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    First Camino help please: should we depend on Albergues or book nightly arrangements with a company?

    My general advice to all pilgrims is not to book ahead. Part of the experience is seeing what the Camino brings you. The Camino teaches us to trust in providence. To pray that things will work out--and we see that they do! If you are open to camping, you can bring an ultra light tent and use it...
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    More info on the Codex?

    Could anyone point me toward the Codex? I have English translations of Book II (Music) and Book IV (Miracles) But I'm curious about the other books and also if they exist together anywhere. I'm also curious about organizational structure, subtitles, layout, and the way things appear on the...
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    Which cities to "skip"?

    To me, so much of the experience is that unbroken walking. The chain you are creating with your steps. I think that experience is more meaningful than particular landscapes (as beautiful as the pass from SJPP to Roncesvalles may be.) If you're sure you don't have time to walk from SJPP, I would...
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    return leg

    I suppose your concern is that you don't know when you will arrive in Santiago. My advice is just err on the side of it taking you longer than you think. Things happen along the way that slow us down. If you find you've arrived several days before your flight--fine. There's plenty to see around...
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    Underwear for the Camino??

    Like many here, I used ExOfficio last time. Next time, I think I'd try swimwear. It would dry super-quick--and you could use it for swimming.
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    The urge to walk

    As SY says, maybe not park benches. Maybe a couple km out of town. Keep your eyes open as you walk. fields are fine I think. So long as you're not bothering anyone's land or crops! You can find privacy behind lines of trees. Or maybe just within a patch of woods between fields. With time...
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    The urge to walk

    I've found that it's much cheaper to fly to transAtlantic to the UK/Ireland than to Spain or France. If you fly into Dublin or London, you can save several hundred dollars. (In France anyway, there's a big airport tax that makes incoming flights expensive.) Then you can take a budget airline...
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    Cost to walk?

    I guess I'm a cheapskate, but I think you can get by pretty inexpensively on the Camino. Just like anywhere, buying food from a little tienda or grocery is going to be a lot cheaper than going to a restaurant. It can be tempting to get a nice 9-12 euro meal at a restaurant--but baguettes are...
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    Starting place?

    20 euros is definitely doable. Really, the Camino is cheap. Walking is free. An albergue will run 5-10 Euros. Food--you can eat a bocadillo sandwich in a bar for 2.50-4 euros. You can stop at shops and groceries. Baguettes are 80 centimos to 1.10. you can get canned fish (or octopus in...
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    I have questions about my pack for my first camino?

    maybe no need for batteries. the fleece coat--how big is that? liquids weigh more than solids, often. Those toiletries-- Shampoo? Maybe just shave your head. just a travel size of toothpaste. a little bar of soap instead of shower gel. Or there are those papers to which you add water--they...
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    Where to sleep if Albergues are full?

    You can also just sleep outside without a tent if the sky is clear. I did that many times. I'd much prefer to not make my day into a race-for-a-bed and instead sleep simply. There's something really incorrect about spending a pilgrimage competing with other people--trying to get a bed so...
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    O Cebriero - the worst place to stay ...??

    and of course, as alluded to in earlier posts, O'Cebreiro is said to have been home to that miracle: A priest whose faith was shaky at the time, a wintry Sunday morning. Only one man risked the dangerous trek up to the church building. (which by the way, was built because of the Camino.) As the...
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    Baggage weight

    For shoes: Your hiking boots will be on your feet. A pair of comfortable, light flip-flops for evening. To give your feet a rest. When in doubt--do I really need this?-- it's probably better to NOT take it. Water is heavy to carry. Food, too. And these are really important. I guess it's a...
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    Le Puy to Santiago

    Some donativos that could be nice to stay at (all include dinner and breakfast.) : The donativo gite in Espalion--run by Vincent. Le "Par Chemin" It's after Moissac--so you may have to choose between the two. I've heard the donativo run at the convent is very nice, too. In Decazeville...
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    Train help please :)

    With the French train websites: In the past I have found that the prices for the same tickets are more if you're at sncf.COM vs scnf.FR Same tickets and everything, just ones in English for tourists and one's in French for locals.

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