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Not Drinking and Meals
Anything you're likely to order on a pilgrim's menu is unlikely to have wine or alcohol in it. Mostly it will be olive oil based, fried in olive oil or the like. Lentils (lentejas) and other legume dishes such as garbanzos (chickpeas) or alubias rojas (red beans) etc. do not contain alcohol in...- CJ Williams
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Using smartphones in Camino emergencies
Re: IMPORTANT: Using smartphones in Camino emergencies You're welcome! Hi Doug! I am not advising anyone to use it as a GPS alone. The rescue services recommend using the WhatsApp instant messaging app to send a photo of the place where you are stranded or lost to help them locate you more...- CJ Williams
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Food and Drink
You should have no problem with food and drink in Spain, unless you have a very sensitive stomach. To begin with, the Spanish are not big on spicy food, and nothing they make is anything as spicy as Mexican, Cajun, Thai food etc. Secondly, while I don't dispute the experience of anyone's...- CJ Williams
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Using smartphones in Camino emergencies
I posted this information as part of an answer to a question someone asked me on another thread, but I think it bears posting as a thread of its own because of its importance. A smartphone with GPS and 3G coverage should be considered another piece of safety equipment that you bring along on...- CJ Williams
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Navarra to charge for rescues caused by imprudence
I don't know if someone has already posted this somewhere else on the forum, and I'm planning to cross-post it in several threads because this is VERY IMPORTANT! This news appeared in the local papers here in Navarra this week. I post below a brief translation of the highlights: Five Korean...- CJ Williams
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What is a Compostela? What is it not?
Excellent point; thank you! I have had this conversation many times with folks along the way, sometimes with participants in some of the groups that I've organized and walked with, and I've always tried to explain the same thing. I would add that even for religiously-motivated pilgrims of the...- CJ Williams
- Post #5
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tour companies
I will wade in and touch the third rail here ... I have a small company that operates on the Camino, organizing pilgrimages for groups and individuals who want to organize for a group (parish, university, school, cultural club etc.), to join an organized group or to have a bit more organization...- CJ Williams
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