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  1. Kurt5280

    Private accommodation - Hike without a sleeping bag?

    Liz - I would recommend prebooking a hotel a night or two in Burgos...and in Leon too...but most importantly prebook your room in Santiago...but otherwise I just biked until I saw a small hotel or similar and asked for a room...some days when I knew I wanted to stop in a certain town for...
  2. Kurt5280

    Does it get better?

    I completed the Camino del Norte last September...Irun to Bilboa is rough...it gets a little better from Bilboa to Santander...I am from Colorado and my opinion is that from Irun to Santander is some world class hiking trail.
  3. Kurt5280

    What to do with aggressive dogs

    My advice...stay near the coast between Finisterre and Muxia...the people that live near the coast are use to both tourists and Pilgrims...so you should not have any loose farm dog problems...it worked for me on my second Camino.
  4. Kurt5280

    What to do with aggressive dogs

    I got lost between Finisterre and Muxia so I was pushing my mountain bike uphill on a paved road that went through a large farm...on my left there was a large metal barn for tractor equipment and outside there was a farmer working on his tractor and a farm dog (40+ lbs) watching him...as I...
  5. Kurt5280

    Has your camino experience changed who you are as a person?

    In 2003 I was riding the RTD Light Rail to work when a woman on a cellphone drove through a red light derailing the train...I spent 5-years in reconstructive orthopedic surgeries...and I was told that I would never walk again without a limp or ride a bike...until the Camino Frances mountain bike...
  6. Kurt5280

    Has your camino experience changed who you are as a person?

    My speech titles are..."Camino del Norte by Mountain Bike…The Who, What, & Why"...."Camino Muxia & Finisterre by Mountain Bike…The Quick Picture Tour"...&..."So You Don’t Think You Can Do the Camino?...My Personal Experience"...so maybe I can get future Pilgrims to try something other than the...
  7. Kurt5280

    Has your camino experience changed who you are as a person?

    I thought the Camino was just another religious pilgrimage with a significantly challenging aspect...I really did not understand the Compostela Pilgrims that wrapped there life around the Camino...but tonight I am doing two or three Camino presentations to future Pilgrims...and I am planning my...
  8. Kurt5280

    Mature couple cycling the Camino

    Biking the Camino del Norte from Santander to Santiago is very bikeable with one very memorable hill climb...but bring extra innertubes because I lost two inner tubes on some rough trail between Santander and Santiago...however from Bayonne to Santandar I recommend hiking because there is some...
  9. Kurt5280

    A Hard Question?

    During the Camino Frances I saw a woman crying and hiking with a twisted ankle swollen twice normal size...I saw a man pushing his physically disabled wife through the Meseta in a wheelchair...and another man traveling on a bus with his mentally disabled son...and in comparison to these Pilgrims...
  10. Kurt5280

    A Hard Question?

    I flew to Israel to see Old Jerusalem...I took a train to Rome to see Vatican City...and I mountain biked the Camino Frances from SJPdP to see Santiago...I never felt any difference...but for me all three of these Pilgrimages were for Religious reasons...basically my attempt "to find (connect...
  11. Kurt5280

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    I am on a flight to Biarritz this afternoon (Camino del Norte) and I am struggling over leaving several items: 1) Sun Glasses...only saw two days of sun on my last Camino Frances...first and last day. 2) Sleeping Clothes...never wore them last time...way too cold. 3) Silk Bed Liner...only...
  12. Kurt5280

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    Maybe I was moving to hard and fast...but but the majority of food I ate on the Camino Frances was simple Pilgrim Meals, Bocadillos with Mayonesa, Torrilla Espanola for lunch, and an occasional Hamburguesa...my last eggs for breakfast was in Roncesvalles...until finally an omelette for lunch...
  13. Kurt5280

    What did you do with your compostella/shell

    My Scallop Shell is lost somewhere on the Pilgrim Trail in the hills before Astorga...unless another Pilgrim found and kept it for good luck.
  14. Kurt5280

    If you had only one word ...

    "Yisrael"...in Hebrew Means "One Who Struggles With God"
  15. Kurt5280

    Volunteering in Santiago de Compostela homeless soup kitchen

    I will come knock on your door next month...arriving on Camino del Norte.
  16. Kurt5280

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    Peach Mojito...after a long hot day on the Camino...I will drink anything if it comes frozen!
  17. Kurt5280

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    Obviously you have never tried good green chilli sauce on eggs...I bet you green chilli sauce would make a Tortilla Espanola taste devine.
  18. Kurt5280

    What did you forget that you would bring with you the second time?

    For me all I thought about was food on the Camino Frances...so this time I am bringing...chewy chocolate chip granola bars...peanut butter for the hard dry bread (but will buy olive oil for the bread as soon as I can find it)...and I would really like to bring green chilli sauce but with no...
  19. Kurt5280

    There ARE coed group showers!

    I am willing to wash your back...I mean watch your back...I mean watch the door for you.
  20. Kurt5280

    SJPP to Pamplona

    The Pilgrim Blessing was at the Colegiata de Roncesvalles cathedral...and the time on weekdays is 8:00 PM...and 6:00 PM or 7:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday...and in my opinion this is the best Pilgrim Mass except for the Pilgrim Mass in Santiago de Compostela...but check at the Tourist Office in...

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