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Miam Miam Dodo is also available at the tourist office in Le Puy, same price.
This May I hope to once again be walking Le Chemin, starting at Cahors, where I stopped several years ago.
Just one more voice to recommend Miam Miam Dodo. We used it to plan each day's route and then check our progress as we walked. Sometimes we would arrive at a village in the afternoon, then consult Miam Miam Dodo to determine If the next village was possible.
In 2007, the first time we did The Camino, we rode bikes from SJPP. At that time, KLM had an offer that one bike could go free in the place of one suitcase. Note that this was before airlines started adding on so many extra fees for luggage.
For rain transportation in France, use the web...
I would add the following comments, based upon our experience of doing the Camino by bicycle in 2006:
Always check the brakes. In Galicia, one fellow pilgrim on a bike flew past us on a 15 kilometer decline when he lost his back brake. When we met him at Molinaseca he was still shaking.
We...
We varied the amount of water, a minimum of 1.5 liters but up to 3 liters, depnding on the day. More water for the climbs or any long strecthes wilhout little towns. I still remember the time another person doing the Camino on a mountain bike pulled alongside us and said we were not drinking...
When we finished the Pilgrimage in May of 2006, we thought about selling the bikes and put a notice at the pilrim's office in Santiago. We had an offer, but decided to take the bikes back with us. Our flights were on KLM, which did not charge extra for the bicycle as long as we just had one...
Chemin St Jaques - Le Puy
Buen Camino. We will follow your postings with great interest as we plan to do our second Camino this coming mid April, begining in Le Puy. May you have great weather during yuor journey. Steve
Omar, we plan to do Le Puy to Santiago next year, keep your posts coming so we can learn from your experiences. We did SJPP to Santiago last year. Buen Camino.
Buena,
The weeks before the Camino aren´t easy. Just one year ago, we were finishing our months of training and arguing over what bare necessities would go into the packs.
But it is worth all the effort. Believe, me, all the people we met along the Camino, the sights, and finally...
Hi to All - Camino in Late March
Good fortune on the journey. Last year, towards the end of March, we did the Camino Frances starting in SJPP. We had a little snow at the beginning and again on the third or fourth day. Steve
THE FAMOUS POEM AND SONG
That poem and song was what introduced me to El Camino. I heard Juan Manuel Serrat sing Cantares at a concert in 1993 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Next I obtained a book of poems by Antonio Machado. A few years later, a woman from Galicia showed me pictures of...
snow in high elevations and in Seattle
Ivar, I live next to Ballard and often eat there. I trained for El Camino on the bike and foot path that passes through Ballard and continues along the shore to the north part of Seattle.
We had snow again last night. The Seattle football team, the...
Ivar, here in Seattle, we have had snow, with lots of snow in the mountains. With the passage of time, my Norwegian language skills are gone, but I remember my father praising big snow falls as great for cross country skiing.
When we did the Camino in late March and April of this...
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