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  1. Damien Reynolds

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    PCT - Day 6 - Julian - Mile 77 So the first 6 days have taught me I can do this. Physically I have no complaints. I can see how the 1000 miles I did in Spain from Jan - March prepared my body well. I got my trail legs in like 3 days and I am seriously cruising. But I am keeping to relatively...
  2. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    It depends on what region you're in. Jarra is galicia, I think.
  3. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    Ok, like I've never once heard "tercerio". But it may work if you want a botella. Cana is 200 ml,
  4. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    Well then you should speak spanish. :) This is another go to line: "Lo siento. No puedo hablar en espanol bueno. Hablame como soy un niñito que no es intelligenete,
  5. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    People are too worried about themselves to care what you do. Unless you wake them up banging on the Albergue door.
  6. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    I don't think I've ever ordered a glass of wine in my life, so I have no clue. I do however have a wine trick for the camino... so like if you get a "pilgrims menu" it comes with wine or water... Now I'm not being a connoisseur or anything but it's the cheap stuff. Anyways, if you sit alone you...
  7. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    One more thing. "The biggest beer they got" is usually 400-500 ml. It's best when it comes in a frosted glass. Once you see them heading to the freezer, you know you'll get a good one.
  8. Damien Reynolds

    Ordering beer in Spain

    So like I've walked a bunch, and had my share of beers. I think in Spain it depends on the region you are in for how you order it (or even the sizes they offer). I seriously have had this conversation with bartenders at least 100 times. I swear I always get a different answer. My go to now is...
  9. Damien Reynolds

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Yes, O'Ceb catches people by surprise. sometimes.
  10. Damien Reynolds

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    OMG. My greatest fear. Imagine those old school smoke detectors with the 9 volt batteries "beeping" for a month for all my neighbors to hear? Upgrading to those 10 year ones with Lithium batteries before my next trip.
  11. Damien Reynolds

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    Ok, so this is sort of embarrassing. On my way home from Spain (at the airport!) I received an email from my Home Owners Association. They said the nice couple who live beneath me reached out and said my guest bathroom toilet has been running for months. OMG. Whoops! That is like a $7 part at...
  12. Damien Reynolds

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    OK, the appliance thing is real (for me). The last few times I've gone on extended Caminos I've come back home to realize some major household appliance doesn't work. Last time it was my dishwasher (Still haven't fixed it). This time it was my water heater (replaced that for sure... $$$ (it was...
  13. Damien Reynolds

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    I, personally, would go on walks, everyday (wearing your pack and using your trekking poles.) Start slow and build up. 5 miles then 6 etc. if you are leaving from SJPdP, that first day on the Napoleon route is the hardest day of all the Caminos I've ever walked, though I've never stopped at...
  14. Damien Reynolds

    A long (winding) road.

    Leaving Foncebaddon, today.
  15. Damien Reynolds

    Best / Recommended Pizza places on the camino?

    Ok. I finally can try Pizzería L´Isola Che Non C´e (Astorga)... I know I know it's not the Foncebadon one... but I'm here...I asked for enough for dinner and breakfast:).
  16. Damien Reynolds

    A long (winding) road.

    Sometimes I just smile along the way. Somewhere b/t Granada and Cordoba on the Mozarabe.
  17. Damien Reynolds

    What's with the big bulls on the hills?

    Finally! Had flights delayed through Dallas on Mon, then couldn't get a new flight until Wednesday. Of course that meant I arrived on Thursday and actually took a sightseeing day on Friday. So today was day one walking.
  18. Damien Reynolds

    What's with the big bulls on the hills?

    So I have always enjoyed that big bull on the hill on the Frances. I don't remember where exactly but it's near a wood recycling yard, near the new roadway construction. Well today, I saw the same thing on the Mozarabe day 1 between Rioja and Santa Fe, while walking on the dried out river...
  19. Damien Reynolds

    That recipe - which one is yours?

    I'm sorry. Sometimes my attempts at humor are funnier in my head than it is to other people's eyes. I was trying to make fun of how the USA is so antiquated with our units of measure. I personally have to do math in my head every time someone says grams, meters, or liters or kilometers. It's...
  20. Damien Reynolds

    Soft tips for new walkers

    I hear Coyotes outside my doorstep, (I live in a city) when they all gather it's crazy. Not so many outside cats anymore. Sorry @David.

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