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  1. julie

    St. Cirq Detour on Voie Cele

    Apologies for not answering your specific question but can you add an extra day? I took the GR36 from Bouzies to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie where I stayed the night. As with a lot of touristy places, it was lovely to wander around after the day-trippers had left. It was not voted one of the prettiest...
  2. julie

    The Camino will be waiting...Australians

    I too was looking forward to the BM walk at the end of September and am sorry to hear that @susanawee will no longer be able to join in the fun. A Camino being off the cards (and I have doubts about 2022 as well) and seriously missing multi-day walking with no time frame attached, I searched for...
  3. julie

    Look what popped up during my online Spanish lesson

    I spent many years learning first French and then Spanish using the traditional method of textbook and grammar only to find that I became grammar-fixated and didn't want to open my mouth to speak until I had mentally worked out the word order and tenses. I decided to have a go at learning...
  4. julie

    Murray to Mountains Rail Trail

    Hi Graeme, would you mind giving us your stages and where you stayed? A friend and I were looking at the BVRT and there seemed to be a couple of stages where accommodation was an issue. We are in Sydney so closed borders put an end to our plans but it is something we would like to do, hopefully...
  5. julie

    Survey from Grañón

    The link below is to a pilgrim survey being conducted by the parroquial pilgrim’s hospital of San Juan Bautista in Grañón in coordination with the Youth Pastoral Commision in the Diocese of La Rioja. It is open to anybody who has walked the Camino. From the introduction: While this...
  6. julie

    Aymeric Electronic Passport and Electronic Stamps

    I read it as being complementary to the credential rather than a replacement of it. It is a way to encourage tourism in the towns/villages e.g. a museum/church/historic building would have the code posted outside so that the pilgrim could read information about the site and decide whether to...
  7. julie

    Lets Build an Albergue!

    Thanks for the vote of confidence Mike. I'm not a fan of the curtained, power points, locker approach and would go to a hotel if I were after privacy. The Camino is a great place to learn to trust and also to learn what is truly important to you. If we are fearful of our things being stolen...
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    Pilgrims in Sydney

    Back in 2017, I said that Pilgrims in Sydney meetings are never cancelled but COVID-19 had not then come into our lives. We have been meeting on a monthly basis since 2006 but will be suspending future meetings until further notice. Life without a 1st Saturday of the month pilgrim fix is...
  9. julie

    Training for volunteer hospitaleros

    Hi Bernice, there are usually two Australian Hospitaleros training courses a year, Sydney in January and an interstate one in February. This year, the second one was in Melbourne. Training dates are set at the end of October and are posted on the website and also on the Hospitaleros Voluntarios...
  10. julie

    Via Francigena

    Hi Mary-Lou, sorry, a few questions for you - where are you intending to start? how many days have you allowed? what is the maximum weight you want to carry? As far as I'm aware, the only bag forwarding service on the Via Francigena is from Lucca-Rome. Perhaps the combined efforts of Forum...
  11. julie

    Pilgrims in Sydney meeting this Saturday

    Thanks Kanga. It seems you have found some pilgrims who didn't know about us. We used to post a notice about upcoming meetings because we alternated days and didn't have a website. It's much simpler now as all meetings are at the Cheers Bar on the 1st Saturday of the month - 11:30am if you're...
  12. julie

    Anyone seen this yet?(mainly Oz)

    I've also met Noel Braun and have read both his Camino books. Saint Mike II put it very succinctly and I concur with his opinion that "Noel is a lovely man and he writes a great story". For those of you who live in Sydney, Noel will be presenting at Hornsby Library on 26 June.
  13. julie

    Pilgrims in Sydney

    The venue for the Pilgrims in Sydney gatherings has changed and we are now meeting at the Cheers Bar, 561 George Street, Sydney (next door to our previous venue). There is a location map on our website http://www.pilgrimsinsydney.org/location-map.html Meetings are held on the 1st Saturday of...
  14. julie

    BBC Program "Celebs" on the Camino

    This saddens me. One of the delights of the Camino is meeting people as they are rather than what they do in the outside world. I like to think that all pilgrims are created equal, celebrity has no place on the Camino.
  15. julie

    Pilgrims in Sydney

    @Robo meeting dates for the rest of 2017 are on our website http://www.pilgrimsinsydney.org/meetings.html Meetings are never cancelled so you can rely on the dates given on the website. I stopped giving Forum reminders because the website information had been posted.
  16. julie

    Cup of tea on the Frances?

    At the time of my first Camino, my Spanish was limited to please, thank you and good morning and I learnt a few phrases along the way (the first of which was "una copa de vino blanco por favor"). Not knowing how to order, I would simply ask for tea with milk and would sometimes be served a glass...
  17. julie

    Cup of tea on the Frances?

    I have found that tea is readily available at bars. Ten years ago, you may have ended up with camomile, green or mint instead of black tea (the first three are definitely acquired tastes when served with hot milk!) but that no longer appears to be the case. I always carry some teabags in case...
  18. julie

    Hospitaleros

    One of the participants in my recent hospitalero training course wanted to serve in his favourite gite on the Le Puy route in France. The owners are pilgrims themselves and not only gave everyone a warm welcome and offered a communal meal, they drove him to a neighbouring town so he could have...
  19. julie

    LIfe in a Walk & Looking for Infinity - Movie Showing

    Looking for Infinity is also being shown by Palace Cinemas (ACT, NSW, Victoria and Queensland) as part of their Young at Heart Festival. As befitting their target audience, these are daytime screenings. See their website for cinemas and dates...
  20. julie

    Brisbane Camino Pilgrims Meeting

    I'm very pleased that you are enjoying our meetings Mike but, rest assured, the Brisbane group is functioning very nicely and does not need any assistance from us. I have attended meetings in a few different locations and have, on occasion, pinched an idea or two - it is thanks to Jo from the...

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