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    Compostela Craziness!

    Suit yourself. Standing in line requires humility and is a proper culmination to the pilgrimage.
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    The American Camino

    John Adams was not on pilgrimage-- he was inconveniently shipwrecked and just trying to get to his destination. Hence the grumbling. Pertinent point.
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    Senses & Nostalgia

    Credence Clearwater Revival seemed to be playing in every bar
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    What portions can be skipped on CF (if necessary)?

    I would keep my plan open. Your body will tell you when you need a rest day. You can take a bus then.
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    Soap/Shampoo/Conditioner/Clothes

    I put my bar of dr Bronners in a mesh bag ( the type garlic comes in ) and used it for hair, showering and laundry. Scrubs nicely and doesn't slip. Put in in a zip lock bag to pack.
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    Headlamp or tiny flashlight?

    Head lamp. You can hold it in your hand to go to the bathroom.
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    Water Bottles on Shoulder Strap/Hipbelt?

    Where ever you can reach it NOW! Remember it isn't full for very long.
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    Anxious debate with myself about the Camino

    Don't burn your bridges. It is only 6 weeks, but you will be different whether you like it or not. Then you will come home and figure out what to do. You will have a place and job to come home to. That is more than some people have.
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    Santiago de Compostela to Barcelona

    Book a Ryan Air flight on line. It's inexpensive and faster than a train. You just need to find a place to print your ticket.
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    Good books of people's experiences on the Camino

    My favorites are the older books if you can find them. Walter Starkie, Jonathan Sumption. They are history scholars. Pilgrim Stories has a range of viewpoints-- I forget the author.
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    Good books of people's experiences on the Camino

    Yes! Jennifer Lash was her pen name and it is the book that set me on my path toward the Camino many years later. She began in northern France but she did not walk due to her health.
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    The meseta is a desert? Ummmm

    Perhaps the reference was symbolic
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    A few questions re: 1980s Camino Francés

    I have a friend who walked the Frances in the early 70s. He was just graduated from high school (in Spain) and he walked with his father. This was under Franco and people were very suspicious of them. They were questioned by the police more than once. There were no--or very few--pilgrim...
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    Surely we can find an older pilgrim on this forum

    In Sept/Oct of 2013 we met Mike from Florida who was 92. He walked from St Jean to Santiago. One stage he took a bus because of an injury, but went back and walked that stage after he completed his pilgrimage.
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    Adding pages to the Credencial

    I ran out of space on my American credential and picked up a second Spanish one in Leon at the municipal albergue. My husband got his French credential in St Jean and had plenty of space as they are bigger. They are all different and I enjoy looking at them now 2 years hence.
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    Pole: About caring poles

    They were hardly ever in my pack. In the last week or so I began to have some pain in my wrist so took a day or so break from the poles and really missed them. So maybe there is something to be said for those poles with shock absorbers in the handles. Don't know how they work.
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    What are your Music Playlist favorites?

    Me, too. Never listened to my iPod on the Camino, but I took pictures with it, read/sent emails when there was wifi, and read books: The Pilgrimage Road To Santiago by Gitlitz and Davidson, and How To Fix Your Feet, which was very useful!
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    That movie

    On the other hand, my husband and I met a man in Sarria, and again in Porto Marin, Larry, whose wife had recently passed away. He was lost, until he saw the movie, and knew he had to go walk the Camino. We went for an evening walk in Porto Marin, and I sensed the Camino was very healing for...
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    Which is more accepted, Visa, Mastercard or American Express?

    When you get your credit card request one with a chip and PIN #. Ours didn't have one so we couldn't use it in train station ticket kiosks etc. when I used it in a restaurant they had to process it a different way because it didn't work in their machines. They took it but it was annoyance.
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    Specific Brierley Questions

    The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago is a big book. I bought a kindle version and put it on my iPod. I used the iPod for email, camera and books. No music, no phone.

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