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  1. La Rubia

    If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

    I was in Dinant in December, having a drink at a local place overlooking the river before we headed out to explore, and looked down, and there was a Camino sign! And since I was with two of the people with whom I'd walked my latest Camino, of course we had to take a picture. So now it's on our...
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    Is it me? (Pilgrim signs are everywhere)

    I live in Portugal now, and besides the Camino signs I see on my daily walk (Caminho do Mar & Caminho Fatima) I'm finding they pop up all the time when I'm traveling in Europe. Bratislava, Dinant, Allcoutin - all places I wouldn't have necessarily expected to find one. Although the funniest...
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    Where was your most memorable stay and why?

    I was going to say Molino Galoches. I was my first day of my first Camino, and I was kind of amazed that I'd made it. We had a full house - 1 American, 1 Canadian, 2 Belgians, 2 Alsatians, 2 Aussies, and a Brazilian. Wonderful dinner, much laughter as we communicated in all our languages, and...
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    Camino Tattoos

    Coming late to the party - I have a flecha amarilla on my right ankle (2015 - Leon to Santiago), a shell on my left ankle (2016 - Ingles), and Solvitur Ambulando on my left inside forearm (2018 - Baiona to Santiago). I completed another Baiona to Santiago (mostly routed differently from 2018)...
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    Portuguese Currency / ATM / Credit Card use

    I live in Portugal and have withdrawn funds from my US credit union account. To get your best rates, use Multibanco machines only. You will have to reject the conversion (terrible rates!) twice, and it's disconcerting at first, as it feels like you're cancelling the transaction, but persevere...
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    Pilgrim in spirit?

    Been thinking about this thread overnight, and the word that keeps leaping into my head is "ableist." Now, I moved to Portugal from the US a bit over a year ago, and have noticed in all my travels here that in general, Europe isn't as good in dealing with people with disabilities as the U.S. I...
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    Bring mayonnaise

    Best-ever bocadillo (it's been 7 year and I still dream of it) was a bocadillo con atún in Morgade - perfect balance of bread, oil-packed tuna, and juicy tomato. The bread did not shred the roof of my mouth ala Captain Crunch, and the flavors and textures blended perfected. The platonic ideal...
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    Saharan Dust

    Fellow asthmatics, fear not! I'm in the middle of things, in Cascais, west of Lisbon, and while the sky looks chunky, the particulate matter doesn't feel nearly as intrusive as say, a California wildfire. I'm experienced in the latter, btw. It's already dissapating, and I'm told it's a...
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    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    We are in Cascais, which is approximately 25 kilometers west of Lisbon on the Atlantic coast. Beautiful town - we live on the ground floor of a villa that was built in the 1890s for the wealthy people who accompanied the King of Portugal to his summer retreat. I once heard the Ingles described...
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    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    We'd lived in Los Angeles for most of our adult lives, so coastal Portugal was perfect weather- and lifestyle-wise. We're on the NHR plan re taxes: 10% for the first 10 years, and there's a tax treaty which offsets US/Portuguese taxes. We purchased an excellent private health plan for a...
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    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    Does moving to Portugal count? I walk a small segment of the Caminho do Mar/Fatima route every morning, and the thrill is still there. I've waxed so enthusiastically about my Camino adventures that I'm taking a group of my friends here on a short Camino next May.
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    Poll Which Camino are you planning next?

    I'm hoping to do the Frances from Pamplona to Burgos next. That had been my plan for 2020.
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    A New Map - More routes to Santiago and across Spain than ever before.

    Lovely map! I see you have only the interior route out of Lisbon. Will you be adding the coastal to the next iteration? I took the attached in Cascais in January (If I can find a section of Camino when I'm traveling, I always walk it!).
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    Good resources for would-be expats? (US citizen in ES or PT)

    I second this recommendation. We're in the process of moving to Portugal (visa appointment is 10/29!) and the information on this website has been invaluable! Not only the posts themselves, but files that cover a wide range of topics, with information updated frequently.
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    Easiest 100km (for someone with health problems limiting high-intensity exercise)

    Definitely the Portuguese! Don't forget that you can stop anywhere for the day, taxi to your lodgings, then taxi back to where you stopped before so you'll still be doing the entire 100k on foot in order to obtain the Compostela, which is what I assume your wife wants, since you mentioned her...
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    A 'One Word' Why?

    Meditation
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    What 'Camino' Food do you Now eat at Home?

    Tarta de Santiago - my husband made a plastic stencil that he carries in his wallet just in case we're traveling and make one for friends. Tortilla de Betanzos - a little different from the standard tortilla (looser middle) and quite delicious. Sometimes we make it with tater tots rather than...
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    Tick Warning!

    My first Camino, I wound up with what looked like a tick bite (had to Google it, we're fortunate not to have much trouble with ticks in Los Angeles). Then I had to Google whether there was Lyme disease in Europe (spoiler: not yet, for the most part). Still, I went from oblivious and spoiled to...
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    What was you best moment (apart from walking)?

    The first time I landed a joke in Spanish. :) A little backstory: on my first Camino I walked from Leon, and stayed my first night at Molino Galochas in Villavante. My husband has a bad back, so didn't walk with me, but drove what we called the support vehicle, and I carried a day pack. At...
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    Yummy places to snack, eat lunch or dinner along the Camino from Sarria to Santiago

    The restaurant in Morgade (population 4 :-) ) made the best bocadillo con atun that I've had on any of my Caminos - a perfect amount of oil in the tuna and juice from the tomato moistening the bread so I didn't miss the non-existent Spanish condiments - it's been almost 4 years and I still...

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