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Attend Mass the day before, or check the website for the *earliest* Mass on the 25 ( there won't be a " normal" schedule). As Bradypus said, the primary Mass(es) are reserved for local officials, and sometimes national ones.
Pretty sure the answer to question 2 is heck yeah. Last year, the going rate at private albergues on the Primitivo was a minimum 15 euro. I think that some claim that they can travel and eat under 40-50 euro/day, but my impression was that those people stayed only in municipals and ate only...
Experience with TAP Portugal in 2021 and 2023, Madrid to IAD and then IAD MADRID-IAD. Went through Lisbon each time.
Other than transiting through Lisbon customs, I would highly recommend TAP Portugal. Comfortable, clean, good service, and depending on the fare class you choose, you can...
Unless you're staying in a hotel/casa/private home, you'll need to carry your coil , juicer, and converter(!) to the albergue kitchen to use it...and some albergues have quiet hours, wherein the use of * any* appliance is not encouraged.
A coil at 5 AM, quietly...and what will you drink your...
::: chuckle::: Silvermomma, I'd invite you to spend a little more time with yourself and your original question. Why did it bother you? What part of your self- image was being challenged by calling your personal experience and possible suffering a "vacation?" Figure that out, and you may find...
Perhaps a relevant note:
I do a lot of timed endurance walks.
The advertised distance is often 13.1 miles - approximately 21 km. But that measurement assumes that the competitor always takes the shortest distance at every point on the course and on every turn, without obstacles, water...
No one makes cute women's shoes in 12E/46 or 48. Also why I can't go below a 36L pack... ;)
God gets a pair of ballet flats with an insole, which I use instead of packing a pair of shower flip flops. They dry reasonably well.
Kind of confused by your question, so bear with me. I ended up using Google Translate, much to my shame
If you're asking if ( deep breath):
the Roman Catholic Church sponsors events at various times ( particularly during Lent and the Easter season) in various locations around the world ( there...
Forum readers know how much I struggled on the Primitivo last year.
Then I looked at the eclipse map for Aug 12, 2026. The totality centerline looks like it goes within a km of Salas.
My family is now laughing hysterically at me contemplating whether I could do it again, but start...
Joro, if your heart is pulling you back to the Frances, why are you fighting it? Especially since you've walked other Caminos.
Fear of missing out? On what? That's an expectation you might want to consider getting rid of.
Are you trying to rewrite your personal history? Then yes, take a...
In my viewpoint as a still working US citizen with limited vacation time, immersive is what you bring to it. If you approach it as, "Holy cow, I get to spend 5 full days walking, eating, and sleeping Camino!" - my take is, you'll be immersed.
Alternatively...how many days did it take you...
Hem. Y'all didn't ask, but given how much time I've been spending with doctors lately, you're stuck. ;)
Alzheimer’s took my adoptive mother in her 90s, long before her body gave up. Cancer from smoking took my bio mom right before 78. Adoptive father was the longest lived in his family when a...
BTW, SP, if you choose the Primitivo and can't make both Bodenaya or Samblisimo work (I didn't try either, since I was shipping a backpack), I highly recommend Albergue El Cruce, a private donativo in La Espina, down the street a little way from the Paradilla.
Should we ask how old you are, or how much life experience you have? Or whether you have already been a victim? Or how good your instincts are?
Or should we tell you what you've read above?
Neither are necessarily relevant. What *is* relevant is what J Wilhaus has written above, which...
:::chuckle::: I'm a nurse in the US, and I went through a couple of Google pages to identify what you were talking about.
This locoid corticosteroid cream (Hydrocortisone butyrate) appears to be by prescription in NZ and in the US ... our OTC creams and lotions aren't the same concentration...
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