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  1. WalkingJane

    Would you stop at places that lack the Camino hospitality?

    Buy something! if you are going to use the facilities in a cafe. Basic courtesy.
  2. WalkingJane

    Safety for pre-dawn starts on the Camino Frances

    I like soaking the hat. Did that on a different hike and it was effective and amusing
  3. WalkingJane

    Has the Camino Frances become a victim of its own success?

    I took the local train several times and enjoyed that kind of contact with local people. Way better than taxi when my 80+ body needed a bit of rest.
  4. WalkingJane

    Finding Accommodation in SJPP without Communal Meals or Public Speaking

    You are forgiven by a fellow "hypocrite".
  5. WalkingJane

    Warning: Jacotrans

    Oops. CTT is Portugal
  6. WalkingJane

    Warning: Jacotrans

    I used Correos in Portugal. Jacotrans in spain. No problems with either; once my bag was sent to a nearby restaurant as there was no one in the albergue until 5ish in the afternoon. The restaurant were watching for me...
  7. WalkingJane

    Are there taxis from Burguete to Colegiata de Santa María?

    I used local train and/or bus a couple of times and enjoyed this way of learning more about the countryside and local people. May not serve if distance walked is your goal. I was 82 on Frances the first time, 85 the second so of course this way of going helped preserve my feet.
  8. WalkingJane

    LIVE from the Camino Ethics Question -- to walk or not to walk?

    What pops up for me is that even if/when we walk alongside someone else each of us really does walk our own Camino. We notice different things, or notice the same things differently. That is not a judgement; it's a simple fact. Part of the "together enjoyment" is talking about the day and...
  9. WalkingJane

    Alternative POV

    Where are they from??? I did not feel "brave" living in NYC, just careful. Have traveled in Europe alone, Camino and not, lived in Lisbon and Braga, and never felt "brave".. Glad for adventure, for seeing new things, etc. Traveling with Habitat for Humanity, I heard "Jane, why don't...
  10. WalkingJane

    Alternative POV

    Glad you have that sorted! I need time alone too. Grew up with 3 siblings, moving often, frequently to dwellings that we wished were larger. Plus - I learned to share and to "play well with others". Minus, it could be SO confining. The Camino was great for my alone though I sometimes liked...
  11. WalkingJane

    Alternative POV

    As usual, you express thing SO well!
  12. WalkingJane

    Looking for accommodation recommendations in Leon

    I stayed in "Como en Casa"; designated rooms in a hotel.
  13. WalkingJane

    Pyrenees in May

    I was reminded that May 1 is a holiday in Europe by arriving in Bayonne that day and having an "interesting" time getting to SJPDP. You can probably get more solid information about just what will be closed/have a different schedule by checking online.
  14. WalkingJane

    Camino legs

    Take it slow and easy. Short stages. Bus or train now and then. I am 88 now, walk every day in my neighborhood but not very far these days. Followed, and enjoyed, Camino Frances at 82, Portuguese at 85 by doing it "my way". I don't know of any prize for speed on the Caminos. It is...
  15. WalkingJane

    Camino Frances in May or June - which would you prefer?

    I walked beginning May 1 (which, by the way is a holiday in much of Europe). Chilly to begin with, warming as i went along. I, too, prefer warmth and would be inclined to start later another time.
  16. WalkingJane

    Nothing went right

    Thank you!
  17. WalkingJane

    Nothing went right

    Buen Camino!
  18. WalkingJane

    LIVE from the Camino Rappahannock reports in, from Camino Francés

    The pharmacists are great! Allowed to go farther in "diagnosing and prescribing" than in the US
  19. WalkingJane

    Priest attacked?

    It is true. There is a newspaper report on the post.
  20. WalkingJane

    Camino Frances - Limited time, avoiding lots of roadside walking

    I like these suggestions. Sometime there seems to be a trend of "having to" walk in some way or other. As if there were a Camino cop ready to strike when one "does it wrong". Since I was 82 when I began, and 85 when I went back after coming home for a family issue, I had to make some...

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