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  1. GASpangler

    Oct Weather Sevilla-salamanca

    Thanks Ivar! Before I embarked on my first Camino, nobody told me it would become such a passion, dare I say, addiction. But here we are, still moving forward, still evolving, paso a paso, page by page, the outer journey and the inner journey. I just returned from the American Pilgrims on the...
  2. GASpangler

    New website for Grant Spangler

    Kiwi & Annie, Glad that you got good use from the Weather pages. I used them daily on my last Road trip. Many links indeed are inactive at the moment. Google gives you bad marks if you have lots of links to a 404 locale. The Maps page is not in place at the moment, but is coming soon. I have...
  3. GASpangler

    Oct Weather Sevilla-salamanca

    Thanks for referencing our Web, but we recently had to mirate from MSN Groups. Weather in it's many guises are now available at this starting page: http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/Weather-Camino-Santiago.htm The Via de la Plata is actually spit up into the 'Astorga route' ...
  4. GASpangler

    New website for Grant Spangler

    Hey all, The migration to Multiply was a cuel joke perpetrated by Microsoft. Our new URL is actually http://www.ElCaminoSantiago.com Alas, the reconstruction efforts are going slowly. Recently have built out the Camino Weather pages and over 40 of them are now live. A few need more tweaking...
  5. GASpangler

    Snow in Roncesvalles

    Current Weather for the Caminos to Santiago: http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/Weather-Camino-Santiago.htm AEMET believes there will be snow flurries until Wednesday, the precip then turning to rain Thursday through Saturday. Buen Camino,
  6. GASpangler

    Chinches en el Camino

    A phrase from my early youth was, "Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite". I never knew what bed bugs were. We didn't have those critters in any beds I ever slept in. Well, they have them on the Camino. Here is an article from the Diario Navarra. Diario Navarra, September 02...
  7. GASpangler

    Climatic Changes in Iberia

    The following article can be found at this locale : http://www.iberianature.com/material/ib ... hange.html Climate change in Spain An immense 800-page report has just been published on the effects of climate change in Spain . The study looks at two possible scenarios for increases in CO2 by...
  8. GASpangler

    Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2005

    A Saint's Call Lures Southlanders to a Yearly Homecoming Los Angeles Times, July 31, 2005 By Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer SAHUAYO, Mexico — As he has year after year, Luis Prado set aside $5,000 from his job as a beverage captain at a Newport Beach hotel so he, his wife and their two...
  9. GASpangler

    Warm on the Meseta

    The difference between the projected 31C ( http://www.inm.es/cgi-bin/locali.cgi?ig=15770 ) and the observed 22.5C ( http://www.inm.es/web/infmet/tobsr/tiayer.html ) for Santiago is not unanticipated. I took the maximas straight off of the 7-Day INM Predicciones for the cities on the Camino...
  10. GASpangler

    Warm on the Meseta

    Travel early and travel light today. It's up to 37 C on the Meseta. Pamplona at 36 Puente la Reina at 36 Logroño at 37 Santo Domingo at 35 Burgos at 36 Carrion de los Condes at 36 León at 35 Ponferrada at 37 Santiago has a 'moderate' 31 degrees. Get seven day weather, graphic forecasts...
  11. GASpangler

    International Herald Tribune, July 2, 2005

    Pioneering hotelier retraces his steps By Dale Fuchs July 2, 2005 MADRID He prefers a summer home to a luxury hotel when vacationing with his six children, but no matter where he plants his weary feet at night, Antonio Catalán, founder of two Spanish hotel chains, certainly likes to...
  12. GASpangler

    Asbury Park Press, June 29, 2005

    Prof makes canine friend during contest By Terry Gauthier Muessig Staff Writer Most people would presume a 200-mile pilgrimage from Leon to Santiago, Spain, and the Asbury Park Press pet photo contest's winner would have nothing in common. That is, unless you knew Carl Calendar, an English...
  13. GASpangler

    PRWeb July 1, 2005

    Pilgrims Find a Road Less Travelled: Volunteers Open the Refugio de Peregrinos de Miraz on Spain’s Camino del Norte The Confraternity of Saint James, a London-based organisation of potential and returned pilgrims serving the English-speaking world, is helping pilgrims on their way to Santiago...
  14. GASpangler

    New York Times, June 26, 2005

    June 26, 2005 On a Holy Road, Punk'd Pilgrims and a Man Who Barked at Dogs By JACK HITT WHEN the sculptor Michael Anderson turned 50 this year, he persuaded his wife, Celia, to mark the occasion by walking the historic pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostelo, Spain. Starting 208 miles...
  15. GASpangler

    september/octobre weather

    WX on the Camino ... Here are two PDF files I have for viewing or downloading ... http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Climate_Camino_Frances_By_Locale.pdf http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/PDF/Climate_Camino_Frances_By_Month.pdf Two ways to look at the same long term weather info. The...
  16. GASpangler

    Short Camino in May 2005

    Guia I just got my copy in the mail. Fabulous book. Loads of useful information. Since most of us are far far away from a Spanish tourist office ... Email Manuel Jurado Alcudia at Manuel.jurado@tourspain.es and request one. He'll put it in the post
  17. GASpangler

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette— a 2004 article by REBEKAH SCOTT !

    Along 550-mile Camino de Santiago, volunteers maintain a hostel for those who make the journey A refuge for pilgrims Sunday, July 25, 2004 By Rebekah Scott, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette RABANAL DEL CAMINO, Spain -- I met him in April, deep in the mountains of northern Spain. Through our long...
  18. GASpangler

    TIME Europe

    TIME Europe Steps Toward Heaven July 5, 2004 | Vol. 164 No. 1 Lydia Itoi walked in the path of pilgrims who sought forgiveness along the 780-km trail called El Camino de Santiago. Unlike them, she knew where to eat "Welcome, pilgrim," says the ragged knight in the dirty white cape, thrusting...
  19. GASpangler

    Top five things

    Readabilty The settings are actually both global as well as browser dependent. Global settings: Control Panel - Display - Settings - General - DPI setting. Mine are set on Large 120 DPI. Default Browser IE6 Settings: View - Text size. Mine are on Medium. I find these settings work well for my...
  20. GASpangler

    Top five things

    Stuff Peter, I buy the knife anew every time I land in Madrid, and never check any luggage through on my way to the Continent. The compass is stitched to my left shoulder strap so it can be referred to at a glance. It comes in handy now and then. The larger text is so old folks like us can read...

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