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  1. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Good for you on all counts! I arrive Saturday, as my last few stages have been less distance than usual - more in the +/-20km range. So, I lost a day or two somehow. Sorry to have missed you.
  2. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Hope you finished strong!
  3. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Showers and heavy rains off and on today in Galicia, but better than hot days!
  4. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    If I catch up, I get to buy you and your "no longer suffering" wife a vinto tinto for all the great advice you've shared! I'm 2 days behind you. It'll be tough at this point, but hope springs eternal!
  5. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I just discovered Repsol for coffee today. In my case it was in Figueras, just before that (scary-to-me) bridge crossing into Ribadeo. The locals even use it as their panaderia.
  6. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I've started to mark your food recommendations into my guide, and was happy with a large chorizo bocadillo at Bar ECU (with un café americano). I also highly recommend Panaderia La Estrella, which is right underneath Bar ECU. Since I was feeling good after stocking up at Día, I had another...
  7. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    It's not a pretty walk, but it's fairly easy; just use Buen Camino or Google Maps to guide you. Or, support a local and take a taxi there and walk back! (If you're staying at the Albergue, that might be a better choice). There may be bus options; I don't recall. Good luck!
  8. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I thought I replied, but don't see it here. I walked to the Irún Decathlon. Not the nicest walk, but it was safe, and a good way to keep loose (and stay awake) after my red-eye and connecting flight. I was staying at the Ibis on that side of town, so my timing isn't a good reference!
  9. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Oops. Don't know how long it took to do that walk, but it wasn't crazy...
  10. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I walked. it was a good way to loosen up after my redeye into Madrid and connection to Hondarribia ( I also walked from Hondarribia to Irún, because it's so cool to walk from an airport!) It wasn't a pleasant walk to and from Decathlon, but life isn't always pleasant!
  11. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I got a pair at Decathlon in Irún for €16,50 on Aug 30th. Still holding up quite well!
  12. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Your beloved is a trouper, and clearly knows the importance of self-medicating. I hope 2 days' bus rides does the trick for her; it worked wonders for me after my knees blew up on my day from Munitibar to Zamudio.
  13. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Even booking all my Camino lodgings before coming to Spain, I ran into similar availability and 2-night minimum requirements. So, I've ended up with a seesaw of long and short days.
  14. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I had a great half-day in Galizano today, including the amazing beach just east of the one the Camino leads to. Tomorrow, since I'm going to Santillana del Mar (for reasons), I'll take CA 141 based on your advice. I'll be early enough that I won't notice that it's generic. I'll also take a...
  15. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    Since I'm planning to stay in Liendo next Tuesday, should I worry about finding dinner?
  16. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    I know you don't expect to post every day, but I'm soaking up all that you're sharing, since I'm flying Sunday to start on Tuesday, following in your well-described footsteps! Thanks for all this, and buen laundry!
  17. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    ok - I'll do laundry by hand the whole way, then. If I'm going to spend stupid money on private rooms, I can't compound it with pricey laundry (at least until SdC, when I will go to that very chill laundromat)
  18. Suz2022

    LIVE from the Camino Finally started from Irún

    thanks! I'm starting exactly one week after you, and this is really helpful. I've been thinking about the weather and am reassured about my decision to emphasize hot-weather clothes. Buen Camino!
  19. Suz2022

    Sunday bus service from Lourenza to Abadin

    Tia, your suggestion was really helpful. I've shifted things and will stay at Hotel Montero, which looks lovely and the owner was quite nice over email. The surrounding days now look like this: * Ribadeo to Mondonedo * Mondonedo to As Paredes * As Paredes to Baamonde While that first day...
  20. Suz2022

    Start Aug. 15 or Sept. 1?

    Thanks for asking this question, as I've been getting a bit more concerned about the heat. The other responses reinforce my need to be especially prepared for that first week. I arranged to start on Aug 30; it felt like the earliest possible date given heat, tourists and pilgrims. Buen camino...

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