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  1. hfenton

    Flying Ryanair from SCQ to Madrid

    Thank you for your reply and suggestions.
  2. hfenton

    Flying Ryanair from SCQ to Madrid

    Thanks for the reply. What's the name of the hotel?
  3. hfenton

    Flying Ryanair from SCQ to Madrid

    Thank you for the reply. You make a good point I hadn't considered.
  4. hfenton

    Flying Ryanair from SCQ to Madrid

    I have an 11:05 flight from Madrid to the US and am wondering about the wisdom of flying Ryanair from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid that same day. There's a flight that leaves SCQ at 6:45 AM and arrives in Madrid at 8:00 giving me plenty of time to catch the 11:05 flight. Is Ryanair a good...
  5. hfenton

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Self Isolating on the Camino

    I walked the Camino for 6 weeks last August and used Booking.com to make all of my lodging arrangements. I booked (90+% of the time) single rooms with private bathrooms. This was to help avoid getting COVID to begin with. I would hope you could do this to book a place to stay if you were to get...
  6. hfenton

    e bikes ?

    And then there are these. Stand, balance and ride.
  7. hfenton

    A “Cruz de Ferro” on the Camino Ingles?

    Thanks for your responses. I wasn’t expecting to learn that there’s a tall wooden pole with an iron cross on top of it along the Ingles. I was hoping though there might be a place with a significance approaching that of the Cruz de Ferro. Looks like a no. I think I will just walk and, as per...
  8. hfenton

    A “Cruz de Ferro” on the Camino Ingles?

    I’m planning to walk the Camino Ingles next week and am wondering if there is a place akin to the Cruz de Ferro along the route. I have a couple of stones I’d like to drop off somewhere along the way. (I’ll never hear that phrase without thinking of Dan Mullins and his song, “Somewhere Along the...
  9. hfenton

    LIVE from the Camino The Camino Needs You.

    I start walking from Burgos on July 9. Coming up fast, but not fast enough.
  10. hfenton

    LIVE from the Camino The Camino Needs You.

    An interesting idea. If pilgrims were to suddenly stop walking tomorrow and not resume walking would the Camino still be there? The routes would still be there, the many paths pilgrims have walked for centuries up until this time. But do the routes and paths themselves make a Camino? Or is it...
  11. hfenton

    Train transfer in Ourense

    I will start my Camino by flying into Santiago de Compostela on July 7 and traveling by train the next day to Burgos where I will begin my walk on the 9th. I have a train ticket for Santiago to Burgos that involves a transfer in Ourense. However, there's only a 5 minute window between when the...
  12. hfenton

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD 🦠 latest update and June 7th for US travelers

    I have the paper document as well as an app (My Chart) which documents the appointments with my health care provider and the particular vaccine I received.
  13. hfenton

    Large meal at midday like Iberian Culture? Is it for you?

    I heard about ten years ago (without following the advice at that time) that a healthy daily meal plan was to eat like a king/queen for breakfast, like a prince/princess for lunch and a pauper for supper. Since returning from the Camino I've tried to make supper the lightest meal of the day and...
  14. hfenton

    First Sello in Burgos

    Thank you Bala. I was hoping the cathedral would have a stamp. I will be sure to have a look around inside.
  15. hfenton

    First Sello in Burgos

    I'll be starting my Camino on July 9 in Burgos and I'm wondering where I can get a first sello for my pilgrimage on the CF to Santiago de Compostela. Is there one at the cathedral? If so, where? I won't be staying at an albergue in Burgos the night of the 8th. Thanks for any suggestions.
  16. hfenton

    Burgos to SdC starting July 9, 2021

    I (like many others) had to cancel my planned walk last Spring. Hopefully, and thankful in advance, this year will be different. I will be taking a slightly more leisurely approach this year from my previous walk on the CF and the walk to Muxia in 2017.
  17. hfenton

    The mediatization of the Camino and its impacts on the pilgrimage

    Here's the link to the youtube video of Nancy's presentation Live From the Camino at William & Mary: This is a more direct link, which I should have provided, rather than the link to the W&M website about the presentation. She had students from the university act out skits to help dramatize...
  18. hfenton

    The mediatization of the Camino and its impacts on the pilgrimage

    The findings in the article seem to mirror those discussed by Nancy Frey in the following presentation at William & Mary University: https://www.wm.edu/as/center-liberal-arts/campus-coll300/coll300-visitor/past-visitors/coll300-nancy-l-frey.php More evidence in support of tuning out...
  19. hfenton

    The In-Between Places

    Four years ago I had 8 weeks to spend walking the Camino and I had great ambitions - the Frances and on to Finisterre, the English Camino, and who knows what after that. Well, that didn't happen! I hobbled into Santiago with a foot injury having skipped major sections of the Frances (but walking...
  20. hfenton

    The 3 Phases of a Camino. Your Thoughts? Are there More?

    Having lived overseas on a number of occasions I'm familiar with the notion of culture shock, which could also apply to the Camino. Normally there are 4 stages identified in culture shock, but I think there are 5, and this new, last stage could definitely apply to the Camino. Stage 1 - the...

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