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We got mixed advice about the French SiMs working in Spain so used WhatsApp on free wifi until Pamplona.
We now know from chatting to others that some work and some don’t.
Currently in Galicia having walked from SJPdP with my brother. Our iPhones already had eSIMs for AUS so we each got data-only Spanish sims, me MOVISTAR and he ORANGE. We got data-only sims because we only needed internet and WhatsApp. MOVISTAR has been the most reliable of the two, providing...
Apart from booking StJPdP and Orisson I am winging it. Maybe book a couple of days ahead of bigger cities like Burgos. I prefer to be flexible based on how I am feeling physically and how my walk is going generally.
I have read 50+ pilgrim memoirs during COVID. Some people shouldn’t write...
Welcome. The anticipation, research and planning has helped maintain my sanity during Melbourne’s never-ending lockdowns. It’s now starting to look like a real possibility.
My brother (Boston USA) and I (Melbourne AUS) both recently retired had been planning to walk from SJPP to Santiago in 2021. But we are now planning to start in the second week of April 2022.
The forced delay has given us the chance to develop some walk fitness and refine our lightweight...
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