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The ordinary ones from Tiger Stores. You can find Tiger Store in every bigger city, there is one in Pamplona, and they sell a box of 10 pairs or so for 1 euro. Worked perfectly for me.
So, I'm adding albergue Ave Fenix from Villafranca de Bierzo to the "cold" list. Now, that I'm feeling okay, it didn't really bother me much, bit I'll keep this list for the ones who are doing Camino in the winter and the ones who are not feeling well.
Ave Fenix has heating, but it's...
I took the abovementioned pharmagrip and it worked like a magic spell. Thank you for all your support. I'm totally fine now.
For the list of top albergues I may add Santiago Apostol in El Acebo (theoretically no heating, but it was warm and the showers are awesome) and Siervas de Maria in...
Thank you for the good wishes, I'm on strong pills now, so hopefully I will get better. To answer some of you:
First of all, where I come from even the law says that if the temperature falls below 14 degrees indoors, employees can refuse to work. I've slept in a tent in the middle of a snowy...
For some, it's a pilgrimage, for some it's just an accomplishment, without any particular depth in it. I don't ask for your reason to do it, Rebekah, but respect the fact that not everybody sees it this way.
I'm on Camino right now, with a massive cold. Now, during the cold months, it's crucial for me, and other pilgrims as well, to be sure that we won't freeze in the night. Some albergues have heating, some have but don't use, some don't have the installation, some simply tell it's warm and instead...
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