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I’d like to buy a child size souvenir walking stick for my granddaughter. It won’t fit in my checked bag. Do you think I could carry it onto the plane when I depart Spain?
Apr 30 Ponferrada to Borrenes. A little less than 13 miles today. We checked out of Hotel Temple around 7:30. This hotel was a bit of a walk from the city center so we had to backtrack out of the city. The hotel breakfast didn’t start until 8:00 so we left hoping to find something open on our...
We’re in Ledigos tonight going to Sahagun tomorrow. When I took my socks off today there was blood at the base of my big toenail and it looks like a big blister has developed under the nail. I put a gel toe cap on it but I’m afraid the whole nail will come off when I take the gel cap off. Oh...
We started our Camino from Burgos today. We wanted to take it slow so we went from the Albergue Emaus to Rabe de las Calzadas - about 15 km. We have beds + dinner + breakfast for 25 euro each at the private albergue Liberamos Domini. Cullen and I are in a 3 bunk bed room with 1 other person. The...
I'm doing some preliminary planning and looking at Ponferrada I don't see the municipal albergue listed in Gronze. We stayed there in 2010 and thought it wasn't bad; 2 sets of bunks per room, plenty of showers, toilets, clothesline and kitchen. Does anyone know if it has closed, or am I...
Our Camino 2022
We arrived at the airport in Madrid Monday Mar 14, around 10:30 a.m. Took about an hour to get through passport control because there were a lot of people. Several passengers in line were worried about missing their connecting flights. Once through the passport control we...
When we walked the CF in 2010 we stayed at a couple of Albergues recommended by the good folks on this forum and these places have provided some of our fondest memories. We will be walking from Porto to Santiago in May of this year and would appreciate recommendations for albergues along the...
Hello all,
a question to the ladies. I have been lurking a long time and have found all the information I need, except for hair. Two questions.....short hair or long hair what is best? And since I am at that age that I need to occasionally color my hair how do I take care of that or do I...
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