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  1. Camembert

    LIVE from the Camino Caminho Real 23 — Madeira

    🫢 the travel brochures I have here about the Açores spelled it wrong. I took it over , thinking it was correct . Açores are still on our bucketlst.
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    LIVE from the Camino Caminho Real 23 — Madeira

    Ponte Delgado is at the Açores, not at Madeira There is a hamlet called Ponta Delgada between São Vicente and Santana at the northside of Madeira. Beautifull area.
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    LIVE from the Camino Caminho Real 23 — Madeira

    Madeira is a beautifull island. What you walk , we did by car. Take your swimming gear with you . once you arrive in Porto Moníz there are beautifull natural swimmingpools in the ocean.
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    Anyone know why Spanish people put water bottles outside their front door?

    If you ever walk the Portuguese Central (again), about a few miles after Casa daFernanda in the direction of Ponte deLima , you‘ll see a white house at the leftside with a drawing of the Apostle Santiago painted at the wall Many will recognize the house. In front is a bench to rest for a...
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    Anyone know why Spanish people put water bottles outside their front door?

    Lots of people in Portugal fill bottles up at local fountains As a hospitaleiro at an albergue I went to the next fountain about 100 yards away with a wheelbarrel to fill up as many as empty bottles as possible and many times The water from the fountain is far better than the water supplied by...
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    Anyone know why Spanish people put water bottles outside their front door?

    In California nearby L.A. I saw half filled bottles with water inside the houses. It was for warning the persons for earthshocks and earthquakes . As long as there is nothing wrong the watersurface stands still. If the surface is moving , get out of your house asap .
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    Coastal to central

    the Episcopa was a Greek bishop in the 9th century . you probably mean the Ecopista, the path alongside the Minho river from Caminha to Valença do Minho beautifull walk No need to walk in one day to Valença or even Tui. Halfway Valença is the town of Vila Nova de Cerveira with all needs for...
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    Coastal to central

    Barcelona is a bit out of the Caminho Português. I think you mean Barcelos
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    Perfect lightweight backpack for baguettes??

    The charm of a freshly baked and bought baguette is that you hold it under the sweaty armpits for some time to get the typical taste and flavour as we are used to consume in France
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    How to get Compostela noted for Camino walked in memory deceased relative (in vicarie pro)

    I was wondering if they print the names in Latin at the Compostela or is it now your own name ? Being volunteer and “ handwriter “ last year we could convert almost every name in Latin We had an extended list of names in the computer in front of us. your name eg John = Ioanem is written in...
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    That ‘first camino feeling’

    The real caminho feeling is the Way, not the arrival. . I understand your feeling of sadness arriving in Santiago What now? It is over. But in the meantime you and many of us know by now what is the medicine against this sadness, walk another caminho
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    Coastal to central

    Both are nice From Vila do Conde on the Central route you pass nice places like Barcelos Ponte de Lima. You can stay at Portugal’s best privat albergue Casa da Fernanda in Vitorino de Piães and climb to the highest point of the entire caminho Português , the Alto de Portela Grande between...
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    Casa Fernanda?

    Fernanda has 10 beds in the dorm, a room for 2 in the dorm , a room for 3 in the dorm and 2x2 beds in privat rooms in her house Besides there is a double bed on the veranda She can lodge 20 persons
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    100 km --TOTAL??

    Caminha and a Guarda are on the Coastal in the direction of Vigo. About 160 kms from Santiago and are easy to access by train ( Caminha) To get in A Guarda take a short boatride from Caminha by watertaxi
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    Camino from Viana do Castelo to Santiago

    I meant holidaytime in August. So many walkers on the way so you gave to share the lodging facilities with many others. About the weather, my crystal ball says may rain, may shine.
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    Camino from Viana do Castelo to Santiago

    Vigo to Pontevedra is almost 40 kms if you follow the waymarkers. Arriving on a Sunday ? There are lots of tourists Maybe they are gone after a long weekend so the Sunday can be quieter. But you are walking in August and that is the holiday month for anyway the Spanish people so you have to...
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    Variante Espiritual recognized or not ?

    Last year when I was volunteer we had the freedom to add kms on the Distância to the recognized routes because it was handwritten by then. so on request I did rarely . But the difference now is that all routes are automised. No handwritings neither for a Compostela, nor for a Distância. And...
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    Variante Espiritual recognized or not ?

    280 kms is the distance from Porto by the coastal via Baiona, Vigo and Caldas de Reis and not via the Variante Espiritual ( count ca 45 kms to it) so back to the question of post #1 of this thread. @jw2828 you are very respectful to the staff and volunteers who come to Santiago from all...
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    More Police in tourist areas in Santiago to avoid inappropriate behavior of pilgrims

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    Casa Fernanda?

    In 2019 I met a Portuguese TV celebrity at Fernanda’s , Ruth Marques who joined Carla, the hospitaleira from the albergue o Mosteiro do Vairão nearby Porto who for one or other reason showed up at Fernanda’s .We all were singing and dancing meanwhile enjoying the présence of the different...

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