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  1. katkins_in

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    A friend advised me to get a debit/credit card that does not charge, or absorbs ATM fees (in my case, Charles Schwab). Using that card in Europe, and refusing the "do you want to exchange for local currency" query, I have NO fees for any of my cash withdrawals. Just Euros withdrawn at the rate...
  2. katkins_in

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    If you are a "pee a few times before flushing to save water" person... Flush the toilet! (I forgot once. Eww.)
  3. katkins_in

    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    If you have a tank water heater, turn it down or off, but be sure to leave at least one hot water tap open, so when the water cools, the tank won't implode/crumple.
  4. katkins_in

    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    I walked my first five 12-15 day camino sections with friends from France, who did all the bookings... so when we separated on the 12th day last year (they all had other plans after that), I worried that with essentially no French and no Spanish, I would find myself on the streets or in the...
  5. katkins_in

    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    <hugs> That's a lot of fears/concerns, and many sound well-founded, for you. There are cathedrals in almost every town, so wherever you are on Sept 11, hopefully you will find a peaceful place, probably a mass you could attend, or just a calm place to be and reflect. You reminded me of one...
  6. katkins_in

    You can invite a companion on Camino, but you can't make them walk (in preparation)!

    I've been practicing by walking with my pack over-weighted... and this year (in new shoes that I've been breaking in for two months), I noticed something new... 15kg... hot spots and blisters start to form around 5 miles of hills... 10kg... no problems (and if I got to 10kg by dumping out...
  7. katkins_in

    Strangest food & drink on the Camino

    I should probably stay out of this interesting and educational discussion... I've enjoyed it and am not writing to chide or judge... However, I find it strange to see people equating "eating like the locals" with eating animal parts that in many places and times were/are "because you were poor...
  8. katkins_in

    Can you Jack Reacher the Camino??

    Nine, plus 12 kilos in clanky Euro change! :)
  9. katkins_in

    Not what I expected!

    Sadly, on the 5th day of the Camino Portuguese last year, I got quarantined for Covid for 5 days... and when I started back up again there were only 4 days left. So I had the sad experience of just getting to the pain-free point... twice. I look forward, at 61, to seeing how it goes next time!
  10. katkins_in

    Not what I expected!

    As with several others above... I was 54 on my first walk, and overweight. The morning of the second day, my knees and feet were quite sore. After an hour or so of walking, they weren't sore any more. The morning of the third day, my knees and feet were even more sore. After an hour of...
  11. katkins_in

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

    The problem with purchasing anything caffeinated to make up for needing a toilet is... needing to pat for a toilet for having bought something caffeinated! :) I really like my backpacker's bidet and lightweight shovel (and the luck of being able to find a secluded, accessible-ish, off-path...
  12. katkins_in

    "Working from home" along The Way(s)?

    Yes... the UK isn't part of the Schengen though, is it? If so... I'll have to head home a bit earlier than hoped!
  13. katkins_in

    "Working from home" along The Way(s)?

    Thank you! The North Wales way looks gorgeous, my kind of scenery! (Plus, I'm a fair part Welsh but have only been in the country for a few days, a long time ago.)
  14. katkins_in

    "Working from home" along The Way(s)?

    Kevin, from Indiana, the US, here. I have had the great fortune to have walked three pathways in France in the past decade (Le Puy to Conques, Chemin Stevenson, Chemin de St Guilhem) with a few friends. I tell people these walks have been among the best things I've done in my life. This...

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