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  1. annakappa

    Clothes dryer etiquette

    Personally I don’t like dryers😊 I’ve hardly ever used one (in my whole life)😊
  2. annakappa

    EW....that's disgusting!

    Belgian frites: the best in the World. Of course served with mayonaise😋
  3. annakappa

    From your bedroom window

    High Summer here in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.
  4. annakappa

    Poll Where do you come from?

    And now to me: where am I from? Born and raised just south of Manchester and then as a young adult, followed my Dutch Hotelier husband whom I met in Spain to various places: Rome, Aosta, Sardinia, Paris, Damascus, Cairo, Zurich, Lugano and finally to Costa Rica. I haven’t included all the...
  5. annakappa

    Poll Where do you come from?

    Back to Central America: 6 of my grandchildren have been born and educated in Costa Rica. They consider their country part of the 7 countries which make up Central America: Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. The whole continent comprising North, Central...
  6. annakappa

    Poll Where do you come from?

    What happened to Central America?
  7. annakappa

    Mystery

    Are you male or female? Bidets are a God-send for ladies with their period. You will find a bidet in most Southern European houses (plus I've seen them in offices in Italy). The bathrooms were built to include a bidet! I have lived in Switzerland, Italy, France and Spain, and have always found a...
  8. annakappa

    Where and how can I break big notes to smaller ones?

    very seriously, I would go back to your money changer and change back your money. You have been given a lot of advice and opinion and I think you will most definitely hit problems with these notes, plus I guess, you will have in your possession a large amount of Euros, which is just not necessary.
  9. annakappa

    When did a Refugio become an Albergue?

    That’s because some kind pilgrim or one of the hospitaleros (wardens they are called at Guacelmo) had the inspiration to bake something delicious 😋. The kitchen facilities at Guacelmo is one of the best!
  10. annakappa

    When did a Refugio become an Albergue?

    Guacelmo in Rabanal is still called Refugio Guacelmo, not Albergues Guacelmo. Interesting enough , here in Costa Rica an Albergue means a shelter for folks during very bad weather conditions, such as floods, landslides or also a severe earthquake or volcanic eruption.
  11. annakappa

    Weather warning week of 23 June

    Of course there aren’t air conditioners in albergues! That is a luxury item!
  12. annakappa

    Weather warning week of 23 June

  13. annakappa

    Nationalities on the Camino

    And we always register and say 'from Costa Rica', although I'm dual nationality Brit and Dutch and Adriaan is Dutch. The reason being is that we try to boost the minority, so to speak! The first year we walked the Camino, just 34 people had registered from Costa Rica. Anyway, now it's Brexit...
  14. annakappa

    Camino Souveniers for Foodies

    This is just what happened to my Dutch sister in law, when she arrived at Newark. The customs guy saw her apple ( The Dutch love to travel with an apple)! and went to confiscate it, so she actually ate it in front if him🙄🙄 He wasn't pleased! Then He asked her if she had some cookies. "Cookies"...
  15. annakappa

    Camino Souveniers for Foodies

    That's exactly what I was going to suggest: a Torta de Santiago brought from a bakery!
  16. annakappa

    Camino coffee

    Coffee from Costa Rica, ready for harvesting. 😊☕️
  17. annakappa

    Camino coffee

    One year we took a small termos with us, so that in the sad eventuality of there being no bar in the village that would be open very early, we filled our thermos the night before, so as to at least have a coffee before leaving the Albergue 😉☕️
  18. annakappa

    Hi, Everyone. An Update, and My Gratitude For You All

    Very good news Dave, to see you back and thank you for being so open and also considerate, by letting everyone who was worried about you, that you are slowly on the mend.
  19. annakappa

    Pondering the experiences of refugees

    I, for one, did not even think about any political inference that this tread could have taken. My immediate reaction was how we, as Pilgrims walking to Santiago, might have some empathy on the thousands of migrants, leaving all their possessions behind and in their case "walking with bare...
  20. annakappa

    Pondering the experiences of refugees

    I totally agree that this is a Human Thread. All about humanity, the beautiful, the good, the unfortunate and the bad. I think that most of us who have walked the Camino, plotting our route, collecting all the "necessary" equipment, often expensive, maybe hardly ever to be used again...

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