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  1. Thomas1962

    Drinking water @hotels

    Water in Spanish albergues and hotels is obligatory tested yearly. Albergues /hotels with their own well need to treat their water to Hight standards. No need to be afraid.
  2. Thomas1962

    Asking for Encouragement to Continue the Camino

    Stop this camino and find out what happens, or find out what happens if you don't
  3. Thomas1962

    Restaurants between Sarria and Santiago

    La Cabana consists of three different wooden buildings. Two of them are for sleeping, they still exist and are (or will be) still open. The building with the restaurant is burned down. People need to go to Palas (about 1 km further on the camino) to have dinner or breakfast. Who knows the...
  4. Thomas1962

    Restaurants between Sarria and Santiago

    i saw it too and was very surprised. As far as I know there are plans to rebuild it but this was the reality a few months ago. .
  5. Thomas1962

    Restaurants between Sarria and Santiago

    This actually WAS a beautiful place. Last year it has been burned down to the bottom. Very sad, it was indeed my favorite place. I live there now.. The hostel who was at the same place is still open. For the rest of Palas: it might have some qualities but I am afraid nice restaurants are not one...
  6. Thomas1962

    GPS maps for walking

    On this downloadpage of the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James you can download the KML of GPX tracks for all Spanish (or any other country) caminos. On top you will find a translate button and also a manual how to use them in any other app on your phone. The app which is recommended there is...
  7. Thomas1962

    Help Downloading GPS Tracks From Dutch Confraternity

    With Iphones it sometimes is indeed different. It is still not clear with what IPhones it is different. I hope this helps. If not, let me know. After downloading: - At the top right of the window appears when the download is complete a circle with an arrow downwards, click on this; - In this...
  8. Thomas1962

    Has any pilgrim decided to move to Spain?

    My wife and me did!
  9. Thomas1962

    An alternative system for Albergues

    In Galicia an association is working on an app for booking albergues, it will be an own alternative for the very expensive booking dot com company. For sure, next year everyone will hear more about that.
  10. Thomas1962

    Help Downloading GPS Tracks From Dutch Confraternity

    Thanks Deborah for your feedback and suggestions. About your first: we have been thinking a lot how to offer all the tracks. Finaly we indeed made the decision to offer them per country. There are a few reasons for this: - one does not need to scroll down a lot of listings to see which one...
  11. Thomas1962

    Help Downloading GPS Tracks From Dutch Confraternity

    Just saw this topic. I put the files online and I'm also part of the working group making them. Good to see people using them, and also good to see what are still the difficulties getting them on a phone. Deborah, did it all work out now with the help of Jens or is there something I can do? If...
  12. Thomas1962

    Spain reopening in June -- are the albergues open?

    At this moment, many albergues are already open or will be open soon. For sure by september all albergues who can be open (which is nearly all of them), will be open. Not known yet is the percentage of beds which will be allowed to use by then, and how busy it will be.
  13. Thomas1962

    MAPS.ME vs Google Maps vs competitor apps

    Look at the top of this page, there is a manual also in English, how to put tracks in maps.me. On that downloadpage you can also find all the downloads you need: https://www.santiago.nl/downloads/
  14. Thomas1962

    Input for Rewilding Business

    Business and "ReWilding" sounds to me like making money by learning people how to spend less money. My way to things is just do things myself. If it catches me it shows of to others. From there on business can make a start, if you choose to.
  15. Thomas1962

    Shifting from Garmin GPS to phone — step 1

    Was it the track of the Dutch Confraternity from the Levante which was not correct any more? Please tell me. If so, I will ask them to update it.
  16. Thomas1962

    Shifting from Garmin GPS to phone — step 1

    In general I would sugguest just to start with any and try it. If not satisfies, just try another one. On the GPS workshops I usually suggest people to start with maps.me. It is simpel, easy to use, off line and can handle any kml track. If you want to have more options you can also just try the...
  17. Thomas1962

    Maps.me Voice

    Hi Woody, I was involved in making the tracks of the Dutch Society of Saint James,. Please be aware that in many places there are not specific tracks for pedestrians. Often the track, and also the route is going along a road which is used by pedestrians and by cars. Also, sometimes there might...
  18. Thomas1962

    Are these all the Spanish and Portuguese Caminos?

    If it is not for commercial use, maybe this map helps. If you click exactly on a camino line you get more info https://www.santiago.nl/wegnaarbuiten-europa
  19. Thomas1962

    How to make the Camino more tent friendly. Ideas?

    As I pilgrim a completely agree with you, but as a hospitalero I simply cannot put up a sign.... The thing is that albergues are officially just not allowed to allow people camping. At least this is the case in Galicia. The whole camino is seen as a touristical thing by the government. All...
  20. Thomas1962

    Survey from Grañón

    I did too the survey but was really surprised by the questions, to me they didn't match at all the introduction but asked about my personal religious experience and about what 'the youth' can do for pilgrims.

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