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  1. Sparrow in Texas

    Cats on the Camino

    Regarding unknown cats..A few months ago I was visiting my sister and was attacked by a stray supposedly friendly cat that she had allowed into her house. I went to an emergency clicic to get antibiotics. Within two days I was in the hospital with a severe infection in my leg, awaiting surgery...
  2. Sparrow in Texas

    Toothpaste and deodorant - where to buy cheaper?

    I test everything before I leave home, thus I know that a small tube of toothpaste will last me 10 days. For a 6 week Camino I will use 4 small tubes of toothpaste, and can dispose of the empty tubes as I go along. The one time I bought toothpaste in Spain, the only thing available was a large...
  3. Sparrow in Texas

    4 Extra days. Where would you travel?

    Last fall while returning to Madrid my walking partner and I stopped for a night in Segovia to see the Alcazar and the Roman aqueduct and then a night in El Escorial. In Madrid we had lunch at Botin, regarded as one of the oldest, if not the oldest restaurant in the world. I had visited...
  4. Sparrow in Texas

    First week / last week on the Camino

    First day spoken by a very fit military pilot, "It was a lot harder than I thought it would be." Last day, "I cannot wait to do it again!"
  5. Sparrow in Texas

    Basque shepherd dogs

    Hopefully this will be a bit better view of this special dog! Click for full image.
  6. Sparrow in Texas

    Basque shepherd dogs

    In 2016 as I was walking down the mountain from Roncesvalles a scruffy tan dog Zoomed by me, followed later by the owner who told me that the dog was his Basque shepherd dog going for its daily two hour run in the mountains! I was so excited to see the dog run by! Those dogs are working...
  7. Sparrow in Texas

    What was the thing you were most happy to lose on the Camino?

    As I planned to walk my first Camino in 2016 I became consumed with fear and uncertainty. What if I had a heart attach while crossing the Pyrenees? I invited my daughter to walk with me. She is a Wilderness First Responder and fluent in Spanish - the perfect traveling companion. Indeed her...
  8. Sparrow in Texas

    What food did you ENJOY on your Camino(s)?

    A special meal in Madrid at Botin. I was there the first time in 1961 with my parents. Favorite meal is gambas al aujillo with Albariño ending with manchego con membrillo. There is a bar in Compostela that has the best, with just the right amount of red pepper!
  9. Sparrow in Texas

    Training on a treadmill.

    Just a note, I do not go around picking up strange men. I lived across the street from my walking partner for ten years. He is a very respectable gentleman!
  10. Sparrow in Texas

    Training on a treadmill.

    Hello, I live in Texas where it is too hot in the summer and early fall for me to walk outside, I do not tolerate heat well. Two years in a row I have gone to my gym every day and claimed a treadmill to walk with my pack for an hour or two, using various speeds and inclines. Of course it does...
  11. Sparrow in Texas

    Funny Camino Stories, Experiences or Pictures

    I do speak reasonably good castellano, as someone once told me, "you conjugate the verbs". One day I was calling ahead to reserve a lower bunk in an albergue and really mangled my request badly, to which the man on the phone, in a perfectly lovely South African accent asked me, "Is your English...
  12. Sparrow in Texas

    Lifetime Members

    A Lifetime Membership for me and The Big Map for my friend, a Camino Dreamer and future walking partner.
  13. Sparrow in Texas

    Lighting candles in Spain for the dead

    Among my most profound memories of walking 4 Caminos is not the stunning landscape nor the incredible architecture, but the older Spanish people. I remember the 94 year old man who proudly showed his church in Artieda, the lady somewhere along the Meseta who gave me a handfull of candy saying...
  14. Sparrow in Texas

    Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia Message of hope

    When words fail, music speaks for the soul! Thank you @Betterisgood and to all the wonderful musicians!
  15. Sparrow in Texas

    Passport, Credencial and Certificate Care

    I received a Carta Peregrina in early October and was able to get a tube for it right there.
  16. Sparrow in Texas

    Lifetime Members

    How can we find out when our current membership expires?
  17. Sparrow in Texas

    My ethical dilemma regarding a compostela

  18. Sparrow in Texas

    Taking a number in Santiago.

    Cindy, I think one of the hardest things for many of us to let go of when we are walking on the Camino is our expectations: what we think should happen, or how an albergue or meal should be or what the landscape should look like and on and on. It is often a challenge to just marvel and accept...
  19. Sparrow in Texas

    Using Correos from Irun and picking up 12 days later in Burgos

    Look on elcaminoconcorreos.com. There are two services for pilgrins. One, of course, is Paq Mochila for transporting your pack along the camino. The other service is Paq Peregrino. I may not have given you a very accurate link but the information is there...
  20. Sparrow in Texas

    The New Compostela Queuing System

    Tom, you have made reference to herding cats on a few occasions. For your amusement...

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