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Thanks josephmcclain - I was starting to think I was crazy and had been hallucinating my delicious Camino coffees all these years :)
Buen Camino, Aunt Pitty Pat!
Another decaf-only drinker here. You’ll have no problem on the Camino. Just remember to ask for decaf “de máquina” - from the coffee machine, with real fresh ground coffee beans. Otherwise you’re in danger of getting served instant decaf from a packet (“de sobre”), which is not nearly as good...
The most beautiful 200 km I’ve walked? Probably the Camino Aragones from Oloron-Sainte-Marie to where it joins the main route at Puente la Reina. The long approach into the French Pyrenees is gorgeous, and then there’s something stunning about the rugged open spaces in that part of northern...
I walked my first camino in 1997 straight out of college with a JanSport book bag, the kind of simple backpack that American high school and college students use to carry all their books and stuff around. The original one wore out a long time ago, but I’ve never stopped using that kind of bag...
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