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  1. woodswoman

    Compostela or Passport: Which Means More to You?

    I have walked both the Camino Frances and the Norte and I will walk the top half of the Portugués in the fall. I have two regular Compostelas, and 2015 also got another one because there was some celebration of St. Francis, and the French church was issuing Compostelas for the event. In 2013...
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    Your annoying habits

    That would be me as well. I didn't have any blisters on EITHER Camino I walked. But I did have lots of other issues.
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    Essential Oils for Bedbugs?

    I think she DID move beyond cynicism, but her statements have value. You can't know what works best if you don't encounter bed bugs OR if there is no real documentation about whether essential oils work. Anecdotal evidence is fine, but I didn't use either, and didn't encounter bed bugs. That...
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    how steep is the climb on the first day

    Sorry this response is so late. I finally just e-mailed them and got a response. Orisson was booked by that time, but they have a "gite", a little building about 800 meters before you reach Orisson . . . 10 bunk spaces and a couple of "flat beds", with kitchen, a nice patio outside, etc. You...
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    how steep is the climb on the first day

    I walked over the Pyrenees, stopping overnight in Orisson, and yes, as someone else has said, sending part of my backpack over by Jacotransport. It was hard, partly because it was the first day or two of my walk. If I had encountered it two weeks later, it would have "felt" easier. Others...
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    Feeling quite dissapointed and haven't even started my way

    Please know that when you walk YOUR camino, letting go of the comments (judgments, opinions) of others is the first step to making the camino your own journey. Perhaps it will be good practice for letting go of others' opinions of you or what you do when you get back home. I don't know you at...
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    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    This writer expresses my sentiment and much of my experience. I am an atheist, but I felt similarly inspired . . . to have that much alone time in the midst of other walkers was something I realized I NEEDED. I was facilitating a memoir critique group in 2011, and one of the participants had...
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    permethrin spray as a preventative for bed bugs

    I bought the spray and then left it home. The thought of spraying poison IN my bag just gave me the creeps. I had a sleep sheet and most of the albergues had plastic mattresses, metal bunk structures, tile floors. I know I might have been lucky, but I actually only heard ONE person talk about...
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    Am I being a bit of a light-weight?

    I walked the Frances last September/October 2013, and I too had a training setback before I left for Spain. Walking in 100 degrees in Colorado wasn't my cup of tea. So I did what I could for months, actually for a year, but slowed way down in the two months before I flew to France, and began...

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