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  1. Bajaracer

    Days of week to avoid starting in SJPP

    Calle Estafeta has numerous pintxos bars to choose from, if they charge more than €2, go to the next one that does. I was in a group of 5, each of us had to buy a round for €10, so we'd have a pinto with your choice of wine, glass of beer, or bottled water, hung out and enjoyed our pintxos, then...
  2. Bajaracer

    Days of week to avoid starting in SJPP

    Time it so you can arrive in Pamplona on a Thursday for jueve pintxos, (Thursday night pintxos) Calle Estafeta has €2 pintxos with your choice of wine, beer, or bottled water. That albergue curfew prevented up from trying more places that night.
  3. Bajaracer

    Pianos in Albergue (HELP)

    Casa Barbadelo just outside of Sarria has a piano. The most luxurious albergue, feels like a hotel but with bunk beds.
  4. Bajaracer

    Cell phone/SIM card

    I don't do locked phones either, I refuse to pay an activation fees when getting a new phone, and any way you slice it, you're paying full price of the phone. I figured out in 2009 how unlocked phones worked and how the American public has been getting ripped off for years.
  5. Bajaracer

    Cell phone/SIM card

    With AT&T, the phone has to be paid off in full before they will grant your unlock request.
  6. Bajaracer

    Cell phone/SIM card

    Switching SIM cards is like switching license plates on your car, you get a new Spanish number, all your apps, contacts are stored on the phone itself, I tape my US SIM card and SIM removal tool (paper clip for iPhone) to the back of an id card so I don't lose it. I switch back to my US SIM on...
  7. Bajaracer

    Surviving in the Heat

    I know most would scoff at having to wear long sleeves and long pants, I knew that covering up and minimally exposing skin prevents the sun from sucking the life out of you, I could tell those who wore tank tops and shorts were more exhausted at the end of the day.
  8. Bajaracer

    Help w/ Spanish Cell Phone Plans

    Make sure your iPhone is unlocked.
  9. Bajaracer

    Help w/ Spanish Cell Phone Plans

    Movistar has the highest coverage followed by Vodafone, Orange has spotty coverage. Check www.willmyphonework.net with your model of iPhone, the US models have different LTE frequencies vs. the EU models, you'll still get LTE coverage on fewer frequencies. Tuenti has the best deals for large...
  10. Bajaracer

    Beware of Peregrino Menu Scam

    You would actually be getting less for your money if you order it "take out" or in Spanish "para llevar" because you won't be getting the bottle of wine with it. If cost is an issue, shop at the super mercado and buy your own or team up with others to make a communal meal, with enough people...
  11. Bajaracer

    Beware of Peregrino Menu Scam

    The other option is ordering a plato combinado or a racion instead of ordering a menu del dia/perergrino meal.
  12. Bajaracer

    Do I need a power coverter in Spain?

    Order a couple of these, you can charge both devices at the same time and a third device if needed. http://www.ebay.com/itm/BD-3-Ports-USB-Multi-Adapter-Travel-Wall-Charger-With-EU-Plug-White-2A-for-Phone-/361524067866?hash=item542c837e1a:g:6oMAAOSwud1W~a7A
  13. Bajaracer

    bed race

    You'll start seeing the crowds once you get to Melide, after that you won't have the luxury of walking till the late afternoon and just being able to walk up and find a bed, reserve ahead at private albergues if you want to walk till late afternoon because the Xunta albergues fill up 30 min...
  14. Bajaracer

    Albergue capacity from Sarria to Santiago in August

    Sarria to Santiago is the most crowded, the Xunta (municipal) albergues open up at 1300 and fill up quickly, usually within an hour after opening since they are the cheapest, then the larger private albergues are also subject to having large blocks of beds booked by school groups. I say at...
  15. Bajaracer

    O Cebreiro Hotel

    Or you could stop before and stay at La Faba, the German run albergue.
  16. Bajaracer

    Walking at night

    You notice them right away, they are the ones who are already all cleaned up (this is at 1300-1500) and spend the rest of the day sleeping and expect you to be quiet in the sleeping area, they also try turning off the lights at 1800. I have no problem turning off the lights early if everyone is...
  17. Bajaracer

    LIVE from the Camino Cacabelos or Villafranca del Bierzo

    Villafranca del Bierzo is easier to find beds if you stop early enough, showing up later in the afternoon will make things difficult.
  18. Bajaracer

    Freaking a little about albergue availability in July

    It's about being realistic, if you are of the "I will only stay in donativo/municipal albergues," then you'll have issues finding a bed, don't expect to show up at the municipal albergues in Burgos or Leon at 1900 and expect a bed to be available. I started staying in private albergues because...
  19. Bajaracer

    Hospitaleros with unprofessional attitudes.

    This is inconsiderate of the ones who think they should be able to sleep in and leave later. I think about it this way, a hospitalero has a window of less than five hours (8:00am to 1:00pm) to get the albergue cleaned up, laundry of all the sheets, (worse if you have no washing machine)...
  20. Bajaracer

    Hospitaleros with unprofessional attitudes.

    That's why most volunteer hospitaleros work for only two weeks with no days off, I'd burn out if I had to do this day in day out for a living and I'm not sure if I could be compassionate after a while. I have to hand it to those those hospitaleros who remain compassionate on a daily basis, they...

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