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  1. DoughnutANZ

    Amsterdam to Madrid (or elsewhere in Spain) - what are my (cheap) options?

    I swore that I wouldn't fly China Eastern Airlines again but I have just spotted an unbelievably cheap price for a return flight from Auckland to Amsterdam of NZ$1,400! However when I look for cheap transport from Amsterdam to Madrid or elsewhere in mainland Spain departing beginning of June...
  2. DoughnutANZ

    A long (winding) road.

    I love photos that show the Camino path ahead or behind. Especially photos with a long perspective. These photos seem to draw me into them. I am wondering if anyone else shares my delight in these photos and so I have created this thread as a place to share them. Please minimise your photos if...
  3. DoughnutANZ

    Happy new year from 2024 here in Aotearoa New Zealand

    Best wishes and long walks to all 🚶🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🎊🥝
  4. DoughnutANZ

    James Blick's Top 120 places to eat in Madrid

    People often ask for recommendations for places to eat or stay when in Spain and when walking a Camino. James Blick is a Kiwi who married a Spanish lady, they both now live in Madrid with their young daughter and they earn their living by writing and videoing guides to various activities, cities...
  5. DoughnutANZ

    Spanish people like to connect with people that they talk to

    A recent post in a different thread mentioned that when the pilgrim involved was talking to a hospitalero the Spanish person touched them. In this particular case the pilgrim interpreted that as aggression. This may have been the case and I don't want to be part of that seperate discussion...
  6. DoughnutANZ

    Valencian breakfast

    I allowed three weeks at the end of my Madrid/France/Portuguese Camino for unexpected situations. Afterall, Aotearoa New Zealand is as far away from Spain as it is possible to get and still stay on this planet and, especially at the moment, airfares to get here are very expensive. The plan was...
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    Suggestions for things to see and do around Valencia

    Hi I am heading down to Valencia in the next week to explore. What would you suggest to me as must dos or must see in Valencia and the area around Valencia?
  8. DoughnutANZ

    What to do with three weeks after Santiago?

    I have walked the Portuguese from Tui, Frances and Madrid and I am somewhat caminoed out. I am open to suggestions for what to do after I get to Santiago. I have between two and three weeks before I fly home to Aotearoa New Zealand via the UK. I can walk on to the coast because I haven't done...
  9. DoughnutANZ

    Dog attack in Manjarin (humour)

    This halfcrazed dog was attacking my good side in Manjarin, aggressively using his puppy dog eyes to try to get me to give him a piece of my hard won, home made, Lemon and Yoghurt cake that I purchased from the lovely lady in the Manjarin café, along with a hand squeezed orange juice. I was...
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    Advice on qualification for Compostela from Tui, Spain

    I have walked the Camino Madrid to Sahagún, then the Camino Frances from Sahagún to O Cebrerio where I will be tomorrow night. I walked O Cebrerio to Santiago de Compostela in 2019 and so I am considering an alternative entry to Santiago. I thought that I might bus to Tui and walk from there...
  11. DoughnutANZ

    Making lemonade in Leon

    I am in one on my happy places for two days, Leon, and so I thought that I had better make some more lemonade while I rest my knee.
  12. DoughnutANZ

    Baggage forwarders - FYI

    For those people who choose to send their bags forward via a transport service and who are staying in Municipal or Parochial albergues (that accept bags). The photo below is of a bag which has been forwarded and the albergue doesn't open until 13:00. The photo was taken at 11:30...
  13. DoughnutANZ

    LIVE from the Camino Camino angels

    I am almost finished my Camino Madrid and I have been really impressed with how nice the small donativo albergues have been lately and how lovely the Spanish people are. When some of the Camino veterans describe their early Camino experiences I can relate some of those to how the Madrid has...
  14. DoughnutANZ

    LIVE from the Camino I seem to have a knack for finding fiestas

    I am in Ciguñuela on the Madrid tonight. I have picked up the key from the local bar and unloaded my stuff. It seems that they are celebrating something tonight. They have a stage and a female singer who occasionally does some Flamenco steps. She started singing at 8pm and so I guess that she...
  15. DoughnutANZ

    A glimpse behind the walls of the monastery Santo Domingo de Silos

    Before I put my technology away and enjoy six days of silence with the monks I thought that I might share a small glimpse behind the walls. This is just the entrance really but I have not yet decided if I will go absolutely without technology and so no more photos. In the meantime.....
  16. DoughnutANZ

    Should we give recommendations on the forum?

    During my Camino Frances in 2019 two albergues stood out for me as being particularly special, well above the rest for being pilgrim focussed and particularly pleasant to stay at. Since then, I have recommended both albergues to anyone who would listen. Last week I went back to one of them...
  17. DoughnutANZ

    Making lemonade

    Someone who was probably quite famous is reported to have said something along the lines of "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade". When I recently got quite a large and painful blister under the ball and arch of my foot while walking the Camino Madrid I decided to seek medical help and...
  18. DoughnutANZ

    Construction and Redevelopment at Chamartín Station

    I used it today and so it does exist and it is very flash. When I was in the lobby I wondered if I was in the wrong place and had wandered into a lift lobby but then I spotted the turnstiles. It costs a euro to enter although initially I got stuck then it let me in AND returned my Euro. They...
  19. DoughnutANZ

    Need blister treatment in Valladolid - any good suggestions for where I can get treated

    While walking on the sand yesterday I got a small amount of sand in one shoe. I should have stopped to empty it but I didn't and today it got worse. I am now in Valladolid for two nights. Does anyone know a good place in Valladolid to go for treatment?
  20. DoughnutANZ

    I am a convert to Juvenile hostels

    I am staying at Albergue Juvenil Villacastora in Cercedilla tonight and I am in heaven. It is a modern, clean single room (two beds) with a modern bathroom including a hair dryer with its own balcony and a fabulous view for €14.85 breakfast included. I was wary of coming here because I have...

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