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  1. JabbaPapa

    Cafe con leche different this year?

    Café con leche generally varies in its recipes from one region to the next -- though a certain particular manner of preparing it has become somewhat common in establishments catering towards pilgrims on the Francès. Not sure why. Personally, that's not my preferred recipe for it, and I would...
  2. JabbaPapa

    What's changed?

    Roman Jubilee years occur every 25 years, and they are unrelated to either this or that Pope or with other Jubilees or Holy Years in other Sanctuaries. It is not a universal Jubilee year as the Year of Mercy was, it's just the normal Roman Jubilee -- though Roman Jubilees do have some...
  3. JabbaPapa

    New Camino Movie -The Way My Way - World Premiere

    And New Zealand.
  4. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Yes and I have responded to both aspects of the issue.
  5. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    I was blonde for the first few years of my life !! (now auburn) If that's what they want, then just order a new one and get it sent to you at home in SA rather than relying on the tour operator. After you receive it, go to your Catholic Parish Church, even if that's just once in your life, and...
  6. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Nor do I.
  7. JabbaPapa

    Credentials of Confraternity of St James

    Pre-registration is optional -- however, for those taking a more "normal" and/or "conventional" route along one of the major Ways, it has the convenience pilgrim-side of speeding things up ; and the MASSIVE advantage Pilgrim Office -side of hugely increasing the efficiency of the volunteers...
  8. JabbaPapa

    Water, water...

    2L will be too much except on one or two of the longer sections if the weather is hot ; or on the few mountain sections ; or if you are planning to walk very high kilometre averages every day. But even in the latter case, 1L to 1.5L should be enough, and you will usually find places to refill...
  9. JabbaPapa

    Ordering beer in Spain

    I was educated in French schools, and the basis of the metric system is liquid volumes. 1,000cm³ of water weighs one litre, and if kept in a cubic volume is 10cm x 10cm x 10cm. The distance from the North (or South) Pole to the equator is variable, as our planet is not a perfect sphere, and it...
  10. JabbaPapa

    Ordering beer in Spain

    The pint is originally a French measure, which varied regionally. The Parisian pinte is exactly 0.5L, and seems to have been a basis of the metric system. However -- the lyonnais pinte was smaller, and it remains the case that a pinte of wine is smaller in France (~0.47L) than a pinte of beer...
  11. JabbaPapa

    Ordering beer in Spain

    In English -- a shandy.
  12. JabbaPapa

    Ordering beer in Spain

    The Parisian pinte is exactly half a litre -- so the demi is half that.
  13. JabbaPapa

    Ordering beer in Spain

    The size of una caña is actually variable, regionally. In most cases, it's a 25cl or more rarely 33cl glass of beer, but it can be as small as 15cl in some rural places off the beaten path. The cañón is usually about 40cl, but in some regions ask for un cañón, and you'll get what most...
  14. JabbaPapa

    Which are the most 'traditional' routes from a Historical perspective?

    There's an article in El Correo Gallego on this topic : https://www.elcorreogallego.es/santiago/2024/04/02/itinerario-lleva-roma-assegonia-santiago-imperio-romano-100514299.html There are a couple of maps, but I like this one, not very beautiful, which shows the network of routes to Rome from...
  15. JabbaPapa

    What “baggage” do you wish you had not brought on your second Camino?

    It was my first pair of army boots, so that I was insufficiently aware of the potential of breaking. As to the espadrilles, they were the only shoes my size I could find in Spain in those 1990s.
  16. JabbaPapa

    When should I stop training?

    I'd say just a few days -- less for the Camino, but for the travel.
  17. JabbaPapa

    If you can access this film, please try to do so!

    I've seen it -- it's great !!
  18. JabbaPapa

    What “baggage” do you wish you had not brought on your second Camino?

    A pair of insufficiently solid army boots from my 1993 that broke about 2 weeks from the end on my 1994 from Paris. I finished in espadrilles (2 pairs).
  19. JabbaPapa

    The Way, My Way - the movie

  20. JabbaPapa

    Camino Dating

    It's rare -- but just occasionally, pilgrims do find each other along the Way.

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