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    Are mosquitos seasonal on the Camino?

    Have you any recipes to share? It is so hard to find good ones. I remember, years ago, Radio Austrialia providing a recipe for quiche termaine but mosquitos and termites are not interchangeable. Of course, I mean this all in a wing-in-cheek sort of way.
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    Thoughts on “Santiago - the Camino within”

    Just as a point of clarification on this that some my find interesting - The word "catholic" comes from the Greek and simply means "universal." Back when it was just "The Church" it was referred to that way as it was the universal Christian church or catholic church.
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    Thoughts on “Santiago - the Camino within”

    Thank you for this. There are many of us who will never be able to get enough time off of work to hike the 778 km. I envy people who have such opportunities. Also, not all of us are healthy enough to undertake such a trip, and additionally, many of us of family commitments that cannot be put...
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    Thoughts on “Santiago - the Camino within”

    Was the movie what I expected…no. Was it awful, no. Was it Catholic…certainly (no one should surprised or offended by that…it was plainly obvious from the movie trailers available online…and, like it or not, the that is the history of the Camino). It did seem disjointed. I would have liked it...
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    Unusual places to collect sellos/stamps

    We received a stamp from some nuns who were out in front of their convent. We also got a wax stamp from a gent along the way who was making them and incorporating small flowers (both evoke good memories). Both of these were within a few hundred yards of one another.
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    Problems convincing youth to go on a Camino...any experience?

    I was wondering the same thing. My son and all of his friends were soooo sick of not having in-person social contacts that they would have gone in an instant once it was allowed (post Covid, if there is such a thing). Even now, they all seem to dread the possibility of such confinement again...
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    Prayer books

    it’s a very reasonable question. Your question did not even ask about a prayer book for a specific religion, just what prayer book others recommend. That said, they are many daily prayer guides you could use. It depends also if you are looking for something that is a short inspirational...
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    Experiences of ghosts, premonitions or presences?

    Odd things do happen. I lived in a “haunted house” by myself. Things happened, and being the only person there I knew no one else was responsible. Anyhow, my Camino story is not that exciting but a little odd. We are quite Catholic but really knew little of the Camino, if anything. A few years...
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    Fun Camino stories

    The two of us, a middle-aged couple, never really had a chance to train for our Camino. In addition, my wife is plagued with severe leg cramping issues that doctors had never been able to solve. Anyhow, we only had time to begin our Camino at Sarria. The end of the first day had that long...
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    Do you carry any Good Luck, or other tokens?

    After my wife, son and I announced we were going on the Camino, a dear friend was very concerned for us because on our last trip elsewhere one of us developed a dangerous leg condition (since healed). He went to a Catholic shrine, asked a lot of questions, and got us St. Christopher medals for...
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    What food did you ENJOY on your Camino(s)?

    Our family discussed this question over dinner tonight. In our case, the food was generally not the highlight of the Camino. That said, several things came mind. First we did always enjoy trying the local cheese selection wherever we could get. It was always a surprise, but we never got any that...
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    Poll Which Camino are you planning next?

    This time we are looking at the Pilgrims Way from Winchester Cathedral to Canterbury... maybe in 2022.
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    Weather in June on the Camino Frances

    We hiked the Sarria to SdeC to Sarria starting about June 11 of this year. The highs each day were in the 60’s (F). Each morning a sweatshirt or light jacket was needed briefly (usually in the 40’s F). We had one day of heavy rain and wind. We had rain ponchos and they worked well enough. The...
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    what is this pilgrim badge?

    We studied this out here a bit and believe it to be Madonna and child (Jesus) surrounded by the crown, a typical view of Mary. Zooming in, you can see two lines representing the two figures, one holding the other. Thanks for posting these images. We were in Slovenia a few years back. The region...
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    Compostela Error

    Thanks for the info! I will be following up with them. Yes...I realize that they Latinize. This was more than that. They must have glanced at some other paperwork and got the wrong name in this case. Mistakes happen, and I am glad I can get this one corrected.
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    Compostela Error

    Is there a procedure to get a corrected Compostela? My wife got her Compostela and only later looked at it and found they had put the wrong first name on it (Maria rather than Dianna) and misspelled the last name. There was no chance to get it corrected as we were on our way out of SdC. Given...
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    Where have all the arrows gone?

    We too had trouble in SdC....and it was after an exhausting long slog in a tremendous windy downpour. That is what made it more frustrating. We watched for where the more relaxed pilgrims were coming from, and followed that string to the Cathedral. That was the only point where we had an issue...

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