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    Are there Book swaps on the Camino. What book would you take.

    I go to a charity bookshop at home to pick up a couple of paperbacks to take with me, then leave the books wherever I happen to be when I finish them. I've had pretty good luck finding books along the Way, both in albergues and especially if I've decided to spoil myself and stay in a pension or...
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    When you know they get it….

    Sehr freundlich und lieblich! Not to mention very thoughtful. What is the gizmo on the inside of the left door?
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    Desktop Computer Availability in Albergues

    I am a real technopeasant, and don't take anything more sophisticated than a flip phone. I've had good luck at public libraries, ayuntamientos, and even a couple of times at a hotel where I bought a drink and they graciously allowed me to use their guest computer. Good luck!
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    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    I first learned about the Camino while listening to a Saturday morning Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio show called The Radio Show. Over a series of weeks, the host, Jack Farr, interviewed a fellow from Canada who was walking the Way. This was back in the late 1980s. I was so...
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    That recipe - which one is yours?

    I just had to know what a "viss" was: https://magnificentmyanmar2014.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/myanmars-weight-system-the-viss/
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    Those BRIGHT motion activated lights, or how to pee in 5 seconds

    This might be one reason why @Rick suggested red light (not sure what else he might have had in mind, ha ha!) ;) From the site of the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory operated by the University of Calgary:
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    Sampler ideas

    Ummm . . . caldo Gallego is usually made with some kind of meat, such as chorizo and ham . . . Delicious, but not vegetarian.
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    Storage in Refugios/Albergues

    I've travelled for the last 50 years with my valuables in a neck/waist bag on my person, never in my pack/handbag/suitcase so no worries about forgetting to take them out. ;)
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    Storage in Refugios/Albergues

    Back in the olden days (2008/09) I would leave my pack outside whatever cafe I stopped at for refreshment so my walking buddies who were behind me could tell at a glance where I was. Never had a problem.
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    Solo walkers - what kinds of food do you buy at grocery stores?

    I have a full, cooked breakfast every day here in Calgary (Canada) so when available, I'd buy 6 or 12 eggs and hard boil them in the evening, sharing them with other pilgrims the next day. Also carried All Bran Buds to add to my yogurt since I found sources of fibre a little challenging to find.
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    Garbanzo beans are so much better in Spain

    Perhaps those kidney-shaped beans are what we in Western Canada refer to as "broad beans": The skins slide of easily once the beans are cooked. Sorry for sending two images; I can't seem to get rid of just one
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    Has Cafe con leche changed in Spain?

    Ha ha ha! I've definitely had more than one morning beer in Spain and Portugal. In Calgary we sometimes refer to beer as a 'barley sandwich', referring, of course, to beer's nutritional value. Cheers!🍻
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    Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice on the Camino: Cost and Availability

    What an interesting history of the orange! Thank you for sharing! 🍊
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    Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice on the Camino: Cost and Availability

    Fresh-squeezed orange juice is ubiquitous in Spain, even in bus and train station cafes, in my experience. Some hotel breakfast rooms have/had self-operated orange juicers which on the surface seems like a good idea. However, three years ago I stayed at a place in Portugal where they had that...
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    Is the Camino a walking Human Library?

    Sorry, got off on a bit of a tangent. Yes, I believe that we ourselves, and fellow pilgrims, can be thought of as "human books".
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    Is the Camino a walking Human Library?

    The Calgary Public Library (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) had a Human Library event about ten years ago. I "borrowed" a young Sikh man who was very open to my questions. We had a lovely half-hour together when I learned all sorts of things I wouldn't have otherwise been aware of, and because it...
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    Checked the “toe issues” threads... this one is not addressed (so far)

    Faye, try PaSu Farm. They are in Alberta and the wool starts at $5.00 for a one-ounce bag. Buy 5 and get the 6th one free. http://www.pasu.com/shopping/products/fo-13-footsie/
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    Contactless debit card

    I am sorry to say that I had someone remotely scan my card here in Canada almost four years ago. "I" apparently developed a sudden taste for $600 of cigars from Mauritius (cigars from Mauritius???!) and bought an ad on Google. It all happened a few minutes after I walked outside past a number...
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    ...On Being Short...

    Yes, it's leg length, not overall height, that has more influence on the length of one's stride.
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    spare a thought

    I hiked up Mt. Kilimanjaro in 2005 to thank God for my health and the financial ability to go on such a trip to celebrate my 50th birthday. In the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 I walked most of the Via de la Plata, and volunteered as a hospitalera at Miraz in 2011. Then in 2013 I was...

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