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    Fragrant albergues

    Another reason to love coffee! I have to try this, as I often have reactions to scents (e.g. on public transportation, at church...) Thanks @yaying !
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    Training when you can't walk (outside)?

    I have no practical experience, but someone at the gym was training for a Kilimanjaro ascent. Was using the treadmill on its steepest angle, walking uphill backwards.
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    The Meseta

    I still hope to do the Camino - maybe even next year - if I can get to walking properly again. I literally dream of walking the Meseta at night, by moon and starlight. And the views in the mountains! And - like my sister-in-law says - checking out every blade of grass and flower, and taking...
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    Speak English Well as a courtesy to others

    It seems to me that while I was in Galicia last summer, saying "Hola" was a sure sign to the locals that I was a tourist. Seems they all greet eachother with "Buenos dias", etc or even just "Bueno" rather than simply "Hola". Anyone else have that experience?
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    Service Dog

    So sorry to hear of your mother's passing, Diggs. Even as adults, it is a great loss. My heartfelt condolences...
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    Things I worried about that did NOT merit worry...

    Tourists. Tourists taking pictures, documenting their vacation. We once had to tell a couple to stop pushing their small children (about 5 and 6 years old, we figured) to stand closer to the mother moose and her baby so they could get them all in the same photo. Wild moose, not "tame" cattle...
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    Lessons learned during a week of training

    Thanks for sharing your training experience, Angie94! I am another one who prefers to test my equipment and myself before beginning my Camino. I know it's all available in the shops in France/Spain/Portugal (haven't chosen my Camino yet!). But I'm not travelling all that way so that I can spend...
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    LIVE from the Camino Snow in Burgos

    Training for the Camino on the Camino - you can't get better than that. There is nothing near those elevations here when we're training!
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    Unless I die or the world ends I am ready for my 1st camino!

    How wonderful that it is all coming together. Good for you! I imagine my list when I finally go (planning for 2018) will be similar although not in the same order. I've already told my oncologist I was planning this, and his reaction was "my wife is doing that this summer". I'm already...
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    Did I choose the Camino or ..........

    OR... they're trying to figure out what this tickle is in their brain and their restless legs, why they themselves want to walk it, and what kind of disease this is that we all share!
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    Perfect for the Modern Camino

    Very true, but I don't really find them funny. I'm glad that when our son was little, we told him we should see his eyes when he's talking to us. He still doesn't text when he's with us. However, when he was younger (he's 22 now) and we were driving him and his buddy to a soccer tournament, they...
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    this is probably a dumb question, but...

    If you're more visual, you can do a search on YouTube. There are some wonderful videos that people have posted. Buen Camino!
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    Service Dog

    Wow - a picture is worth a thousand words. And ouch!
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    LIVE from the Camino Snow in Burgos

    LesBrass, I may have missed it - will you be doing the central route, or the coastal route? (By the way, update on my previous post. As of 5:00 pm we got 46 cm of snow.)
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    LIVE from the Camino Snow in Burgos

    I will not be doing the Camino for the snow. We have enough of that here - about 35 cm today! I do hope anyone on the Camino is staying safe and warm...
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    Yes, Anonther footwear question..

    There is also a school of thought - my podologist, some thru-hikers on long trails - that says to only wear hiking boots if you have problems with your ankles. Otherwise, there is really no advantage, and there is the disadvantage that any twist that saves your ankle travels up to your knee and...
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    Time between planning and doing

    I love reading these inspirations. I have known about the Camino for decades - not even sure when I first heard about it - but never really considered doing it until I spent a month in Santiago vacationing this summer. It has just been calling to me since, and it will be a great way to celebrate...
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    Keep the trail clean!

    Oooh - tongs, or chop sticks even. Why didn't I think of that! Thanks!
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    Training with backpack

    Oh no, my friend. You should read the thru hikers' advice. They cut the handles off their toothbrush to lighten their loads. Every single mg is counted! Of course, they are hiking a much longer hike in wilderness, but still... seems a little excessive to me (who has never done such a hike).
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    Keep the trail clean!

    My husband and I are planning on taking one of our "rest days" to pick up garbage along the Camino. A broom handle with a nail on the end prevents from having to pick up with your hands (yuck!). Alternatively picking some up as we go along as we do when we're hiking. Does no one bring a small...

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