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  1. Betty Bauer

    My Top 5 camino books

    I wanted to chirp in and say the Hug for the Apostle book really is quite good! I found two copies in our church's gift shop a few years ago, and aside from the comparisons between then and now, I really like the way the route is documented, esp. since the author started in France.
  2. Betty Bauer

    While Waiting to Walk - What are you doing?

    Reno, Nevada area ... so, too far to walk to Sac, but hoping to walk in Spain as soon as it's possible :)
  3. Betty Bauer

    Winter Camino Francés video (arrived January 6th, 2021)

    This is a really good video. It's hard to find Winter Camino ones!
  4. Betty Bauer

    Has anyone done anything 'new' since lockdown?

    I started selling skincare and nutrition products in August ... well, since I don't sell very much yet at this stage, I 'share' about skincare, etc. I used to use the example of the acquaintances that I knew from college that did this as people who needed to prove that they had something useful...
  5. Betty Bauer

    So here I go - compiling that lightweight kit - I started with the Rucksack

    This is starting to remind me of the '12 Days of Christmas' melody ...
  6. Betty Bauer

    Breakfast in France

    Maybe he gets discounts 😆
  7. Betty Bauer

    Thinking of walking Camino Frances in summer 2021... in need of advice

    There was a time when traveling around the world seemed to some as not fitting into the mindset of the same people who held down steady jobs. However, with what I've seen in the past 10+ years, notifying a potential employer (within a reasonable amount of time) that you were planning on doing...
  8. Betty Bauer

    Bed bugs while in confinement

    Having dealt with bed bugs three times, twice in an apartment when other tenants moving in brought them with them, I would say if she does have them the most likely place would be the books that were unpacked. After my place was treated the second time, 7 or so months later I went through a box...
  9. Betty Bauer

    Walk and knit - Camino Frances

    I remember a book of 'elephant jokes' we had that sounded like this, some of them were truly memorable :D😅
  10. Betty Bauer

    Walk and knit - Camino Frances

    I can't imagine being able to knit and walk at the same time, but I am a knitter, and I've found that it does cross language barriers with regularity. Most of the needles that I buy are the bamboo kind in case I should feel that I need to take them on an airplane (but I haven't done that...
  11. Betty Bauer

    French Night Trains coming back ?

    I've probably taken 20+ cross-country trips on Amtrak here in the US, and the air-circulation in the sleeper cars is more comfortable than in the coaches (where even there, there is more room than on an airplane). The windows don't open, unlike Europe, but I know the Amtrak train goes through...
  12. Betty Bauer

    Usernames, real names, and Zoom

    I think it helps to refer to people in the Forum by their Forum names, otherwise it would be a lot harder to put a post with who posted it, etc. when going through threads.
  13. Betty Bauer

    Nationalities on the Camino

    I think a lot of the reason people from the US are more specific about where they are from has to do with different states being created for completely different reasons at different times. Nevada has the motto 'Battle-Born' because it was created during the Civil War to add another state to...
  14. Betty Bauer

    Doing the Camino in style

    One of my favorite quotes is from Mark Twain - "Clothes make the man; naked people have little or no influence on society." As for myself, I have found myself very uncomfortable at times wearing clothes that were not mine, and didn't end up really reflecting me, or, not fitting me the way I...
  15. Betty Bauer

    Comment by 'Betty Bauer' in media 'Roncesvalles'

    There is a chapel in Rome 'made' out of bones, I think from a boneyard of sorts in Austria. I think it is commonly referred to as 'the bone chapel', to my memory ... it's strangely peaceful inside, but most people are just walking through anyway and not staying very long.
  16. Betty Bauer

    Anyone sew their own Camino clothing or gear?

    I've made a sleeping-bag liner out of two (what I believe is silk) wrap-around pair of pants, just sewing them together and cutting off the straps/ties. They already had an inside and outside layer to them, so re-sewing the material together in a different shape took some perseverance keeping...
  17. Betty Bauer

    Gym leggings instead of "hiking pants"

    I've been finding 'workout/travel' leggings with pockets somewhat regularly over the past year or so. Obviously, the pockets would be most useful for flatter objects, but I really the idea. Typically where I've seen (and purchased) them are on the Sierra Trading Post site, out of Wyoming. The...
  18. Betty Bauer

    Communion on Camino: Comments and an Observation

    If one is a member of a parish outside of the Roman Catholic Church, which has valid orders, one is allowed to receive communion at a Roman Catholic mass if that is the only possibility for services at that point. This isn't common among Episcopalians/Anglicans though, and can be a headache. I...
  19. Betty Bauer

    Sexual assault in Feb 2015

    I do not wish to play devil's advocate, but being alone in and of itself is not dangerous, until one is in the wrong place at the wrong time, or you do not have good visibility. Not seeing anyone could mean you are totally fine. I have also had joggers warn me of men walking on the edge of our...
  20. Betty Bauer

    Post-arrest news in the case of Denise Thiem

    That does clarify it more.

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