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  1. marciarsm

    Adding a zipper to a Costco quilt

    I’ve also used a Costco down throw that I added snaps to. I like your idea of a zipper even better. Thanks for sharing. Amazon carries the extract same throw in four colors at a bit of a higher price.
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    Your Shadow

  3. marciarsm

    Help with Lamb's Wool Questions...?

    Here’s what I used, which was obtained at a local pharmacy in the U.S.
  4. marciarsm

    Meeting Ivar

    And in June of last year I happily recognized him pushing his young son in a stroller near the Cathedral. It gave me the opportunity to thank him for all his contributions to us pilgrims.
  5. marciarsm

    Pensions or alburgues in Reliegos?

    Last year I also stayed at Albergue de Ada. It was spotless! And the vegetarian meal cooked by the host was delicious (I'm not a vegetarian). I would definitely stay there again.
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    Which albergue in Espinal?

    Hi, I am thinking of pushing on to Espinal from Valcarlos. The 8pm Mass and pilgrim blessing at Roncevalles is something I would not want to miss. I've heard that Irugoienea would drive pilgrims to Roncevalles. Does anyone have experience with this?; is the ride to Roncevalles just in the...
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    Camino-themed Baby Names For English Speaker

    Charles, Charlene, Carla, Charlotte for Charlemagne.
  8. marciarsm

    Camino-themed Baby Names For English Speaker

    For a girl it could be Rachelle (French for Rachel) and pronounced rah-shell, with Shelly as a nickname. Or what about Jacqueline, anther French female name for James.
  9. marciarsm

    A Few Random Questions

    The above guide book, 2017 edition of Village to Village, just became available in Kindle format from Amazon.
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    How did you discover the Camino?

    My introduction to the Camino began in 1985 during my first trip to Europe. My Mom and I were driving across France and spent one night in Le Puy and the next night in Rocamadour. Both towns had cathedrals famous for their black madonnas. I knew both were pilgrimage churches, and thought it was...
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    The perfect iPhone App for the Camino Francés ?

    The Wise Pilgrim Guide is now available in Kindle version from Amazon (February 2017)
  12. marciarsm

    iphigenie app and IGN maps GR65

    Lena, try Googling "iMiam" (without parenthesis); clicking on this Google site will take you to the Apple App Store where you can purchase the app. Not sure why this roundabout way works, but it might be because it's in a foreign language. In the Apple App Store you can also purchase another app...
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    Is this the question there is no answer for?

    During my first trip to Europe in 1985 I encountered a plaque on the cathedral in Le Puy that named kings, queens and saints the had visited this pilgrimage church. At the time I thought it was a pilgrimage church because of it's black Madonna. The following day I encountered a similar plaque in...
  14. marciarsm

    to send a package from SJPP and bring it in Santiago de Comp

    In 2013 I stayed at Hosperia San Martino in Santiago and was able to arrange with them to accept the package (without charge) I had mailed from SJPdP. They had instructed me to label the package with my name and the dates of my reservation. When I retrieved it 40 days later, I noticed that the...
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    to send a package from SJPP and bring it in Santiago de Comp

    There's a post office (Officina de Correos) in the Madrid airport, T1, floor O, Arrivals Hall (week days 08:30-14:30, Saturdays 09:30-13:00). We arrived too early to use it so had to mail our things from SJPDP. Don't remember the cost, but it is more expensive in France than Spain.
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    Airline - Lost Luggage and forwarding to STJPdP

    In September of 2013 we flew from Chicago to Madrid to San Sebastián (on Iberia to Madrid on then on one of the national carriers to SS). Our luggage didn't make it to SS with us, but was delivered by the airlines to SJPDP around midnight that same day. I had carried on my pack which contained...

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