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  1. CWBuff

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    If I may beg the members iam answering in her native language with English translation following below Ніка Негайно зверніть увагу на те, що обмінний курс гривні --> євро не на вашу користь, ви заплатите 42 гривні за 1 євро! Враховуючи інші теми, в яких обговорюється, що середня щоденна...
  2. CWBuff

    LIVE from the Camino Anyone near Castrojeriz now

    Why don't you just outright ask everyone in albergue if anyone is a member of the Forum? Also I would not call Albergue Orion a "Korean" one just because it's "famous" for its billimbab IIRC none of the staff is Korean
  3. CWBuff

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    When I go to UK I always ask my wife to translate because I cannot understand any bloody words at all 😆
  4. CWBuff

    Passport stamps

    In your initial post you used the phrase "boots on the ground" So you well understand that until boots DO hit the ground everything is perfunctory and supposedly Assess the situation "on the ground" act accordingly and always have Plans B, C and Z.1234567 Don't worry you got this!👍 Good luck and...
  5. CWBuff

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    Re some of the above regarding Camino as the 1st European trip. With All Respect Due completely disagree with @pjacobi What could be better than a 1st trip where your typical daily task is to walk eat and go to sleep? Even the language barrier is somewhat insignificant There is nothing needs to...
  6. CWBuff

    Weight limit on transported bags

    33lbs = 15kg so it's in line with other companies
  7. CWBuff

    How much cash to take for cash-only Camino purchases

    Ah... totally opposite for me. I come home, download the statement into my financial software and can have a full report on what was spent how. Camino would fall under "Vacation" category within which I have Travel, Food, Lodging and Miscellaneous sub categories) But to everyone their own. That...
  8. CWBuff

    Re: Current Lunch Prices

    try very hard NOT to walk after 2pm. Especially if its during the "hot" season"... man! that is testing your endurance. All the villages practically become wasteland - its like the scene of some Spaghetti Western where the whole town is abandoned and Cling East....er... YOU are the only person...
  9. CWBuff

    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    That, actually is a solid advice on ANY downhill, Camino or not!. I used it both ways going up and down on Camino Inca - it helps tremendously!
  10. CWBuff

    How much cash to take for cash-only Camino purchases

    Yeah.... eating meals with bunch of people that I sometimes do not know too well on many various occasions taught me long time ago to politely ask for "separate checks" if I am not in the company of relatives and\or friends. Then there is no 'reluctancy'. I most definitely do not wish to...
  11. CWBuff

    How much cash to take for cash-only Camino purchases

    Hello and welcome Many threads here as per above. I'm sure that my answers are in some of them. To touch on it fast I use credit cards extensively in my everyday life and my 2022 May-SdC-Finisterre Camino was no exception. Pretty much almost every place nowadays accepts them. A simple...
  12. CWBuff

    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    Some folks will tell you that it should not be used PERIOD! but of course to each his\her own. I had a wonderful weather when I started in May 2022 and folks at the Pilgrims Office in SJPdP were very adamant to go to the right (me begins to suspect that they ALWAYS say that ;))
  13. CWBuff

    Getting from Orisson to Roncesvalles

    as per @trecile s post - go to the right when starting the descend. it is not nearly as steep and will take you out to the road to Ibanetta. Its about 1km detour but well worth to continue walking on yoour own and not to miss the Col and the Way to it You can do it!!!! Good Luck and Buen Camino
  14. CWBuff

    Weight limit on transported bags

    I remember 15kg with NCA;
  15. CWBuff

    Advice for Sleeping Options and Other Advice for Inaugural Pilgrims

    To my best knowledge and as far as i remember - you will need it even in private alberuges. The credencial is what "identifies" you as a Pilgrim and extends the Pilgrim special nightly rates in the places (i.e. albergues, hostals etc) that cather to Pilgrims (I also think some of them wont even...
  16. CWBuff

    Death of American pilgrim in Castromaior today

    Only the Good die Young But then you skip the Castro.
  17. CWBuff

    Death of American pilgrim in Castromaior today

    That is SOOO crazy... I simply do not recall it "being steep" (yet so many of you state so and it does look this way on the Stage 31 map.... about 200m elevation). ...It was raining most of the day. I started from Casa Cruceiro in Ferreiros somewhat late because I wanted a bit of light to take...
  18. CWBuff

    Message from the Roncesvalles albergue - a difficult day.

    This may start another panic rumor that the wet pilgrims are freezing to death in Roncesvalles! Which will probably trigger the by-pass of Roncesvalles and straight into Pamplona Which will probably trigger a bed shortage in Pamplona.... Kermit The Frog would probably say - It's not easy to be...
  19. CWBuff

    Lost & Found Rosary found

    That post is about rosary lost in Palace del Rei. just a 'couple of KMs in-between' ;)
  20. CWBuff

    Lost & Found Lost Rosary

    That post is about rosary lost in Logrono. this one is Pals del Rei. just a 'couple of KMs in-between' ;)

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