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  1. kdespot

    Experience staying at the Monastery of Saint Benedict in Estella?

    Hope you are able to stay at Monasterio San Benito. We did in 2016 and it was such a highlight of my Camino!
  2. kdespot

    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    If this is true, I'd like to know. Can someone else confirm?
  3. kdespot

    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    Can I just clarify my point in mentioning AllTrails? I've never used the app and generally don't use technology when I hike. But that one particular feature where, in preparation for a walk, on the website (free) you can follow along a 3-D journey through the actual landscape I find to be...
  4. kdespot

    I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés

    Are you familiar with the app and website called AllTrails? The website has the craziest feature where you can follow a blue dot on a 3-D trip along the exact route (actual landscape). As it goes along, you get a moment-by-moment update of the mileage and elevation change. Just enter the info...
  5. kdespot

    My impressions after three weeks

    Great report and comments! Regarding learning Spanish, the Bay Area APOC sponsors a short course each spring called Basic Spanish for the Camino that is a fun way to learn basic phrases and Spanish history and culture, all presented within Camino themes. If this sounds interesting to you...
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    Animals that I met (and was quick enough to get their photo)

  7. kdespot

    Summer on the CF 2020

    Peregrina2000, your blog entries and photos have thoroughly convinced me to do the Invierno next time! Thank you for sharing.
  8. kdespot

    A plea to all women on the Camino Frances: ‘Take your toilet tissues with you’!

    When you walk into a dog park in many parts of the US, there are plastic (yuck!) bag dispensaries for our pups' poo. (Thankfully, many places are moving toward biodegradable bags. Also, people place their used, clean plastic bags there for reuse.) How about if there were a few discreet signs...
  9. kdespot

    Mosquitos on Camino Frances in Sept/Oct?

    Don't recall having any issues with them.
  10. kdespot

    New to Camino

    Oh, you two are at the PERFECT age to do a Camino... young enough to walk it and yet old enough to make wise decisions about how much, how far. You're going to have a ball. Wishing you a leisurely and muy buen Camino!
  11. kdespot

    Training

    I did SJPP to SdC my first year of retirement and it was a perfect Camino. I had the luxury of being able to train in the Santa Monica mountains on terrains that were very similar to those I found on the Camino (flat, hills, mountains). By the time I left, I was doing back-to-back 5-6 hour walks...
  12. kdespot

    Walking the CF for the Second Time?

    Why would anyone listen to the same song twice, or drink the same wine?
  13. kdespot

    My first time - ALONE

    I second LaFlorida's advice to stay at Beilari, as many of us do. It's a lovely start to the Camino. And the idea of staying in Orisson is a good one, too. However, if you're in good shape and well-rested, you might find that stint from St Jean to be too short. I would have been chomping at the...
  14. kdespot

    What do you do with your bag once you're at your destination?

    Yep. This pretty much sums it up. Theft in albergues just rarely happens. We’re all on the same path. Anything valuable is with us and the rest... who would want it?
  15. kdespot

    Realistic timeframe

    I was super buff when I did it at age 60, having trained like a maniac and I did it in 33 walking days. My Camino buddies thought I was the Energizer bunny. Got into Santiago and waited for them all to arrive. I'd so like to do another, this time more slowly. Why zip by all those roses that...
  16. kdespot

    Yellow signs on the Camino

    Oh, how true... especially upon recent re-entry from a Camino! I found myself suffering whiplash and heart palpitations from seeing a casual swath of yellow alongside the road. One would think that there would be therapists for this...
  17. kdespot

    Preguntas from a Newbie

    I stayed at both albergues and private accommodations. I loved (and still do!) my Camino family (the group with whom my daily walking was interwoven) but I actually felt a need to get a private room at times in order to have a bit of time to myself. The Camino is very social. There are ample...
  18. kdespot

    Walking with my parents, who are mid-70's

    My experience along the Camino was that it wasn't the older folks that were having the most physical issues. The wisdom of their years compensated for the wear and tear that the ages had done to their bodies. It wasn't the 70-year olds who thought that they could waltz through 750km with no...
  19. kdespot

    Just finished Camino Frances

    Jackie, your blog is so enjoyable that it hurts my heart. Literally. I want to be there so dearly. Thanks for sharing.
  20. kdespot

    Dazed, Amazed, Confused......& ‘HOME’

    LOVE your energy! Your message brought a tear to my eyes and a smile to my heart. ¡Buen Camino!

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