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    Spanish people like to connect with people that they talk to

    Many cultures in Eastern Europe greet with a kiss too.
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    Where can I find prayer opportunities on my way?

    Humor
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    Where can I find prayer opportunities on my way?

    LOL. "...with every encyclopedic reference, with every 'Buen Camino,' with every dewdrop and bedbug..."
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    Where can I find prayer opportunities on my way?

    Anyone posting responses like, "oh yes, there are constant prayer opportunities with every passing moment, with every breath, with every step and sigh, with everyone you meet, with every snore and crinkly plastic bag, yada, yada, yada," are probably misunderstanding the OP.
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    Bed bugs in El Acebo!

    In addition to an antihistamine, I recommend any pramoxine hydrochloride cream like CeraVe to relieve the itching. My wife and I were eaten by chiggers this summer, and that pramoxine cream (CerVe) saved our sanity until the welts and swelling subsided. Maybe the crinkly plastic bag chases the...
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    UK Telegraph headline "Bedbugs carried into Spanish hotels by Christian pilgrims" - reference to Camino Portugues

    Maybe the journalists are onto something here. I'm a Christian and I often experience the urge to stop and scratch, kind of like a cat but I haven't yet been able to scratch my ears with my feet. Could Christians indeed be a vector for bedbugs?
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    Last night I learned I snore...

    Maybe. But after your whole life so far, only just last night you discovered that you snore. And apparently loud enough to bother people. Rather sudden onset. I'm not condoning people playing patty-finger with you while you sleep, but you ought to get that checked out. Close relative of...
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    Last night I learned I snore...

    I too would likely lash out as a reflex. Going for my valuables might illicit a stronger response.
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    Last night I learned I snore...

    Snoring respiration is a sign of obstructed breathing. As an EMT I've heard my share of snoring coming from people who are either dying or suffering from some form of breathing obstruction. I've also listened to people "just snoring" in their sleep that apparently were not dying. I had a...
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    AA and reflection time on the Camino/ newsarticle.

    I turned down the "first pour" out of a bottle of single malt by a group of Ukrainians. The group shunned me after that. That's how offensive my turning down an offer of drink was to them. I did not want to offend anyone.
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    AA and reflection time on the Camino/ newsarticle.

    I go to an AA meeting once a week. I also don't drink. Alcohol no longer defines me or rules over my life. Never would I subscribe to "a cause" where the goal is to make abstainers feel "more welcome" or "included." That would be falling into victim mindset. Barbara feels like hoisting a...
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    Where do ( did ) you walk ( locally ) in 2023?

    Walked the Pilgrimage for Restoration just over a week ago - 62 miles in 3 days. This starts at Lake George, New York (USA) and ends at the Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, New York.
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    Churches and attire?

    The "what happened" discussion is one I would like to have with you over a cup of coffee, but I suspect is out of bounds for this forum (Rule #2). I've visited Europe from the USA only twice, and both visits had a religious aspect to them. My last visit was to France in 2019 where I was able...
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    Churches and attire?

    Really? Well... here goes.... I meant "hats" in the most generic, mundane sense - an article of clothing that goes on the head. Jewish guys I know don't wear their kippah because they need protection from the sun or because they feel like rocking a Jewish look. It is an expression of...
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    Churches and attire?

    I don't regard what Jewish and Sikh men traditionally wear on their heads as "hats." They are no more "hats" than my Rosary prayer beads form "a necklace." I've worn a kippah inside a Jewish Temple, out of respect and because my girlfriends parents didn't want to advertise that their daughter...
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    The “new normal” isn’t necessarily bad

    Thank-you for your responses. Looks like there may not be "a new normal" afterall. Booking ahead is a preference and not a necessity. :cool:
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    The “new normal” isn’t necessarily bad

    LOL - sleeping next to or near Interstate Highways, or even just around small towns, in the USA is not at all like "...a little walked back country trail..." But still... this thread seems to give me the sense that not finding a bed is an actual problem. In another thread, @trecile says that...
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    The “new normal” isn’t necessarily bad

    Not picking on you alone Jesper, but as a newbie following along with this entire thread, I get the sense that it is a bad thing to arrive at an albergue late in the afternoon. Bad things happen. So what happens if you are walking along the CF in July, and there just isn't any room anywhere...
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    The “new normal” isn’t necessarily bad

    Truth. Thanks for the reminder. 👍
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    The “new normal” isn’t necessarily bad

    This. Very much this. I'm a Christian, and we have a saying, "Let go, and let God." "The Camino provides ..." is another saying I like. Somehow countering the spirit of these sayings with our normal human need to be in control seems to be missing the point. Somehow. For some, their Camino...

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