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  1. Katherine Radeka

    Tips and recommendations for an elder pilgrim (90y)

    Questions to be thinking about: How important is it to your father to earn the Compostela? What is the budget? Can you afford to stay in private hotels vs public albergues? What is the maximum amount of time that you can give to this? If earning the Compostela is important, then there are...
  2. Katherine Radeka

    Calling , texting from the CF.

    It's gotten a lot better lately . . . I have T-Mobile and get 5GB of international high speed (5G) data per month; once I've consumed it, the speed drops back down to 3G but I can still access cellular data. I recently traveled to Australia / New Zealand and didn't even have high speed data most...
  3. Katherine Radeka

    Best places to stay and see between Sahagun and Léon?

    I loved the alternate route - it was one of the most solitary parts of the trip, but also such nice ambles down country roads, far from any traffic. We enjoyed our stay at Calzadilla de los Hermanillos at Via Trajana. But then, unlike some others, we loved, loved, loved the Meseta for its...
  4. Katherine Radeka

    A hard landing upon returning home

    I’m in the PDX area as well and also had a bit of a hard homecoming. DM if you’d like to have coffee.
  5. Katherine Radeka

    Weirdest/Strangest item someone has taken on the Camino

    I usually hike in a skirt or a dress. I started with Macabi skirts but I've been branching out. Much easier to use the outdoor facilities modestly, and I like the feeling of air on my legs on hot days.
  6. Katherine Radeka

    Weight Loss, Chronic Pain & Keeping Fit After Camino Frances

    Just commenting to add that my experience was similar to yours, compounded by the fact that I added carbs back in during the Camino after following a low sugar / low refined carbs diet for years, and decided I needed to make peace with carbs rather than completely cut them out. I came home to...
  7. Katherine Radeka

    Order of Wandering Monks/Nuns

    There are three orders of Franciscans: the original order of Friars Minors, the wandering brotherhood, many now priests. Then the Poor Clares, a cloistered order of women founded by St Clare of Assisi. She has an incredible life story and her order was the first women’s order that had its own...
  8. Katherine Radeka

    How to tell my parents?

    I remember your earlier thread, too and I'm glad your plans have progressed! I suggest doing whatever you need to do to minimize the drama until you get to Porto. Depending on your mother, this may mean anything from telling her the night before to leaving a note on the kitchen table to just...
  9. Katherine Radeka

    Stage 18 a or 18 b (Terradillos de los Templarios to Bercianos del Real Camino)

    Echo most of what's been said about the remoteness and beauty of the alternate route through Calzadilla de Los Hermanillos except that we diverted over to Religios on the 2nd day to make it shorter.
  10. Katherine Radeka

    The Camino is calling me…early planning stage questions

    They say that once the bones of St. James call a person, they don't stop calling until you see them face to face in Santiago. I felt that calling first in 2014, and it took me until 2022 to get there. Check out Ivar's store linked here for lots of things for inspiration. He ships to the US...
  11. Katherine Radeka

    Super Paranoid....Can i REALLY Do This?

    You CAN do this . . . if you're willing and able to walk YOUR Camino, your distance, your pace. That might mean a longer trip, a different starting place, the willingness to use select buses and taxis here and there, the willingness to lighten your load with pack transport services, book...
  12. Katherine Radeka

    Remote working from the Camino Frances

    I am so happy to hear that!!! My husband and I traveled together, too and it was a peak experience for us. I was the one who wanted to go first but now he's the one who wants to go back 😁 I wrote a reflection on our experience walking together here...
  13. Katherine Radeka

    Multipurpose shoes for shower and town?

    Another vote for Crocs here. Attach to a pack with a carabiner without adding much weight. Come in lots of fun styles / colors - mine had daisies. Sturdy enough for walking around town but also work well as shower shoes. Can accommodate socks or no depending on temperature. Pretty much...
  14. Katherine Radeka

    Camino Souvenirs and gifts - what's popular?

    You can get anything you want in Santiago. I brought home mini tiles that were refrigerator magnets to give us gifts. Someone had given one to me when she learned I wanted to do the pilgrimage and it helped keep my dream alive. For me personally, my stamped passport is my most treasured...
  15. Katherine Radeka

    Camino Ball Cap

    We started with ball caps but sent them ahead to Santiago at Pamplona and bought bucket hats with big brims all the way around. They just weren’t protective enough from the sun.
  16. Katherine Radeka

    Water Quality on the French Route: Can You Drink from the Tap/Sink?

    We are not far away from plastics made with captured carbon although they’ll be expensive at first.
  17. Katherine Radeka

    Where to stay after Pamplona?

    Or stop in Uterga and give yourself plenty of time the next day for a visit to Eunate and for sightseeing / relaxing in Puente la Reina.
  18. Katherine Radeka

    US/EU Outlet Adapter with USB Ports - Any Experience Using?

    This is the one we carried: MINIX NEO P3 100W Turbo 4-Ports GaN Wall Charger, 3 x USB-C Port Fast Charging Adapter from Amazon. No issues whatsoever. Someone carrying fewer devices can probably get away with a smaller version. We charged when we arrived at our alberque or hotel for the night...
  19. Katherine Radeka

    US/EU Outlet Adapter with USB Ports - Any Experience Using?

    This is similar to the ones that my husband and I carried. You can leave the adapters you don't need at home.
  20. Katherine Radeka

    How do you fix a stage miscalculation?

    Oh that brought back some not so pleasant memories! We did the same thing - miscalculated - and had to push the distance to the max (for us) in the last five days, which wasn't helped by another miscalculation in a guidebook on the distance from Samos to the alberque we had reserved. It would...

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