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    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I wouldn’t dream of NOT sleeping in a T-shirt on the Camino. You gentlemen do have it easy.
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    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I have a lightweight waterproof stuff sack for valuables and my after-walking dress, clean underwear and cycling shorts (not the padded kind) in it, plastic ziplock with soap, zippered mesh bag of magic (all plastic clothespins, safety pins, a large mesh drawstring bag for laundry, plastic...
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    Managing a Camino budget

    I have used this system in the past, I learned it from traveling with my ex-husband in the ´90s and it's a great way to budget. I walked the CF in 2019 and spent between 30-35/day without feeling like I was curtailing my spending. I stayed in albergues and usually ate the pilgrim's meals. I...
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    ...On Being Short...

    I have always loved being a really average height for my cohort (female, 5’4 3/4”) but I cracked up at Rick’s description of Peg: I too am shortish in altitude but tallish in attitude. Yesterday my walking company was ahead by leaps and bounds at the end of the day (up and over the cross of...
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    Spanish Shutters - a Tutorial

    I have lived in Europe for some time and i still was playing around with the shutters in Pamplona. Up—no problem. Release to lower—i had forgotten where the release was. But my most amusing thing many years ago when I moved here was how to flush a toilet. NOT standardised. The most interesting...
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    Something importrant which I know nothing about!

    Wow that is cool, scruffy1 I (mostly) paid for university working summers in the Yukon. It is beautiful and unforgiving nature. He’s on an amazing adventure. I love it up there. The mosquitoes: well, a little less love for the mosquitoes. Whitehorse is a square dusty little town but it has a...
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    For those of us who don't speak Greek!!

    IIRC--if I remember correctly ATM--at the moment HTH--hope that helps IRL--in real life (as in: in person, not on forum/internet life) DH--dear husband DW--dear wife DD--dear daughter DS--dear son SIL/BIL//FIL/MIL sister/brother/father mother-in-law These are all used heavily around...
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    bringing food into Spain

    I observed a fascinating scene a few years back in Vancouver--the cutest little sniffer beagle with handler at the baggage claim, who pointed clearly to a small child in its stroller. The handler gently asked the parents a few questions, and asked if they had any food in the carriage. They...
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    28 December - New distances for earning the Compostella announced

    lol got me! I was all excited there for a second. :p
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    Ciao?!

    My friends and I always said "Ciao" in Canada, and I live in Austria and I hear it a lot. I use it too sometimes.
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    For those of us who don't speak Greek!!

    YMMV - your mileage may vary
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    GPS Tracks

    I get a message saying "download not available" Will try it again eventually and see if it works!
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    You know you're a pilgrim(or soon to be) when...

    when you buy a backpack, take it home, and pack it and model it for your husband, who says, ":rolleyes:you already know what you are packing?" and that seems like an utterly unreasonable question, because the kit has been together for a few months already, and your Camino is still more than 9...
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    Unplugging

    It wouldn't occur to me to not take my smartphone. I will walk next summer and my DH will be concerned if I don't check in at least once in a blue moon so he knows I'm still alive and kicking. Also, I use the camera constantly and write down lots of thoughts and ideas on the notes app, I have...
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    You know you're a pilgrim(or soon to be) when...

    ...when my Camino is 10 months away and I'm checking out every passerby's shoes and backpacks
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    "Galicia, el buen camino"

    William Marquez-- "Galicia--All the Way" is superb!
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    Gadget preparation for the newbie

    Tumbleweed, just be aware that the working phone booth is an unusual thing these days. Perhaps there are many along the Camino; I haven't been to northern Spain. I did see one in Madrid. But they are not always easy to find in Europe as Europe adopted cell phones ubiquitously and early (cheaper...
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    Running the Camino

    Wow! It's an impressive distance to run. Well done, all of you!
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    Men in their underwear?

    I am a Canadian living in Austria--I have adjusted to nude-only saunas (signs posted announce that it is for "hygiene reasons" bathing suits are forbidden) and the local swimming pool has times for naked bathing. You just get used to it after awhile. It seems very asexual, and my local friends...
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    Madrid T4 ATMs?

    On the back of your bank card there are symbols. These symbols tell you which bank systems are associated with your card. Typical international systems are: Interac, Plus (associated with Visa), and Maestro (associated with Mastercard.) The next time you go to a bank machine at home look hard...

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