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Really? Honestly - in nearly all of them. I use my own towel nearly all of the time but they're definitely out and available. Which ones exactly I don't know. I am not really aware of the name of the albuergue I am in when I am in it. I have done the Frances twice, the Norte and two different...
Honestly, the biggest deals are your boots and pack. You have to walk, for hours, a couple days (at least) in a row to know if you're going to have issues or if you will want/need sticks. But you'll also find out in time if your pack doesn't fit or your gear isn't protecting you enough from wind...
The only towel I carry on Camino is one of those small, super absorbent towels. Usually the albuergues have towels so I can just use that one on my hair. If not, it works as a towel for everything. I once stopped at a grocery store and bought a cheap European travel blow dryer. EVERYONE wanted...
Ask your stylist for a "Base Break". You should just be doing this anyway - it saves loads of coloring appointments. Just do base breaks and highlights while you are letting the grey grow in. And it will give you about 8 weeks without roots.
I do too. I have walked with a pony tail that caught, and short hair I couldn't pull back at all - which whipped into my face all day and scratched my neck. I think the best I ever came up with was to put it in a pony tail/bun and tuck it all under a cap.
They do - but I can't say it did my hair any favors on Camino. It smelled really good tho, hah! I think a better idea would be to only take a small thing of safe shampoo and just not actually wash your hair much - get it wet, just don't use any sort of shampoo.
Every year, before I go on Camino, I get a Brazillian Blowout. It is expensive! But I don't have to worry about blow drying my hair, it dries much faster and there is NO FRIZZ. Get one of those little hair towels they sell in beauty shops - they're super absorbent and very lightweight and fast...
Small, manageable and light. 2 changes of clothes, tech everything - stuff that will wash and dry very quickly. Layers - you'll be cold if it is wet or in the mornings and hot in the afternoons. Anything you need you can buy on the way. You don't need any cool camping gear. Just water and clean...
Oh - great answers!
Once you're there this anxiety will melt away, honestly. Someone will invite you to sit by them at lunch or dinner or for coffee. Or you'll just find that you and another pilgrim have the same pace or leave at the same time every day. It might not happen day 1 (then again it...
Every year I say that is enough and every March I decide to go again. Why always in the Spring? Onrushing dementia?
Anyway - I am off on Thursday. At least this time I am mixing it up and doing a French route.
So, for Le Puy, I am going to grab a train from the Gare de Lyon and get a direct...
I think Limoge will be closest if you can get a direct flight there. If not then Lyon. Then get a train from either of those places.
(I haven't done it but I am looking into doing Le Puy myself right now.)
At home, going out for a walk I average about 4 miles an hour. For an hour. 6.5 over a two hour period. Depends on how hot it is. But on Camino it depends on how difficult the day before was - are my legs sore from that? Is it an uphill battle today?
WHatever my average is - I am not going to...
Provocative? I see men in auberges walking around naked and in tiny thong type underwear. I am not going to trouble myself with how "provocative" my sleeping attire might be to some peregrino!
I don't CARE if anyone sees my undies. You'll often be sharing space with men - underwear will be seen. In fact, my black tech sports bra and Patagonia underwear often double as bathing suit. Shrug.
I carry a black cotton T shirt dress. I have had it on every Camino. I hate sleeping in...
Oh man I was so jangled and anxious I was a little bit nutty. I was planning it all out for my grown son and myself - and I was so worried about catching the right trains to the right places, and I thought I was going to the moon or something. I look back on the contents of my pack and laugh...
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