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    What to Order at a Bar or Cafe after Using the Restroom

    Try a carajillo from time to time. It is a café solo with your choice of alcohol. Try un carajillo de baileys or un carajillo de brandy or coñac. They only cost an about a euro more than a coffee.
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    Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice on the Camino: Cost and Availability

    I live in Barcelona, a city that is known to be more expensive than most of Spain. Some cafés here do a breakfast special of a coffee plus a croissant or pastry for 2-3 euros. The addition of an orange juice can move it to around 4 euros. Camino cafés in larger towns and cities can have specials...
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    Is the Camino for the poor??

    The Camino can be done with very little if one especially if the person is from Spain or France. One just had to accept many hardships. I have attached a link to a series of videos showing a young man walk from Roncevalles to Santiago with less than 20 euros in his pocket. El Camino de...
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    Restaurant Tips Camino Frances

    As many have written, at lunchtime the menú del día often far superior to the pilgrims menú. For specialties, Pamplona- Chuleton, Pintxos, and Pacharán Logroño-Pintxos in Calle Laurel La Rioja Region- Bean Soups Burgos- Morcilla, Cordero/Lamb, Cochinillo, Pintxos/Tapas, Alpargatas de Jamon La...
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    Low airfares

    My wife got a direct round-trip flight from Barcelona to New York in February for under 200€.
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    Beef Jerky?

    Look for alternatives in Spain. Their embutidos and cured meats can be amazing. Cecina and chorizo are specialties from Leon, fuet is from Catalonia, sobresada is from Mallorca and the previously mentioned jamon has many origins. When in Rome, ...
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    What is the name of green vegetable?

    Isn't it wonderful that selective breeding took the basic mustard plant down multiple paths to broccoli, cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, and many more varieties? The berza grown in northwest Spain is part of their heritage and not for large-scale commercial production. While in Spain, one should...
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    Opportunities for Camping

    Please be aware that the vegetal sandwich in Spain often includes egg and tuna. Additionally, lard, AKA pork fat, is an ingredient in some croissants, cookies and pastries. The good news is that it won't kill you. Spaniards have one of the highest life expectancy.
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    Smuggling Hams back to the USA

    Spanish jamón and other cured meats are superior to their American peers. Why does the U.S. ban these products? Outdated rules I say. Trichinosis is related to pigs eating dead mice, rats, etc. It is extremely rare in domestic animals. Additionally, companies inspect their pigs during the...

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