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  1. Katherine Fugate

    Need Advice - the last 100 miles

    Yes, as above. We came from Los Angeles. We flew LA to Madrid. Madrid to Santiago. Santiago we took a prebooked taxi who met us at the airport to Sarria. We didn't want to see any of Santiago as that was our destination, so kept it a surprise. The private taxi was expensive but we arrived...
  2. Katherine Fugate

    Curious about tour operator pre-planned walks

    That sounds smart! I know the international plans were 30, 60 and 120 I think but I always seemed to go over - way too fast - so I would do the SIM too! (And I am so excited for you to be going and can't wait to follow your adventures!)
  3. Katherine Fugate

    Curious about tour operator pre-planned walks

    Yes and that is great advice! For me, I have a fairly new phone that was not unlocked and I did not want to change my phone number/give a new number to friends, etc. It really is more a comfort level than anything. It definitely comes down to where you want to give/where you want to save.
  4. Katherine Fugate

    Curious about tour operator pre-planned walks

    Hi there, I took my regular Samsung/Android phone. I have AT&T and paid for the $10 a day foreign/International use/flat fee for all. You pay the days you use it. It was cheaper than using an international plan that I had before based on data as I always seemed to go over. It's a flat fee for...
  5. Katherine Fugate

    Curious about tour operator pre-planned walks

    So many wonderful, enriching replies and I learned so much from reading them. I would add my own personal journey to this: When I decided to walk the Camino, as I am a single woman with a 10 year old child, my very first instinct was to book a tour company, hire a guide, have my luggage...
  6. Katherine Fugate

    Looking to start journey with someone or get any advice on Paris 8/4, 8/5 traveling to St. Jean 8/6

    Hello, I re-read this thread with your concerns and this is what I would do: 1. You arrive at CDG from Baltimore, MD at 11:30am. Please factor customs and terminal change. Book a flight to Biarritz via Air France/EasyJet/etc leaving around 2 to 3pm the same day out of CDG. The flight is a...
  7. Katherine Fugate

    Looking to start journey with someone or get any advice on Paris 8/4, 8/5 traveling to St. Jean 8/6

    Hello, I want to respond and tell you I understand your anxiety. The train is roughly 4 hours from Gare (station) Montparnesse in Paris to Biarritz. I haven't taken that particular train but I don't think the issue is really scenic but how much time you have and what hour you wish to arrive...
  8. Katherine Fugate

    Looking to start journey with someone or get any advice on Paris 8/4, 8/5 traveling to St. Jean 8/6

    I live in Paris part time and rent my apartment on Air BnB. What I tell visiting guests is it is easier to hire a car service to pick you up at the airport if this is your first time arriving at CDG. To have someone waiting for you does alleviate a lot of stress as it is a long plane ride, a...
  9. Katherine Fugate

    Camino with children

    We used Booking.com and entered the cities on the Camino Frances route. From lists provided here, we had many of the names of the Casa Rurales. Many of the bars/routes along the way have private rooms as well alburgue/dorm rooms. Accommodations were also listed on our apps - gronze.com and wise...
  10. Katherine Fugate

    Random helpful advice

    Don't pack anything "just in case" - you can buy just about anything you may need there. Despite all the warnings against cotton, I last minute packed my favorite long sleeved loose white cotton t-shirt and was so very happy to snuggle into that at night after all the dryfit "wickey-wickey"...
  11. Katherine Fugate

    Camino with children

    Hi there, I am the mom with the Help with a 10 year old Sarria to Santiago thread. We just returned. I found as advised that my daughter did much better than either of us expected. One poster had said "never underestimate a 10 year old" and that became her personal mantra and motto and she...
  12. Katherine Fugate

    Post Camino Slump -- anyone else?

    Thank you OP for your post. We returned from 120km with our start outside Sarria and I am truly struck with a bad case of the post Camino blues. Already trying to figure out how to get back and begin in St Jean and how to do this with a 10 year old child (who did fabulously and much better than...
  13. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    I am looking forward to The Way as it will be our longest day and it has the reward of a swimming pool and feels like a community. I haven't had as much community as I wanted as skipping the Alburgues puts us in smaller pensions and less interaction but I also know it is the right choice for my...
  14. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Hello All. A few notes from the Camino. We are at present at Casa Garea outside of Castaneda on the way to Ribadiso/Stage 32. We have found splitting the book days in half works. That has put us between 7 and 8 miles a day which my daughter has been doing very well. She even quotes a poster here...
  15. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Yes unfortunately we are flying from LA. I have learned from previous jetlagged trips to Europe that we sleep in until noon or 2pm then are up until 2am until we settle. We will have to force the jetlagged period up and so suspect the sounds of people rising and leaving will help motivate... but...
  16. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Hello dear friends, As that is how it feels already. We leave Wednesday. I find myself excited and anxious. Mainly that I am bringing a child which is adding to my responsibility. I looked up the weather and on our first day walking, Saturday, we have 92 degree weather. 87 the second day. This...
  17. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Hi there. We are big Geocachers! Our name is KatandMads. We has a cache in LA called Thank You and we filled it with new toys and gift cards to Starbucks as our way to give back to cachers for all their hard work. I just told her about the caches on the Camino and she lit up. She seems more...
  18. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Thank you. I got it by accessing the link inside the notification email! Strange!
  19. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    The soccer ball in the backpack has become a great source of laughter here. Hers is the pillow pet which tales up a third of her backpack. I have read these responses again and again. We leave on Wed and I find I am both thrilled and a bit nervous too as I have no idea what to expect and have...
  20. Katherine Fugate

    Help with Sarria to Santiago with a 10 year old.

    Quick question. I contacted Jose at a Taxi service in Santiago that was recommended on the forums. To pick us up at the airport in Santiago and drive us to Sarria is a flat fee of 135 € incl taxes. We don't arrive until 930pm after 17 hours so will be glad to have transport organized but wanted...

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