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    How can I avoid blisters!!!???

    HI Everyone, I watched people nursing their feet night after night in albergues. I came to the conclusion that heavy duty leather hiking boots on the Camino are the problem. Today's walking/hiking shoes are lightweight, have air cushioned soles and are water resistent but airy. I used...
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    Travelling alone on the Camino!

    Hi Everyone, This is only a story, but I think it is very typical of what happens: When I arrived at the albergue in Portugalate a little late, I met a young French woman who had started her Camino that day in Bilbao. We talked in the dormitory for quite a while and she expressed her concerns...
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    Sleeping bag

    Hi and have a great Camino del norte. Do get a light sleeping bag or "travel bag." The pilgrim hostels often have unwashed sheets on the beds. Before I left home I sprayed my bag (and my backpack) with an anti bug stray that worked fine. In the miserable albergue in Santandar (by the...
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    Food on the Caminos

    Hi Everyone, I just returned from the Norte and here's a quick summary of the current food situation: Pilgrim menu about 8 -9 euros, menu del dia mostly 10 euros (beware of places that don't list prices). Recommended first plates: Paella, of course and the beef bologna (meat in a tomato...
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    list of albergues and height(maps)

    Walking on the highway (short cut) into Castro Erdialis this morning I came across a B&B just before town on the right. Their sign is right out on the highway. The place is a well run spa and small hotel. The good news is they provide a large shared room with ten comfortable beds and shared...
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    Good Restaurants

    Thanks, Desert Rain, An extraordinary post which I will copy and carry along the Way. My only caveat is that one should be prepared to pay dearly for Michelin restaurants in places like San Sebastian (which has more Michelin rated restaurants than Paris!). My wife and daughter had their worst...
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    Good Restaurants

    Hi Everyone, to continue this thread about eating in restaurants. I just got an email from a friend who lives in Barcelona and she made a startling recommendation. She recommends I bring a shaker of black pepper to add to whatever I order in restaurants in Spain. I'm thinking I'll just bring...
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    New private albergue between Deba and Markina

    How is this albergue between Deba and Markina (a place I long for)? It is in Markina. Is there any albergue between Deba and Markina...I hate to make that whole walk. Regards, Giles
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    who makes up these rules about the Compostela?

    Hello everyone, The other day, on another thread, Johnny Walker of the Compostela office in Santiago said: "Just in the last few days we have had more pilgrims than usual coming to the Pilgrims Office who have not walked the last 100 kms into Santiago and therefore do not qualify for either a...
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    Bringing euros to Spain

    Hi Michael, I totally forgot that my Bank of America debit card does reimburse for fees. But I still don't trust those atms in CDG...it's a phobia I guess I'll have to live with. Anyway, I have been rummaging through my house trying to find some left over Euros- all I need is 10 to get me...
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    Bringing euros to Spain

    Hi, an update to this thread from April. For Americans flying into Paris (CDG)... To take the PER train into the city you'll need Euros to buy a ticket in the automated machines. Otherwise, you face a long line to use your U.S. credit card (without "chip and pin") at the ticket counter. The...
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    How does the Ecomonic Situation in Spain Effect the Camino?

    Many thanks for the excellent reports from all of you. Probably the best information I've read on the actual financial situation "on the ground" in Spain. These insights from people living in the country are quite helpful. Just six years ago my wife became very ill at Fuente De in the Pico de...
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    How does the Ecomonic Situation in Spain Effect the Camino?

    John is right, Nicole, the Way factor is definitely on the way, so to speak. Everyone I talk with about the Camino these days has either seen The Way (and loved it) or plans to. We are going to screen it for our community center (in the mountains of northern New Mexico) next month and expect...
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    hiking poles

    I wonder, did you limp through the screening device? Giles
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    Walking the Camino del norte in august/ september

    Thanks Rodney, I was going to walk around Bilbao but now I think I ought to stop in at that art gallery (Bellas artes). I've passed the Guggenheim a couple of times over the years and never went in...I just don't like that kind of art. I don't care much for the Guggenheim in NYC either. But...
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    Live from the Peregrino Office!

    Thanks for your patience with me John. Now that I know what the choices are, I think I'll stop in for a compostela! And yes, you definitely need to change the wording of the pie chart on your website. Que le vaya muy buen, Giles
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    Live from the Peregrino Office!

    Hi, I'm back with another question. I do this bravely even though Michael B thinks I'm angry and frustrated and burdened (If he only knew how happy I am...sorry). So on the official website of the peregrino office (http://peregrinossantiago.es/eng/pilgri ... tatistics/) they say that people...
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    Live from the Peregrino Office!

    Wow, Sounds like you are making people say "religious" or "spiritual" even if that wasn't their motivation. Nice way to up your stats on that score. As someone who spent many years in Roman Catholic Religious life, I understand this system completely. Count me out. Actually, what I will...
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    Walking the Northern way.

    Hi, I think the brochure that Mike is talking about (3euros) is probably this one. It is produced by a cooperative venture of all the provinces that the northern route goes through. I wrote the tourist office in Bilbao and they came back saying that this brochure is available in most tourist...
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    Albergue or Hostel? Which are better & cheaper

    Hi Poppz, I think I know what you are wondering about. At San Sebastian for instance, the lines get blurred between albergues for pilgrims and youth hostels. So you need to "read between the lines" so to speak. I was trying to find a place for my first day after a long train ride from Paris...

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