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  1. Prentiss Riddle

    Advice on specific Decathlon rain jackets?

    Does anyone here have anything good or bad to report about specific rain jackets / windbreakers available at Decathlon? I'm wondering how their better ones stand up next to the name brands. In particular, the Quechua MH500 and MH900 rain jackets caught my eye because Decathlon's own comparison...
  2. Prentiss Riddle

    "Village to Village" updates going digital-only in 2024 😢

    Well, this makes me sad: my favorite camino guidebook series, the "Village to Village" guides by Dintaman & Landis and collaborators, will not have printed updates for the 2024 season. That's according to email I received from David Landis in December. His words: "We are planning digital-only...
  3. Prentiss Riddle

    Trouble locating 2023 Dintaman & Landis Camino Francés guide in Portugal

    This is weird: I'm living in Portugal and trying to find a copy of the 2023 edition of the Dintaman & Landis guide to the Camino Francés. Local stores don't carry it. Ivar's Camino Store doesn't list it. Amazon.com has it but I need a source in the EU. Amazon.es doesn't have it. Amazon.de has...
  4. Prentiss Riddle

    Dog takes pilgrimage - I am that dog

    This is why I still haven't made it to Santiago but I've been to Pamplona and Logroño I don't know how many times. https://www.theonion.com/dog-takes-pilgrimage-to-holy-site-where-it-once-found-r-1838909375
  5. Prentiss Riddle

    LIVE from the Camino Slow walkers on the Português Central - April 2023

    Live from the Caminho Português: We spent last night in the lovely Albergue de Peregrinos do Mosteiro de Vairão. As of April 17 it was far from full (only 11 pilgrims at dinner) and no need to book ahead. Private rooms were available for 30€. Great pilgrim meal with veg and non-veg options.
  6. Prentiss Riddle

    Mysteries of the Caminho in Porto: fork in the path to Braga

    The Porto to Braga trail on Flannery's excellent map runs near my apartment in the Constituição/Paranhos area of Porto. It's shown in burgundy on the map. It branches off of the Central in the Cedofeita neighborhood and runs by Lapa church, then northeast through the Porto suburbs. However...
  7. Prentiss Riddle

    Day trips on the Central out of Porto?

    We have moved to Porto (hooray!) and are looking forward to our first Caminho Português in the spring. Meanwhile we'd like to get started with some one-day walks accessible at both ends from Porto (preferably by transit but we could do a transit + Uber combo). Are there any nice segments of the...
  8. Prentiss Riddle

    "Camino store" in Porto?

    This has been asked in the past but it's been a few years, so: Is there anything resembling a "camino store" in Porto? My immediate wish is to browse the current selection of Caminho Português guides, and the local bookstores I've checked are spotty on that front. But I'm curious if there's a...
  9. Prentiss Riddle

    Current conditions on the Litoral out of Porto? (May 2022)

    I'm looking for news and tips from people walking the beach/waterfront route out of Porto. (We'll leave on May 9th and I'll start posting here myself then.) The reports of record arrivals in Santiago particularly have me wondering about accommodations. Are there lots of pilgrims? Any shortage...
  10. Prentiss Riddle

    Has anyone tried Matador ultralight packs?

    I'm ultralight-curious and clicked on a Facebook ad for this company's line of ultralight backpacks. Has anyone tried them? https://matadorup.com/collections/ultralight-bags The Freerain32 particularly caught my eye because 32 liters is my preferred size. I love my Deuter ACT Trail 32 (now...
  11. Prentiss Riddle

    Camino street art: La carta de Helena, Pamplona

    If you saw this street art on the Camino in the historic center of Pamplona, perhaps you're wondering what it means. Helena Maleno is a Spanish human rights activist focusing on the rights of migrants. She is the CEO of the non-governmental organization Caminando Fronteras and is credited with...
  12. Prentiss Riddle

    Rideshare on the Francés? (Uber, Lyft, Cabify, Free Now, BlaBlaCar?)

    Which rideshare services operate along the Camino Francés? I've heard that Uber and Lyft operate in Madrid (or have when they're not in legal hot water), and I've heard of other services in Spain like Cabify, Free Now, and BlaBlaCar. But my question is which of these services operate along the...
  13. Prentiss Riddle

    What's the state of the Camino Francés right now - June 2021?

    The forums are abuzz with people making plans, but I don't see much news live from the Camino. Are there any pilgrims yet? Open albergues? Are things completely shut in the small towns, or can you still count on finding a slice of tortilla and something to drink when you walk into a village...
  14. Prentiss Riddle

    For those struggling with French on the way to SJPdP

    This tickled my language-nerd dark-humor funny bone. Werner Herzog's answer to how many languages he can speak turns dark https://boingboing.net/2020/10/07/werner-herzogs-answer-to-how-many-languages-he-can-speak-turns-dark.html
  15. Prentiss Riddle

    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    Does anyone know of high quality books, websites or other resources about moving to or retiring in Spain or Portugal? Many of the websites I’ve seen seem pretty questionable, at least amateurish if not downright scammy. So far the books I’ve found aren’t much better. For example, I was just...
  16. Prentiss Riddle

    Affordable "virtual Camino" app with Street View?

    I know that this is a perennial topic, but technology changes and some of the threads of the past no longer have current information. My question: Is there a reasonably priced way to do a "virtual Camino" where I record pedometer steps from my walks at home and can see my Camino progress on...
  17. Prentiss Riddle

    "Fluent Forever" app now offers Castilian Spanish

    The nerdiest language app ever, Fluent Forever, has just added Castilian Spanish to their language list. Has anyone tried it? I read the book and fooled with their method years ago before they had an app (I was learning a different language, Hindi) and I thought their approach made a lot of...
  18. Prentiss Riddle

    OMG naughty medieval pilgrim badges 😮

    Today I learned that medieval pilgrims wore pilgrim badges, not unlike the souvenir pins worn by pilgrims today. “They were cheap, mass-produced, items, and they could have been used as presents from someone on his or her return from a pilgrimage, or ways of signalling one’s political...
  19. Prentiss Riddle

    Favorite place to overnight in Barajas?

    Anyone have a favorite hotel or hostal in Barajas to spend a final night before the flight home? We’ve stayed at the Hostal Aeropuerto and eaten at the closest bar around the corner. They were acceptable, nothing special. Also, today I learned from this post that you can walk from the historic...
  20. Prentiss Riddle

    LIVE from the Camino Busy May on the Meseta

    We’ve resumed our slow multi-year camino where we left off in Burgos. Things seem pretty busy on the trail. I can’t say what it’s like in the albergue bunkrooms, but we’ve been calling ahead to book a private room and having to try 2-3 places before we find a vacancy. Today a desk clerk in...

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