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Can't help with the credit card issue because I only use my credit card when absolutely forced to do so. However, you mentioned that you have a ScotiaBank card, debit I presume, and that caught my eye because I too have a ScotiaBank debit card and I am incredibly cheap and I will do anything to...
If they fell out during the night you probably did not insert them correctly. Try watching this youtube video which explains how foam earplugs are intended to be used.
http://site.earplugstore.com/videos/how_to_fit_foam_earplugs.htm
In my experience if you insert them correctly they should...
I agree with others who say that you shouldn't go looking to stay
in hotels because you won't meet other pilgrims, and that can be most
helpful and rewarding.
On the other hand I wouldn't go looking to stay in municipals and
parochials, which can sometimes be overcrowded, with rickety bunk
beds...
If you made the payment via Paypal, then you will have a reservation. However, if you didn't, its likely that you will not have a reservation when you arrive in July. Your message implies that you didn't respond to the Paypal request, and as far as I know that is a requirement.
I'm surprised to hear that people are having trouble booking Orisson. I wrote them last week using the web form on their web site and received a response the next day from Jean-Jacques ETCHANDY who confirmed my booking for April 24th and informed me that I would receive a Paypal invoice for...
1. Leaving Virgen del Camino-- L or R?
2. Leaving Hospital de Orbigo-- L or R?
3. Leaving Villafranca del Bierzo-- L or R?
4. Leaving Triacastela-- L or R?
My opinion is left, right, right, left which appears to be pretty much the consensus with a few people leaning toward right at Triacastela...
I've been trying to post the following message on the "carpool"
section of the Esprit du Chemin web site using the form provided for
that purpose, but I keep getting an error message saying that my
message has "triggered the spam filter and will not be accepted".
"A friend and I will be...
I did the Camino Frances last spring and met a Dutch fellow named "Arnoud" who had walked the Camino many times before. I think he had said he had done over 12,000km on the different routes. It seems appropriate that his name be immortalized in a book. On the other hand he was in his sixties...
Just my opinion, and I'm sure others would disagree, but I think the section from Sarria to Santiago is the least interesting part of the walk, and I'd opt for Pamplona to Burgos if I were you. Another alternative is to bus or take the train from Logrono to Leon and walk to Ponferrada. If you...
All of the private albergues and most of the municipal ones will have ample hot water for showers. There are, however, a couple of municipal albergues that are substandard and have a tendency to run out of hot water in the late afternoon. I did the camino last May and I ended up having cold...
I doubt that you will find any direct flights from North America to Santiago, so you are more likely to fly in and out of Madrid, and need to get to and from Santiago from there.
One way is to fly, using one the local carriers, Air Vueling (ww.vueling.com/en) or Iberian Airlines...
Google street view is a great way to see what it would be like to
walk the Camino. I did the Camino Frances last spring and spent hours
exploring locations along the route in Google street view before my
trip.
I even created a Google map of locations on the Camino and included
interesting...
The other option is to take the "Air France" shuttle bus to Orly airport and fly to Biarritz from there. The bus isn't free and anyone can take it, and the cost of flying from Orly to Biarritz is considerably less than flying from CDG, and there are a lot more flights. That's what I did last...
I'll second that. I stayed at the Hemingway last spring for one night and thought it was great. I can't remember what I paid but it was quite reasonable.
Interesting. A friend of mine was recently at the Ottawa airport and asked the CATSA security people
there whether or not hiking poles were allowed in carry on luggage and they said it wasn't a problem, so your comment "that is that" isn't the whole story. I suspect that you would get a...
I've never been on the Camino so I'll leave it to others to provide
meaningful and authoritative advice. However, I've been following a
picture blog by a Canadian from Vancouver, Randall St. Germain, who
did the walk in 2012 in 20 days starting on April 29 and the amount
of mud and rain he...
What's with reporting temperatures in degrees fahrenheit as in
"It was nearly 80 on Saturday and already 70 at 9:30am on Sunday'''.
The whole world has converted to centigrade, except the United States which insists on using an outmoded system of units. I grew up using fahrenheit but I've long...
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