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    Getting a Taxi & Finding Open Bars/Restaurants Along the Camino from Sarria to Santiago in February

    We have walked 300+ km five different times in the winter on different routes. On three of these trips, due to health or injury one or two members of our group have had to use taxis in the overlapping fashion you describe. No one in our group has ever had a problem getting a taxi. Ask the...
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    Walking the Camino in winter

    Over the past seven years we have walked the Camino four times in winter (December/January), three on the Frances. It is my favorite time of year to walk. It is quiet and lends itself well to spiritual journey. Several years ago, when we started walking in winter we would only see 1 or 2 people...
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    Bad water

    We were sick there in both 2016 and 2017 and burnt to a crisp both times when we mentioned it here. We don’t stop there anymore.
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    Camino legs

    It will be exciting for you to be back on the the Camino! A good thumb rule is that should have walked 1/3 to 1/2 of the maximum distance you plan to walk each day every day day for 1-2 weeks before you leave with 1 day each week at the max distance. It will make sure that your legs, feet, and...
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    LIVE from the Camino (almost live) from the Camino Francés starting in Pamplona

    Thanks
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    Too much information - anecdotes welcome!

    The river walk is great. If you turn left early and do the foothills before the hiway, you get to a very lightly used overpass and avoid the airport. When I last walked the Camino, the route is marked but the left turn was not. A little bit of google map work resolves this easily. Also - there...
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    Camino de Frances Budget

    Yes - I think it's helpful to bracket possible Camino expenditures from 15 - 75 € per person per day.
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    Camino de Frances Budget

    Hi Jerri, If you need to bracket the most you might spend, here are a few thoughts. We're currently starting our fourth Camino on next Wednesday morning (second one in 2016). For this trip we budgeted 150€ per day for two of us (75 € each) which includes everything except airfare (we're using...
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    Crowding - an alternate view

    We're in Santo Domingo. It looks like you are about 1 week ahead of us.
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    Crowding - an alternate view

    We started the Camino on May 9 in SJPP and plan to end in Muxia. This the same route we did last year at the same time and it seems to us the crowds this year are the same and maybe a bit less. For example Orisson was accepting walk ups until about 4 pm and we've only talked to one group that...
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    Nice place to stay in Pamploma

    Depends on your definition of incredibly expensive but La Perla has pilgrim's rates and so perhaps it is only expensive. But it was nice for our 40th anniversary.
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    For our eu cousins and fellow perriginas/os sun screen recommendation

    We love Avene and bring it back to the US.
  13. traveler

    Best day of week to Start from SJPP

    Thanks for the great tip!
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    I'm official!

    Very nice! You'll get a lot of walking in. Where do you plan to go?
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    Advice on accom on Camino Frances may/june 2016

    Hmm - we didn't book anything other than Orrison and San Martin and it all worked. But there were a few moments and we book everything after Sarria 3 days before arriving in Sarria. Are you planning on staying in Alburgues? If so you are probably okay. That said, gor this year we have booked...
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    I'm official!

    Perfect - what are your dates?
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    Hotels in Santiago de Compostela

    It depends on your definition of nice. As I noted in the earlier thread I love San Martin as low cost, near the cathedral option. But I also love the Parador (which I didn't mention in that thread). Beautiful historic building with lots of exploration space, wonderful breakfast with a view of...
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    "Spiritual" Preparation

    At the conclusion of our Camino, it seemed to me that the Camino was great for my physical body and good for my soul, but I didn't get as far on my spirit (and spiritual things) as I wanted - candidly I didn't get very far. Probably this was due to too busy a life before the Camino and focusing...
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    Is Finisterre worth the extra time?

    Walking to the end of the world (Finisterre) and beyond (Muxia) gave us some readjustment time that we needed. And it's cool to say you walked to the end of the world. But we much preferred Corcubion to Finisterre and would recommend stops in Lires and Muxia. But we prefer quiet and less...
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    Things I worried about that did NOT merit worry...

    Not knowing Spanish - there was plenty of people who didn't speak any of the languages we knew. But we slowly figured it out and sometimes we were surprised by what we ordered, when it came. But we found many places to sleep, handled a medical clinic where Spanish was the only language (an...

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