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  1. Kitsambler

    The Camino will provide?

    On the other hand, I think one element of the transformative Camino experience is learning how good it feels to be generous to strangers. But. Not. Every. Single. One. or Every. Single. Day.
  2. Kitsambler

    RIP @annakappa

    Fair Winds and Following Seas, @annakappa
  3. Kitsambler

    Pilgrim Registration

    When does one enter this registration? Upon arrival in Santiago? Before leaving to walk? Entering the queue at Pilgrim Office?
  4. Kitsambler

    Advice… please… 🙏🏻 (About starting time each day)

    The first week (SJPP-Pamploma) will be the most challenging for OP's original plan, as there are fewer towns = fewer options = more "clumping up" = more competition for beds. After that, the people spread out more, and your plan might work better.
  5. Kitsambler

    How often do you take a break?

    How does your wife feel about being pushed so hard? If you two are walking at different paces, then a regularly scheduled pause (say, every 2 hours) would let the latter one catch up with the front-runner, just to check in that everything is going ok.
  6. Kitsambler

    Considering Breaking up a Camino Frances into Two Parts

    (Just speculation on my part) You're planning to start 10 days after Easter, which means the Holy Week/Easter surge should be well ahead of you. And the May-long-holidays will not have arrived yet. So I suspect there will be less of a bed race than you fear, especially since you are starting...
  7. Kitsambler

    Carry your backpack please.

    I would say something about the rewards in life being proportional to the struggles, except I then recall the many multitudes who struggle mightily, every day, and have no reward. If you want it easy, just take the train.
  8. Kitsambler

    New long-term French visa possibility for some UK citizens

    Even when I was first walking the Le Puy route in 2010-2011, it seemed there were a great many of those small towns that were managing to survive only because of the large number of British holiday properties. So I hope this is beneficial for the economies of the small, otherwise withering towns...
  9. Kitsambler

    I really wish I knew that!

    The shower fixtures! Sooooo different from the North American versions. FLOW -- Left. <=====> Right -- TEMP (And if you are in France, "C" is for chaud (hot) )
  10. Kitsambler

    From O Cebreiro to Santiago - Weather Oct-Nov

    As long as we are on the topic of rainy days ... what footgear is recommended? Gore-tex? non-Goretex? Waterproof socks? quick-drying socks? Lots of socks? Gaiters even?
  11. Kitsambler

    July 2023 Europe heat wave? How hot is it on the Camino?

    In your research, beware of relying on historical averages. I was just listening to a Times Radio broadcast that described temps in southern Italy at 49C, for example -- the warmest ever on record. Greece closed the Acropolis due to fear of heat-induced deaths. This summer's average forecast is...
  12. Kitsambler

    Intermittent fasting on the Camino

    Here's what worked for me in France, almost always demi-pension: Breakfast: black coffee with a pat of butter. This always becomes a topic of conversation, but it lets you join in the sociability around the breakfast table. Lunch: Nuts - usually walnuts, sometimes almonds. Baby Bel cheese or...
  13. Kitsambler

    Could I donate an "official" stamp to a monastery/ church/ cloister which doesn't have one but is on a signed route?

    Postal mail generally works quite well for religious institutions. Be sure to include an email address as well as a postal address. The head of a monastery is an Abbott (das Abt) or Prior; of a nunnery is Abbess (die Abterin?) or Prioress. Communications to a parish church might be addressed to...
  14. Kitsambler

    Camino routes map

    As long as we are casting about, does anyone have a link where I can find a similar map for the routes in Germany? Or, even, a map of (most of) Europe as a whole with routes?
  15. Kitsambler

    Winter - night temperatures in albergues

    How about the lighter rig and add some long underwear that you use only for sleeping?
  16. Kitsambler

    ATM withdrawal

    I'm in the US and use Schwab as my bank. The daily withdrawal limit is set by me, in conversation with the bank. I usually set my limit at 500Eur, because it might be a week between ATM hits when walking rural Europe. If I'll be in the larger towns and cities every day, then 300Eur/day is quite...
  17. Kitsambler

    How to recover from a tough day

    When reading those nutrition labels, it pays to heed the serving size. In this case, the serving size is one cup (240 ml), but OP is drinking 1 liter of milk, so multiply by 4. That means ingesting 112g of carbs, as well as 1000 mg sodium and 1200 mg potassium. The sodium and potassium would be...
  18. Kitsambler

    Route suggestions once you've done all the obvious caminos?

    France has four well-marked routes that connect up shortly before SJPP; the route from Le Puy is the most-traveled. The Le Puy route is fed from the east by a route from Geneva and one from the northeast coming from Cluny. There are at least two routes across Switzerland coming into Geneva...
  19. Kitsambler

    Walking the Camino with a dog - Experiences?

    Although I have not walked with any of my dogs, and I have not walked in Spain (yet), I can say this would be quite difficult in France at least from Le Puy onward. Almost every gite in the listings indicates "no dogs". The way is quite stony, with long stretches having no shade. The weather...
  20. Kitsambler

    Origins of pilgrimage

    I think we're on to something here: Pilgrimage is a physical story. What's a story? A narrative arc with a beginning, a middle, and an end that reflects the transformation of a character.

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