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I was a Chief officer on Ocean going containerships at one time in my life. Running the house on the ships the bed bug issue comes up from time to time.
Bedbugs dye at 140 degrees Fahrenheit or 60 degrees Celsius. You don't need to boil your items, just find a commercial lavanderia...
I was not to surprised on our second night in Roncesvalles walking to the showers passing a topless woman milling around her bunk area talking on the phone thinking "oh in Europe it doesn't seem to be such a big thing?" That was the only time I witnessed that. Most people are generally modest...
Don't let your excitement fade. My girlfriend and I did our first Camino this year. We walked every step SJPP to Santiago and more. When we left Portomarin we met a very nice couple from Ireland, close to our age perhaps a few years older or not? We would bump into them at cafes, and saw them...
Albergues are as others have discribed. When you are the odd one meaning your the single man in a room of women or vice versa it can be uncomfortable. You diffinately have to go with the flow. If you can't find a blanket and need one ask, they are probably stored close by. We brought sleeping...
Hi everyone: my girlfriend and I just finished our first Camino SJPP to Santiago. We are going on to Finestere then bus back to Santiago. On or near 24/05/2016. We have a couple of weeks until we fly out of Barcelona and need some ideas of places to go, hangout for a bit etc. we are 60+ mature...
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