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  1. Thomas Hourihan

    So what happens if you lose all your money?

    I have only read this thread from the Moderator - great advice. I pulled out 200 Euro at a time from an ATM. I was robbed once of all my cash on one occasion, borrowed 20 euro until I could get to another ATM. I am returning this year and will keep my $ with me when showering. My ATM cards were...
  2. Thomas Hourihan

    Where to stay in Santiago

    Hello, I was ready for a little quiet and privacy by the time I reached Santiago. I am an Airbnb host in Newington, New Hampshire and love having guests from wherever - so on the Camino, I got to be a guest. Stayed with a young family, private bedroom and shared bath for three nights 15...
  3. Thomas Hourihan

    Anyone doing the Camino in April 2016

    Dear Peregrinos, I can feel the energy and the longing to get under way in April. For most, finally fulfilling a long anticipated walk and what a walk it is! I just heard a good quote from a veteran walker: "During the day, when they walk, some people like to isolate themselves from the other...
  4. Thomas Hourihan

    Underwear right size

    I am wonderfully entertained by this thread - just when I thought I read all the questions about the right gear and clothing, up comes a question about underwear. And then I'm asked to look away while the question is on the table - and that after a few of my male counterparts piped in with...
  5. Thomas Hourihan

    Gym leggings instead of "hiking pants"

    I walked with a pilgrim from Holland who wore running tights - sometimes a pair of shorts over them when we left on cold mornings. I had the baggy zip off pants so popular on the Camino. I will walk the next Camino in running tights!!!
  6. Thomas Hourihan

    the QUICKEST way from Madrid airport to St. Jean Pied de Port???

    I am loving the serious debate between a helicopter and private jet!!! One of the more intelligent and humorous threads I have shared in. Who should begin the Camino after being sandwiched into a taxi with four people (and packs!!!) or taking your life in your hands driving your own hired car...
  7. Thomas Hourihan

    the QUICKEST way from Madrid airport to St. Jean Pied de Port???

    Yes, it is coming up soon if you are setting out next month. I am excited for you - it is truly an exciting adventure ahead of you.... It might be helpful if you shared your departure location! Why are you flying to Madrid and from where? Buen Camino Thomas
  8. Thomas Hourihan

    Training Question

    Hello Fred, You have received one of the best collection of responses I have read on any forum. Seems, most agree, you are more physically prepared than most pilgrims. Agree with leg exercises: lunges, weighted squats and lots of step up and down exercises. Also agree with many who encouraged a...
  9. Thomas Hourihan

    Rest days between Burgos and Santiago

    I did the Camino last fall - I walked from Burgos to Santiago in 23 days with two rest day: Leon and small mountain village, Faba, just below the beautiful mountain top views at O'Ocebreiro. To do this half of the Camino in three weeks is, in my humble estimation, both physically demanding and...
  10. Thomas Hourihan

    Rest days between Burgos and Santiago

    Had a magical lunch and stop in Molinaseca - restaurant resting on the river below the beautiful arched bridge.
  11. Thomas Hourihan

    Santiago Syndrome?

    Hello Penny, My experience last fall was that the majority of those walking the Camino came alone. You don't need to wait for your husband, nor should you from the sounds of your physical challenges. .I had a discussion with another peregrino on this subject. He said "if you come with someone...
  12. Thomas Hourihan

    Need help with hiking poles

    I have said before in another discussion of walking stick, so integral to the body - buy two sets of rubber tips! No one talks about this. I lost a wonderful rubber cushioned tip walking out of Carillon when my stick got stuck in drain - tugging on it, left it down yonder. Simple moral -...
  13. Thomas Hourihan

    First El camino... Please help

    This fall I had a flawless connection from Boston to Dublin. I then had a cheap and direct flight from Dublin to Biarritz. Not sure why people are missing the Boston/Dublin connection over London or Madrid. 18 Euro from airport to St. Jean with an express bus! Take it and avoid the "long"...
  14. Thomas Hourihan

    Hotel stays

    I have walked the CF this Fall - Sept 23 - Oct 25). Every respondee has made reservations of various kinds; I did not make one booking and never failed finding the accommodations I was seeking - albergues to hotels. I truly believe that too much of the Camino is over thought.... Let the journey...
  15. Thomas Hourihan

    Need help with hiking poles

    I walked the Camino this fall with Leki's - brilliant in my humble estimation! Easily folded or extended and weighed nothing. I have TWO pedestrian contributions to this thread while others can wax eloquently about the sticks. I was walking out of Carillion, a beautiful night in the albergue...
  16. Thomas Hourihan

    Which Is Best: Arriving in Paris or Madrid?

    There is an alternative to Madrid and Paris. I flew from Boston to Dublin, Ireland. Ryanair has an inexpensive direct flight from Dublin to Biarritz - easy train/bus to St Jean.
  17. Thomas Hourihan

    Soreness with backpack

    Hello Kristina, I recently returned from walking the Camino Frences. I was ten days into the walk when a fellow pilgrim walking behind me said something. "Thomas, your pack is crooked and so are you." She looked at my Osprey and said the shoulder straps were wrong - one closed and the other wide...
  18. Thomas Hourihan

    Soreness with backpack

  19. Thomas Hourihan

    Help contacting Samos Monastery

    I visited the monastery in October - beautifully restored after a devastating fire a few decades ago. Hard to believe this thriving place of religious life is down to less than a dozen monks. You will have no difficulty finding a room. After walking the Camino this Fall, I can't imagine booking...
  20. Thomas Hourihan

    Help contacting Samos Monastery

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