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very funny
I have seen the book Sil! And it IS serious! and true.
Drip dry, carrying a bag for the TP and other items and waiting for the BM until you reach someplace that is indoors. Takes some adjustment but it can be done.
WHATEVER your solution...PLEASE don't stop drinking...
Hostal Bearan
I'm having problems locating the Hostal BEARAN.....HOWEVER, I have found the restaurant Basseri, from the Michelin guide. As the hostel is right there, no problem.
However, I am looking at a comfortable hotel with internet connections close by...on the way in fact..>Hotel...
Pamplona to SJPP & Accommodations
I too am going from Barcelona to Pamplona then SJPP.
Have decided to stay at Pamplona at the Hostal Bearan, sounds pretty decent. I have written to the turismo site in Spanish..don't know, zeke00, if you ever got a reply, but if I do, I will post the info...
what to leave on the bed
Oh yes..definitely take your IPod with you!!! Camera, IPod, documentation and monies.
I've left everything else behind and nothing was ever taken. If anyone rifled through my gear, they only found the bare necessities for hygiene and first aid, poncho for wet...
gear
Hi Brad!
You claim your bed and leave the backpack taking only your ID and money, camera. No one will take your dirty socks, journal, or hygiene stuff. Too bad...they could carry it!!
I am pretty sure I am going to walk from SJPP to Huntta or Orisson and spend the night there, then...
SJPP
Hi...I just wrote about which route to take...Napolean or Charlemagne in anohter forum and leaving on May11th fromSJPP...so chances are we will run into each other, Brad!
Sil----you recommended staying the day in SJPP and beginning early the next day.....what about spending the day in...
Napolean vs. Charlemagne
What a discussion! as an historian...BOTH appeal! But I too prefer getting off the asphalt whenever possible...there seems to be so much during the last 120 kilometers!
Still, I think I will go the Napolean because it IS off the main route. The thing is...I am...
sleeping bags
Hi!
I just read the recent post by Leslie.
My bag weights 1.6 lbs. and as I told you....I have always felt better having it! In Galicia it can chilly in the evenings, even in August. But I have always felt better just having it.
My friend who did it twice did not have a...
sleeping bags
Hi Peregrino
I've always carried a sleeping bag and have been glad for it!
I have a friend who used a sheet last time, BUT he also stayed in hostels as well as albuergues.
My bag weights 1.6 lbs. worth the weight. In Galicia it can get pretty cool at night, even in...
Euros
Yes, there are ATM's you can use. Remember you will have to pay a fee, which could be anywhere between 2 Euros or up to 5.
I leave for Spain May 9th, arriving in Barcelona on the 10th and going to Roncesvalles to begin the Pilgrimage. I've done parts of it 3 times....the first was 125...
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