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  1. twh

    Really Dumb Albergue Question. Sorry.

    I would prepare one’s kit for the least comfortable, least user friendly conditions. Some Albergues have modern “spacious” accommodations for showering, changing, hanging clothes, bench to sit on, shelves for toiletries etc.. In my limited experience thats about 25%. Another 15% are so small...
  2. twh

    Update on Dave Bugg

    Thanks for letting us know Dave is facing a medical challenge. He is in my thoughts and prayers as I put on the hiking shoes he recommended for my daily walk.
  3. twh

    News Related to the Future of Credencials

    It will be so much fun to return home and reminisce while gazing at each unique and precious QR code in my phone. I don't think so. My sweaty, rain stained stamps in my credentials are my best tactile souvenirs.
  4. twh

    Please read this about Bed Bugs

    I completely agree with the “100% ownership decision” but it’s hard to "know the risk" of a bed bug encounter, if you only poll people who have been bitten. I now realize my guess of < 1% of pilgrims getting bit is meaningless, I should have left that out...it could be less, it's probably...
  5. twh

    Please read this about Bed Bugs

    it would really be a shame to miss out on a Camino experience due to a fear of an infrequent event...bed bugs. I cannot offer a reliable probability of getting bit by bed bugs but it must be incredible low, less than 1% chance. Of all the people I met during my 500 mile journey and all the...
  6. twh

    Bed bugs once again

    For those who have experienced first hand the uncomfortable skin reaction from bed bug bites (redness, swelling, itchy feeling), are you also sensitive or more reactive than the people around you to mosquito bites or other insect bites? I'm wondering if most people who get bitten by bedbugs...
  7. twh

    Bed bug eliminators

    Do most bedbugs hang out on the mattress? If yes, I wonder if draping a large flat sheet so it covers the mattress (& box spring if applicable) would help to deter bed bugs from getting to you at night. Or using one fitted sheet on top of the mattress or 2 fitted sheets....one put on the...
  8. twh

    Albergue's Offering Full Board and Half Board

    For any newbies still reading this thread (I doubt there are any) the 2 - 3 euro breakfast at an albergue is typically tea/coffee and bread/toast w/butter/jam. If you MUST have coffee before you can function then it is convenient to have this coffee & toast snack available. If you desire a...
  9. twh

    All of a sudden no motivation to start the camino

    At the beginning of the year, when you blocked that 2 weeks for a Camino, was it an impulsive decision or something you gave considerable thought to. If your head was in a good place when you made the decision, I’d suggest you stick with it. Trust that the decision was made with a sound mind and...
  10. twh

    Litter, Toilet Paper, Poop, Not Just a Camino Problem.

    It was confusing. Just wrong in so many ways. What to do? Take a picture. The volume and viscosity screamed bovine. I've never seen a flying pig, nor have I seen a cow wiping with toilet paper. But I've heard, on the Camino, all is possible, even in a non-Holy year. For you it's been etched...
  11. twh

    Litter, Toilet Paper, Poop, Not Just a Camino Problem.

    I like the way Walton thinks...if I was a younger man I might invest in this low tech start up company. Lydia, I wish I could say the same. I'd much rather see something like this on the side of the trail (prototype) than this mass produced extrusion carefully deposited on the edge of the...
  12. twh

    Litter, Toilet Paper, Poop, Not Just a Camino Problem.

    Obliviots Everywhere! I live in a small town of 45K people, 20 miles outside of a major metropolitan area with a major university that has 45K students. My small town has a satellite university with a student population of 2,500. The satellite campus has a lot of green space and asphalt walking...
  13. twh

    Post a picture of your "shadow".

    Long Shadow and High Alert Shadow
  14. twh

    Phone phobia and speaking foreign languages

    Here is how I have reduced my self consciousness regarding my poor language skill. Let's say on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 is fluent and 1 means you know a few words but can't really build a sentence. If your skill level is in the lower third (levels 1 to 3, where I reside), within a few seconds...
  15. twh

    Non-Catholic on the Camino

    Bobotron, sorry to hear that you are feeling like you don’t belong. That’s the last emotion one would expect to encounter during the Camino experience. Feeling this way when you are expecting the typical love and acceptance emotions can be devastating. Davebugg went through this last fall when...
  16. twh

    A present for special people

    Wow Davey, what an incredibly special experience you have had and continue to have. Thanks for sharing another magical story about the Camino. You can’t go wrong with any of the ideas you have received so far. I like the idea of a long letter or story that expands on your original post. The...
  17. twh

    I admit, I can't remember!

    I too question my lack of memory about the name of towns and their order on the camino. It has not even been a year since my CF journey and details about things and places have faded but the feelings about the experience seem to be securely anchored. I'm like that in "real" life with people's...
  18. twh

    A personal appeal to the Camino 'community'

    🙏
  19. twh

    Warning about Follow the Camino company

    I'm sorry your experience with FTC was below your expectations. I have no affiliation with them. I am passionate about negative online reviews that are high on emotion and low on facts. It's not my saying but in my research I came across this piece of philosophy many times - The Camino gives...
  20. twh

    Warning about Follow the Camino company

    There were over 400 reviews to read about this company on Trip Advisor and 95% are in the Good to Excellent range. Reading reviews was not your issue...a lack of general research about the camino was. True. But you are not entitled to your own facts. Thank you. That should have been the...

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