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  1. Gil A

    Wearing shorts in church

    Ooopsy, it sounds like I touched some raw nerve. I am sorry if the guidelines from my pastor offend you; still I am sure you will dress according to what your conscience dictates and that is between you and your God. For my part I will try to continue following the guidelines from my priest...
  2. Gil A

    Wearing shorts in church

    My intention is not to discourage anyone from attending church. But we more often than not have choices. I am hoping that my post encourages pilgrims to make the right choice of clothing when attending church.
  3. Gil A

    Wearing shorts in church

    I'm just saying.....
  4. Gil A

    Wearing shorts in church

    Recently I saw a discussion in whether it is appropriate to wear shorts for church and most people tended to agree that it is OK. I realise that many pilgrims are not Roman Catholics or practising Roman Catholics and may not be aware of customs and traditions of the church. I wanted to clarify...
  5. Gil A

    Telephone calls from Spain to Home?

    I am in Canada and I have bought plans to my provider, Freedom, that give me service from AT&T. I used a plan for calls and data in the US and another one called "go south" that gave me service in Mexico for calls and data. They worked great. It is the reverse of what you are asking but...
  6. Gil A

    Telephone calls from Spain to Home?

    I am in the Camino Portugues, a couple of days ago in Tui, I got a sim card from Orange for free with plan mundo, no data. I had to charge €10 and I have a week of free calls within Spain after that it is €.29 connection fee for Spanish calls and €.04 a minute to Mexico. Other countries have...
  7. Gil A

    Paying household bills while on the Camino

    This is what sons are for
  8. Gil A

    I am a clumsy idiot

    Al, you are not the only one. This year, a couple of kilometres short of Portomarin i tripped over a branch on the trail. I fell face first on a rock (flat). There was blood all over. I ended with both black eyes and 3 stitches in the forehead. We walked a couple of kilometres to the next...
  9. Gil A

    The truth about bed bugs?

    We sprayed the sleeping bags and the backpacks with permethrin before we started the pilgrimage on el Camino Frances.... but we never saw a single bed bug... perhaps we are lucky
  10. Gil A

    Telephone calls from Spain to Home?

    I got an "Orange" sim card at "el corte ingles" with the "mundo" plan. (No data) but it cost only 6 cents a minute to call Canada or Mexico.

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