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    New Camino Movie -The Way My Way - World Premiere

    My personal observations about how Camino movies impact the numbers: I first learned of the Camino when my cousin walked the CF in 2015 at age 65. He introduced me to The Way. I bought a copy and shared it with numerous friends. Several fell asleep or excused themselves and went home. A few...
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    Bar Etiquette

    While on my Camino in 2022 and afterwards in various places in Ireland, I always bused my cup and plate. Sometimes there was a clear place and sometimes not but in every case, the employees were appreciative.
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    “Camino Man”

    Brilliant! I love paradies! I've been working on one for years involving RV living, which I did for eight glorious years. Here's the chorus from "I enjoy being a girl" from the musical Flower Drum Song: I'm strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the rig of a retiree male...
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    Woman Traveling solo

    Also a sola. First Camino wa last year and although I planned to walk only the CF, I ended up moving to the CN due to heat and fires. That involved logistics outside of the albergues. Nevertheless, all went well. Bring your common sense with you and you'll be fine. As others have said, there's...
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    Family Guy, or not

    Last year I ended up walking on three different Camino routes to escape the heat and fires first and then to finish in a reasonable time. Had I formed a family on the CF, I would have left them on the CN and would have left again for the CI. That said, I have friends with whom I'm in touch from...
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    Knocking on doors to find a place to stay

    In the US where I live and travel solo all the time, if I find myself in such a situation, I call the local police. Over the years, they have directed me to a safe location that sometimes is the parking lot of the police station.
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    Changes to the Camino

    Last July when I finished my Camino, I stayed three nights in SdC. One day included a bus tour to Finistere and Muxia. I attended Mass in the cathedral three times, hopeful to see the Botafumeiro swing although my walk was more than enough. At the third Mass, as I was returning from communion, I...
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    Knocking on doors to find a place to stay

    Me neither unless I lost a good portion of the common sense I bring along with me.
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    Documenting the Journey

    Another thought about Find Penguins: you can start now with whatever event you have coming up. A local festival? A birthday party? You can play around with all the features to see how it works.
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    Documenting the Journey

    I'm also a big fan of Find Penguins. I love my book that I was able to page through during June, the one year anniversary of my Camino. Cost-wise, my 195 page book with all my footprints/photos/videos via QR code, captions and comments was under $90, delivered. I'm about to go backwards in time...
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    Succinct advice

    Keep your sense of humor.
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    How to get Compostela noted for Camino walked in memory deceased relative (in vicarie pro)

    I walked for my three brothers and when I asked for that to be noted, I was told it couldn't be added to the Compostela but could be to the second document, which it was.
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    For reference, my book that included all my footprints/photos/captions/comments from followers and videos came to 195 pages. Total cost including shipping was just under $90 USD. Also, I'm not connected with Find Penguins in any way other than as a very satisfied customer. : )
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    Recently my cousin used What'sApp for the month she and her hubs were in Thailand so they were able to keep interested parties informed. However, the time difference meant that often we in the states were getting the pings when we were sleeping. Also, several of us ended up with all their pix in...
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    In the Find Penguins app, a footprint is a post that you can name. Footprints will also contain the date and location and, I found out once I got the book, the elevation and temperature of the location where you created the footprint. You write the post and add pix and videos to each footprint...
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    All true. I was still able to create a footprint but sometimes had to wait for wifi to post it so others could read it. That was never a problem. Each footprint still had temp/elevation info attached and I was able to edit/add info/correct spelling and then post it for whoever was following me...
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    My Camino was about a year ago and while I still have flashback memories of a particular moment, the details can be pretty sketchy. I used the Find Penguins app to create a daily footprint to which I attached pix and video. As long as I got a footprint started, it also contained the elevation...
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    I used Find Penguins and noticed the same thing but the good thing is that I didn't have to change anything I was doing while walking. Now that I'm home and ordered the book that Find Penguins offers, I have a quality product to show anyone interested plus I can look back on my trip and relive...
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    Easy ways to share Camino updates with family?

    This is what I used as I did not want to spend much time on my phone. I could create a footprint, add photos and videos easily, go back and edit if I wanted to and post it one time. When I got back, I ordered the book they offer and it completely blew me away! It is top notch and contains...
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    Privacy in the shower

    I can only write about my experience in June of 2022. I mostly stayed in albergues but also a few pensions, an abb and one hotel. I never saw group showers. I recall being in spaces similar to a stall with a locked door. One place I stayed had a Ladies large shower/bathroom with a lock. I...

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