more infrastructure, more options, altogether a better option for a small family. The Portugués would also be better than the Madrid.
  4. dick bird

    On the Norte and want to avoid the Frances until last possible moment into SdC

    this alternative route branches off at Boimorto. We took it but weren’t impressed - little if interest, lots of road walking and no albergues.
  5. dick bird

    Spanish language on Caminos outside of Spain

    Not sure, by the way, what you mean by ‘english barrier-s’. Portuguese people, especially younger ones, often have very good English, and French too since many of them worked or grew up in France. Spanish is not much taught in French schools, but English is and French people, although they are...
  6. dick bird

    Why 100km for compostela

    One might as well ask why the chapter of Santiago cathedral issue Compostelas at all.
  7. dick bird

    Train question — Soto de Luiña to Novellana

    Stations on single track lines have arrows on the destination board showing which direction they are in. A good system but it kind of falls down at stations like Montefurado which are single track but have two platforms. We did exactly what you @Corned Beef did, and got told off for crossing the...
  8. dick bird

    Spanish language on Caminos outside of Spain

    Surrounding countries would be France and Portugal. Portuguese speakers can understand Spanish quite well, French speakers not so well.
  9. dick bird

    Train question — Soto de Luiña to Novellana

    It’s not a question of which platform you stand on. It’s a question of getting on the right train. If it is heading in the direction you want to go, you get on it. And you will have plenty of time to cross over to the other platform if necessary when you see it coming. There is also a strong...
  10. dick bird

    Brand New Cafe in Ventosa

    The albergue in the village is one of the best.
  11. dick bird

    Train question — Soto de Luiña to Novellana

    If you look at the yellow sign, one way points to Ferrol, the other points to Gijón/Oviedo with arrows. This will show you which way the train is going.
  12. dick bird

    Train question — Soto de Luiña to Novellana

    Got on a train today from Irún. On the left. Usually Spanish stations not only have the name of the station, but also the destination, or end of the line, from each platform.
  13. dick bird

    Train question — Soto de Luiña to Novellana

    Beware! Trains often go on the left. They certainly do in Spain and France even where cars go on the right.
  14. dick bird

    LIVE from the Camino BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    If you stay in the albergue in Monserrat, you get a voucher that entitles you to a €12.50 half menú, wine extra. It’s the only place to eat and the meal was not bad.
  15. dick bird

    LIVE from the Camino BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    No, we only had time for the Monserrat to Puente la Riena part.
  16. dick bird

    LIVE from the Camino BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    That will be when you walk along the road from the monastery, you come to a T-junction and go left then immediately right up a nondescript but steep and rocky footpath. When you come down the other side there is a fantastic restaurant cafe where you can reward yourself with coffee and pan con...
  17. dick bird

    LIVE from the Camino BP on the Catalán, June-July 2024

    We walked the Cami Catala last month. It seems to have been way marked by somebody with an elderly rich uncle who owns a yellow paint factory, i.e. lavishly. Buen Camino.
  18. dick bird

    Planning tips for Camino de Madrid

    It’s worth calling ahead to let people know you are coming. You often have to collect a key and it makes life easier for everyone if you warn them first. We once waited 3 hrs outside the albergue because the guy with the key was on his tractor and didn’t hear his phone ring,
  19. dick bird

    Caminho without a phone

    Yes, probably. If not, you’ll find out quickly enough. If you are worried about it, buy another smartphone.
  20. dick bird

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    Next to a picnic spot by the reservoir coming out of Logroño. Ironically, 100 meters away on the dam, there was a father trying to teach his son how to catch fish. I think they get fed by picnickers.

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