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  1. sabbott

    Nervous wreck looking to start mid-August 2017

    @sue-sheila, the advice you'll get from most folks who have walked the Camino is--don't bring a carry on PLUS a backpack. You'd be one of the few people doing that, and for good reason. It will be a pain in the neck to be trying to keep track of all that gear, plus you don't need all that gear...
  2. sabbott

    Nervous wreck looking to start mid-August 2017

    Lots of good advice here. Not sure if anyone mentioned using an app on your phone to book ahead. I was a late-leaver and a slow walker who didn't want to rush during the day, so I would usually book ahead with the Wise Pilgrim Camino Frances app on my iphone. I would just book for that night...
  3. sabbott

    Guide App

    The Wise Pilgrim app has good albergue info. Combined it with map-only physical Brierley book, and the two worked well for me.
  4. sabbott

    A few questions about life on the Camino Frances

    OK, I can't help but add my own opinionated opinions to this now off-the-track thread! --You can spend a few more euros and skip the pilgrims menu with its endless pork filets and fries, and eat a lot better and more varied on the Camino. The salads, grilled vegetables, fish, eggs, and fruit...
  5. sabbott

    A few questions about life on the Camino Frances

    My favorite snacks were the "fruta seca", nuts and dried fruit, that you can get packaged or in bulk everywhere in Spain. I always had them in my pack, plus a juicy pear (fruit is good in Spain), a hunk of cheese, bread left over from breakfast--and chocolate! Great chocolate in Spain, too...
  6. sabbott

    On camino now, looking for advice on schedule

    I'd agree with some others that finishing the Camino Frances would be a great choice, both because of winter conditions on the more remote routes, and to get a sense of completion. You could start in Pamplona, or maybe Roncesvalles if you had time. I didn't have time to walk to Finisterra at the...
  7. sabbott

    'Loud crowds' from Sarria

    Yes, I had similar experiences, judging groups to be " obnoxious loud hikers" and then ending up talking and walking with them, and suddenly they transformed into "friendly and enthusiastic pilgrims". Lesson about not making assumptions learned--though not necessarily always remembered now that...
  8. sabbott

    Best Apps for Camino Frances?

    I used the Wise Pilgrim app. Not much good for routing, but very helpful for albergue and private lodging in each town.
  9. sabbott

    Where have the old markers gone?

    Yes, I also recently walked the Invierno, and I got turned around coming down from Alto de Faro, and ended up improvising on country roads all the way to Rodeiro. Had some good conversations with local folks along the way who tried to steer me in the right direction. As usual, being "lost"...
  10. sabbott

    Best Guide Book

    For the Frances and to Finisterre, I had the Joos guide in English on my phone, and the Wise Pilgrim apps, which have good lodging info and allow for making reservations on booking.com if you want to do that. I had a paper copy of just Brierley's maps. Combined with google maps to help find my...
  11. sabbott

    Larrasoana

    The Zabaldika parochial abbey was wonderful. It was a long walk there for me, lots of hills towards the end as I remember. I was very relieved to get the last bed!
  12. sabbott

    First Camino complete -thank you Forum

    Good to hear from you, and that you did things your way, and had a great experience. I've wondered how things went for you, since you were planning your trip the same time I was. I'm about two weeks from Santiago, moving slowly and happily along in the Camino Invierno in Galicia. Do you think...
  13. sabbott

    My adventure begins and so now last minute emotions and questions

    Hi, Dean! I live in Vermont so always fly out of Montreal, and eat there too whenever I can....You seem like a planner and very well- organized person. I am, too. One of the gifts of the Camino is that it can help you plan less and improvise more. I am just here to walk. If I'm tired, I stay an...
  14. sabbott

    LIVE from the Camino Second week on the Camino May 2016

    Sounds like you are making good decisions and doing all the right things. I agree with Alexwalker, by the third week you are in walking mode, and will find your feet more in the cities. I'm in O Barco now, a city in Galicia, and I look like an alien with my poles, pack and poncho, but can be in...
  15. sabbott

    LIVE from the Camino Help!!

    Sorry you are coping with this, Joodle! What has helped sciatica when I've had it is stretching (get specific stretches online) and walking. Lying down made it worse. Not sure about the pack, send ahead if you need it! Let us know how you are.
  16. sabbott

    LIVE from the Camino Second week on the Camino May 2016

    I got turned around in Logrono too, Angie! That was a long day, I remember. Are your challenges more physical, or more how you are feeling? Glad you have days alone and company at night, that's a nice combination! I'm now on the Camino Invierno and alone day and night! It's very beautiful...
  17. sabbott

    LIVE from the Camino 1st week on Camino Francis May 2016

    Good to hear you are on your way, Angie! Just take your time, and lighten your backpack as you need to. Yesterday I sent my sleeping bag, sweater, gloves and socks ahead to lose some weight as my back was hurting; today I crossed the mountains after Rabanal in a very chilly wind and rain! But...
  18. sabbott

    Time to switch?

    I'm just outside of Leon now. I am booking ahead many nights because I'm slow to leave in the morning (for example, here I am writing this) and like to take my time walking, so by the time I get to town late in the day, I want to be sure of a bed. Having said that--I am often walking alone with...
  19. sabbott

    LIVE from the Camino Warning - you may need to book ahead

    I have the Wise Pilgrim app on my phone, and Brierley's map only book, and that's enough. I threw my other guide book out about a week in, didn't need it.
  20. sabbott

    A BIG thank you to Rebekah Scott and Patrick!

    Darn, I just walked by there! I would have loved to have taken their dogs some chorizo, not to mention meet Rebekah...

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