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    ? Hostel Association Membership necessary on Via Francigena

    A certain guide re via Francigena I am reading says that 'virtually all hostels (excepting religious hostels)are members of the International youth hostel association and you'll need to be a member'. is this still the case? no problem if it is, just need to know so I can get the cards, etc...
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    Notes from a week on The Via Francigena

    Jirit, thanks for your quick and helpful reply. much appreciated. Buen Camino. ph
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    Notes from a week on The Via Francigena

    Can I ask a basic question (and apologies if the answer is somewhere on the forum) My wife and I are walking the Via F. from Lucca to Sienna in October. We have no accommodation booked. Can you advise? We are happy to stay in albergues, finding them more fun but also small hotels etc. Is it...
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    IMPORTANT: Advice for pilgrims setting off APRIL 2013

    Re: IMPORTANT: Advice for pilgrims setting off in March 2013 thanks to all those who have been advising pilgrims re the weather and the route. I am bringing a small group to start from St. Jean on Easter Sunday. I have been over the Pyrenees twice before and am used to snow etc but will be not...
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    Good pensions and hostals etc

    I am introducing a small group to the Camino Frances in April, from St. Jean to Logrono. In case any of them want a break from the albergues (or a night away from my snoring) can pilgrims recommend any good moderately priced places with single rooms/double rooms with perhaps a bit of character...
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    Hotel/Private Rooms

    I am looking for some information regarding hotels/private rooms along the Camino Frances from St. Jean to Logrono. My wife and I walked the Camino Frances over three years from 2007 on but we stayed mostly in albergues. I am now about to introduce a small group to the Camino at Easter and want...
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    Distances between places on the Le Puy route

    Ellen and I walked the Le Puy to Conques route for two weeks a month ago, great weather, good people, lovely scenery, all that we expected and a lovely contrast to the Camino in Spain. One question however has anyone else noticed that there appears to be a differance between the length between...
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    Trondheim (Nidaros) to Santiago de Compostela

    Can I just say again how much I am enjoying your words and photographs and how much of an inspiration they are. You have a great eye for a beautiful photograph thanks Pat
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    "The Way" movie being released??

    The film 'The Way' is being released generally here in Ireland next week. There has been a lot of publicity in the newspapers etc as Martin Sheen is well known here and has Irish connections. The reviews have been mixed to date. My wife and I got an early screening at a film showing while we and...
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    tour companies

    Just to get the discussion back to the original topic, can I say that we met a woman who had left her group because she was not happy with the guide. She realised that she did not need the group. She said that the guide did not have Spanish, did not know any archaeology or history and gave out...
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    Trondheim (Nidaros) to Santiago de Compostela

    LK, firstly be assured you are not alone on your walk. There are, it is clear, many of us who are walking it with you through your words and beautiful photographs. Every time the email comes in with the last 24 hours of posts I look to see is there a message there from you and then look up at...
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    The Contrary Way - Day 9 A hug from a stranger.

    David, we, Ellen and I , met you and your van the year before last I think, you were parked in off the track at a spot where there were a few trees near a stream, we really enjoyed your tea and converstation, thank you for taking care of us and so many other pilgrims Pat
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    The Way (Movie) in Dublin

    I am working with a cinema in Tipperary town to bring the Camino film there for a night or two shortly after the Dublin Film festival. If we can maybe I might do a work shop for intending/considering pilgrims, maybe something else to create a bit of an event. Nothing definite yet but I will post...
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    "Wine tourism on the Camino" wins Gourmand Wine book award

    Can I recommend that wine lovers try the lovely Albarino white wine which you can get as you get nearer to Santiago and Rias Baxas, the small area west of Santiago, near the coast where this wine comes from. We had some very nice ones from the label Martin Codax
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    Lost on Camino?

    I can understand this topic completely. We did our Camino in two week stretches and the impact of the first one was immense. It took me several days (and a few sharp reminders of the need to tune in at work from a colleague) to get over coming home. However the impact of the later stretches...
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    An unholy year on the Camino Frances

    There are a lot of fundamental values and hard realities bouncing off each other here. Some people will litter and others will follow. But are there litter bins anywhere to leave rubbish along the way? Are people educated not to litter? More fundamentally (sic!) is the toilet issue. People have...
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    Irish Pilgrim Routes

    As a archaeologist (slightly lapsed) and a pilgrim (pining for the next walk) I feel I should mention that the Heritage Council has been working on a project to revive, protect and support traditional pilgrim paths in Ireland. Maybe these stretches might join up to form a continuous 'camino'...
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    SNORING!! I am the Champion!

    I once snored so badly in an albergue that my wife pretended she did not know me. Another time a poor Korean got the blame but shamefully I did not enlighten the complaining pilgrims. I was abused by a Spanish man who was doing the last few days for his certificate from Sarria in the last...
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    Trondheim (Nidaros) to Santiago de Compostela

    Can I just say how much I am enjoying your account of your walk. I have been reading it at work where the images get screened out and so have been reading your words carefully but now that I have internet again at home, the photographs are beautiful Buen Camino to you. Pat.
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    Art along the Camino

    Plus if you are doing the Camino in two week stretches, then the resulting change of airports each time allows for a different big town/city to explore each time. Bilbao for the Guggenheim, Vitoria for churches and the old town, etc. Plus if you are coming a long way, dont forget Madrid's...

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