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    Snoring. AARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

    I stayed at a place that had a designated room for snorers.
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    Wow! Hotel Norte y Londres prices

    I was traveling with two other people (a couple), and we stayed in Burgos 3 nights in order to play tourist a little since we were there. We got a great apartment in the old city for I think 99 Euros/night. We did breakfast and lunch in the apartment, did laundry for no extra cost, etc. It was...
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    Nice place to stay between Belorado and Burgos?

    I second this recommendation of Como Sapiens in Atapuerca! And do try to get to the Atapuerca site itself, too!
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    Advice on "parts to miss" so I can Experience Arrival into Santiago

    By that time, you may want the Compostela. For which you'll need to walk the final 100km.
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    A very wet day on the Camino Frances!

    Wow! There was some rain when I walked from early May (from Somport) till mid-late June, but mostly the land was just crying for rain. And then after the Camino I went down to Andalusia, which was even more dire. So it kind of makes me happy to see all this rain. (Sorry!)
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    Ponferrada to Santiago de Peñalba: Anyone interested in sharing a taxi tomorrow (9 May 2023)?

    Yes! I understand it’s often not open, but I’m going to try!
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    Ponferrada to Santiago de Peñalba: Anyone interested in sharing a taxi tomorrow (9 May 2023)?

    This is a long shot, I realize. But I will be walking into Ponferrada tomorrow, and I’d love to see this pre-Romanesque church, which is in a pretty remote area about 25 km from Ponferrada. I just called the tourist office in Ponferrada to ask how to get there (just in case there’s some new way...
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    Festival flags from Hospital de Órbigo

    The festival is going to involve a medieval market. Maybe they will have them there.
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    How do you get to the Atapuerca dig site?

    Ok, so it seems that may not be accurate after all. They told me there was no bus from Burgos when I called to learn about this. But that might have been specific to my dates. Info booklet from Burgos tourist office says there are excursions from the Human Evolution Museum, but they don’t say...
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    How do you get to the Atapuerca dig site?

    Now I’m sitting here in Burgos reading the little booklet I got at the tourist office yesterday, and apparently there IS a bus from the Evolution Museum. But it says it “sometimes” includes the dig site. When I called, they said there wasn’t one, but maybe that was related to the dates I was...
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    How do you get to the Atapuerca dig site?

    Good luck! Both the interpretive center tour and the excursion to the dig site were excellent. But they’re only in Spanish (which I speak). So if you don’t, you might not find them as worthwhile. Atapuerca is also a cute little town. Meal at Comosapiens was wonderful. Menu was 20E, so not the...
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    How do you get to the Atapuerca dig site?

    It is no longer possible to book a trip to Atapuerca from Burgos.
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    How do you get to the Atapuerca dig site?

    I’m at the interpretive site as I write this. We have reservations for the 5:00 departure for the dig site tour. Reserve tickets ahead of time by phone. Pay for them upon arrival. Credit cards preferred. 4 euros for interpretive tour and demos, and another 4 for the dig site visit, which is...
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    What's so special about SJPP?

    I did the Camino in 2001, and there was no great fuss over it back then. Hardly anyone started from there. I’m convinced that it’s driven by that Martin Sheen movie. In 2001, the guidebooks presented two route options for those who wanted to start at the Pyrenees: the Roncesvalles pass or the...
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    Festival of San Isidro in Logroño

    Just letting others who might be in Logroño know that tomorrow is a festival of San Isidro. This involves Mass at noon at the church of Santiago and then a procession to go out and bless the fields.
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    Beds available Sarria to SdC?

    So in general the Primitivo is pretty free of crowds now? Did you have to book ahead? Leave at dawn and never dawdle in order to get a bed the next night? What was it like? I was planning to start at Somport on Tuesday, join the main route at Puente la Reina, and then do the Invierno. But with...
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    Average daily expenses?

    I agree. I just find most of the judgment coming from the other direction. And on all kinds of issues. I hope that's more acute in online spaces than it is on the actual Camino. It really would hinder the experience to know you're surrounded by all these people judging each other. Hoping that's...
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    Average daily expenses?

    And note that that's not including any tickets to museums, etc. Visiting cultural sites will cost more.
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    Average daily expenses?

    Sure, it's *possible* to do it very frugally. The issue is that it's not the frugality itself that makes you a "real pilgrim" or leads to a pilgrim spirit. You can do the most frugal Camino in the world but end puffed up with pride over it, or looking down on others, or feeling entitled to...
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    When do most pilgrims feel like quitting the Camino de Santiago?

    I think that if people quit, they're most likely to do it in those first few days, but I'm not sure what stats I saw that make me think that. I completed about 220 miles (the amount I planned) over 20 years ago. I was living in Spain at the time and just got curious about what it would be like...

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