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    advice for terror filled newbie!

    Hiya, This is the site for train timetable info: http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html I've caught the train in the opposite direction before (i.e. Burgos to Barcelona) and had to change once at Zaragoza. No dramas. I think it's about 65-70 euros one-way (but my memory isn't so...
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    "The Way" movie being released??

    Hmm, I didn't like the movie so much. I found the female lead really distracting - her character was walking the camino in skin-tight jeans! I didn't really like her acting much either, and she looked like she'd had a lot of plastic surgery... Anyway, the rest was good, but I just couldn't...
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    What is the one Albergue that you would say not to miss

    After a week and a half of cold, damp, occasionally dirty, saggy-mattressed, overcrowded, under ventilated, etc.etc., albergues, I arrived at the municipal albergue at Burgos and nearly cried for joy! It's sooooooo comfortable and well thought-out. There are even individual reading lights and...
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    I ended up buying a sleeping bag when I got to Pamplona - definitely needed! And my pants, which were a last minute inclusion, I ended up wearing every day! Now, what I *really* should have packed was a bit of patience and humility: I had to come home today to nurse a bad case of tendonitis...
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    Class of 2011

    Hello! Writing from Najera! Have met lots of lovely people and very glad I came to do this. It's not half as scary as I had imagined, to come by yourself that is. Maybe I'll see some of you down the road!
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    Class of 2011

    I'm packed and ready to go! Catching the train to Pamplona and then the bus to Roncesvalles. Will start walking Wednesday! See you on the walk!
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    Yes, I did get some great answers :) Thanks everyone for your advice! I'm catching the train tomorrow morning to Pamplona, then the bus to Roncesvalles where I'll stay the night and then I'll start walking on Wednesday. Yay!
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    Right. OK, sheet back into pack. Pack looks like it's going to explode! Wonder what the first thing I'll throw out along the way will be? Maybe the extra, warm top? Maybe the pyjamas? If only I knew now, then I could ditch it already!
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    Right. I'm going to add pants but maybe take out the fitted sheet I had packed, so I can try to keep my pack at 6kg. If I treat my clothes with anti-bedbug spray, do you think I'll be OK to sleep directly on the albergue mattress without my own sheet?
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    Thanks Doug, that's some good advice, especially the part about stopping at the first town after 3pm. I reckon maybe I'll try to buy a bocadillo each afternoon, so that if there aren't any cafes open early in the morning, I'll be able to eat the bocadillo for breakfast. Then, if there is a cafe...
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    Getting dressed, best time of day to walk, cold legs?

    Hoping someone can tell me what the etiquette is for getting dressed/undressed in the albergues? What do women normally do? Also, what is the best time of day to arrive at the next albergue in order to get a bed, shower, etc. and avoid a rush? And my last question: do I really need to bring a...
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    rude spanish bar owners.live from camino

    I've lived in Spain for two and a half years now and the frequent abruptness of sales staff doesn't bother me any more, but it used to leave me seething. Now, I think I've figured it out. Back home, if someone is having a bad day, or is generally a grumpy person, they will give you a fake smile...
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    Class of 2011

    Thanks for the encouragement folks! wdbillingsley, that's a lovely story about the orange :)
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    Class of 2011

    Hi all! I'm Lucy, an Aussie girl living in Spain. I woke up yesterday and decided that I want to walk the Camino - next week! Going to go shopping this weekend for a backpack. Will buy elastic ankle supports and walk in my normal gym shoes. Will basically wear the clothes on my back plus a...

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