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  1. Rainerbernd

    Weather warnings Portugal and Spain March 11 - 14

    For 10-days forecast Portugal have a look: https://www.ipma.pt/en/otempo/prev.localidade.hora/#Porto&Póvoa de Varzim and for Spain: http://www.elcaminosantiago.com/Weather-Camino-Santiago.htm
  2. Rainerbernd

    Unwelcome traces from pilgrim rituals

    Boa noite, the stupid "tradition" never ends. Once again, a pilgrim burned clothes in Fisterra. The result was a bush fire. Please, I kindly ask you, do not burn anything in Fisterra. Link...
  3. Rainerbernd

    Weather warnings Portugal and Spain March 11 - 14

    Olá, coming weekend you will get heavy rainfalls and storm in Portugal and Galicia. Windspeed up to 100 mph, waves aprox. 40 feet. Therefore avoid the way along the coast. It is more protected inland. And here is the 10 days forecast for Matosinhos...
  4. Rainerbernd

    Pilgrim age

    Olá Gromit, you have made the right decision. It´s never too late starting a camino. BTW I am 70, not well trained at the moment, but still on the camino. I wish you good health, no pain and no blisters. Bom caminho, Rainer
  5. Rainerbernd

    Old Video about three on the camino

    Olá , found this video about three on the CF: Watch it for nearly 2 1/2 hours and enjoy. EDITED BY IVAR: Removed the full movie (pirated on YouTube) and added the 3 minute trailer. The full film can be bought here: http://www.csj.org.uk/product/within-the-way-without-2/
  6. Rainerbernd

    One Week in December

    Olá Sybil, reading your post my first thoughts were about how to get to a good starting point. Therefore I voted for the Caminho Português starting in Tui. There are cheap flights from Prague to Porto via Lisbon and some buses from Porto airport to Tui.
  7. Rainerbernd

    Strange findings in Portugal and Galizia

    Olá beiramar, Muito obrigado pela correção: erros de ortografia são, por vezes, irritantes. Você tem um masters - parabens.
  8. Rainerbernd

    Strange findings in Portugal and Galizia

    Olá beiramar, you described the myths and rituals in norther Portugal and Galicia very well. Talking about macumba. The locals in Portugal do their rites in a different way, but they adopted the term from the immigrants. Dont´t get confused. We, the tripoeiros, call it macumba, but it´s...
  9. Rainerbernd

    Strange findings in Portugal and Galizia

    Olá, You are on your way and follow a call of nature, you may encounter something very strange. Off path you can find a small "altar" with candles, a bottle with some liquid, cigarettes and a cross or a doll. Maybe this never happens to you, but if, here is the answer: People make a macumba on...
  10. Rainerbernd

    Bed bug alert Sept '16- Comillas. Albergue de Peregrinos La Peña

    In Gallego, they use different names for this nasty bugs. Chinchas and couzas. In Portugal we say percevejos or simply bichos. Bom caminho, Rainer
  11. Rainerbernd

    Bed bug alert Sept '16- Comillas. Albergue de Peregrinos La Peña

    Many thanks Pete for this important information. I have put it right now into a german forum. So hopefully all pilgrims will know this. Once again many thanks and a bug free way, Rainer
  12. Rainerbernd

    All kind of maps for Spain

    Olá peregrina2000, you can also try: http://mapas.dgterritorio.pt/viewer/index.html Sorry it´s only in Portuguese and a bit difficult to handle. I also found GPS tracks : http://www.gpsies.com/mapFolder.do?id=7175&client=summit&language=en and ...
  13. Rainerbernd

    All kind of maps for Spain

    Hola, detailed maps for Spain to download: http://centrodedescargas.cnig.es/CentroDescargas/cambiarMenu.do?destino=presentacion On the first sight it´s not easy to get what you want. It takes time! In the Product Catalogue you´ll find the Camino Routes for download. If you need a certain part...
  14. Rainerbernd

    Weather in October/November

    Olá, for Spain there is a 14 days weatherforecast on : https://www.eltiempo.es/ Clicking on ~Mapas~ for rain (lluvia)and other stuff . Buen camino, Rainer

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