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  1. aname4me

    Video: How to Avoid Blisters - It Can be Done

    My Blister tip is... Check your Wedding Ring. Often, your Hands and Feet swell at the same time. Give your Ring a twirl right now. That is what normal feels like. If you think you're experiencing swelling from Over Hydration, Dehydration, 30+C, a Big Hill (what ever)... Check your...
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    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 4.0.

    I remember this guy.... I went into his Shop to buy a can of Beer and a Bun. A Simple Lunch. I left with €20 of stuff, plus he throw in some free Olives a different Cheese. Great Salesman.
  3. aname4me

    News Related to the Future of Credencials

    How secure is this new QR idea? Imagine: A young person walking the Camino early next Summer. He/she takes a picture of every QR they come across, and posts them on the Internet (shares it with “Friends”). I find these QR pictures. One day I load the Sarria QR on my tablet and use my...
  4. aname4me

    ATM fees - which ones are a rip-off?

    I am Canadian and last Fall I used the IberCaja They were a challenge to find (a few times) but charged NO Service Fee
  5. aname4me

    Multi-timers: Compare your Camino experiences

    I am retired and have walked 4 times. All in the Fall. All the Camino Frances Most common question asked of me: Why the Camino Frances every time? A: Before each Camino, I look at the many choices of routes. The answer is always the same. -Norte is TOO hilly. -Portuguese is short (to fly...
  6. aname4me

    Help! Blisters between the small toes?

    In my Mom's Family, our Little Toes curls under the next toes. It always produces a Blister. What worked for me was to grease my Little Toes every morning. This year, I am going to try out Silicone Gel Little Toe Separator...
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    Cabin personnel Ryan Air in Spain is going on strike for 10 days in September.

    Two years ago..... RyanAir cancelled my Dublin to Biarritz flight.... just 10 days out. Hours on the phone and... they “re”booked me into Paris. It turns out their Paris is actually 75Km away from the real Paris. I had to spent several hours (on the internet) to secure a flight to Barcelona...
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    Wanting to avoid all albergues

    We are retired and need a good nights sleep. We to like a private room with our own bathroom. This is a list of the places we stayed on our last Camino. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/attachments/1-2017-camino-albergue-pdf.41000/ I would recommend you book a day or two in advance...
  9. aname4me

    Weather?

    I'm not there, but Check the forecast (yes... it does look rainy) https://www.yr.no/place/Spain/Navarra/Orreaga%C2%A4002fRoncesvalles/hour_by_hour.html https://www.yr.no/place/France/Aquitaine/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port/hour_by_hour.html Write or call the SJPdP Pilgrim's Office phone...
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    Hard cash on the Camino

    me..... I start with a €1,000 BUT.... you have to guard it with your life. Carry a €1,000 and you have to sleep with it, Shower with it. The more you carry.... the easier it is, but....... the more €'s the more STRESSFUL it is. First stop (bank machine) .... Pamplona, then Logroño...
  11. aname4me

    Snoring on an Airplane?

    I've fallen asleep in the evening, during a less then exciting TV show...... I snore in the chair. NOT on an Airplane ? ? ?
  12. aname4me

    Snoring on an Airplane?

    I was on a overnight flight this week. The lights were dimmed for several hour. Many people were sleeping. Not the best sleep... but sleeping. What I noticed was, no one was snoring. A hundred people “sleeping” and, no one was snoring. In an Albergue, snoring is really common. In a room of...
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    Good weather page... very good

    Can anyone recommend a Doppler Radar website, that shows individual Radar sites, along the Camino? I can find many that show all the Spanish doppler radar sites together, but I have been unable to find a way to show an individual sites... example just Burgos and area, or just Leon and area...
  14. aname4me

    Ireland - Room to rent recommendations?

    If you don't mind me tagging onto this Thread... We will be arriving in Dublin (mid-Sept) and are staying two night( on the way to our Camino #3). We intend to rent a car. The question we have is.... Can you anyone recommend an area, North of Dublin (we don't want to drive on the wrong side...
  15. aname4me

    Tarta de Santiago Recipe

    I made the Tarta de Santiago recipe (the one I start this thread with). I am a bit disappointed. The recipe was easy enough to make, and turned out well. What was missing was the Almond flavor. I tasted a few of the almonds, that I bought to grind up, they were missing the Almond flavor. Not...
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    Tarta de Santiago Recipe

    One of the things I like about Galicia was... the appearance of the Tarta de Santiago I have been trying to find the recipe. I didn't know is was gluten free. Before I dirty my kitchen trying this, does anyone have any improvements, suggestions, a better recipe? Tarta de Santiago Recipe, a...

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