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  1. Damico Walking

    Earthquake in Santiago? Yes, it happened earlier today.

    Sometimes I feel like an earthquake magnet. I was working in down town San Francisco when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. I was in Los Angeles in 1971 for the M6.5, in Los Angeles in 1979 for the M6.4, and Seattle in 2001 for the 6.8 quakes. But I was nowhere near Spain on Thursday so I...
  2. Damico Walking

    Post a photo of your arrival.

    Couldn't help but post from our arrival on May 11, 2022. Perfect day, perfect weather, and perfect end to a fantastic Portuguese Coastal Litoral camino.
  3. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    First, I want to thank everyone that has provided suggestions, alternatives, and help of any kind. We have been fairly stressed about this cropping up at our last minute. We have gotten it all sorted out. Train from SdC to Madrid, Ryanair from Madrid to Catania. Luggage weight and size all...
  4. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We looked at that schedule and will again today. As far as adjusting the size of our luggage, we are working on it. I did take a quick look at Vueling and they mention the 25 kilo limit but not the bag dimensions. We will take a deeper look at this tonight and see if we can make this work.
  5. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We fit everything on out Delta flights from the USA to Spain, and again on the return from Italy to USA. We have taken the specific problematic bag on Delta domestic and international flights before with no problems. But the specific flights from Santiago on Ryanair seems to be the limitations...
  6. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    Good idea about mailing/shipping. We did look into that. It is an international shipment from Spain to Italy. Taking a queue from Ivar and past international shipping experience DHL is the best way to move the luggage. DHL gave me a quote from Spain to Italy of about 300e and 2-3 days...
  7. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We are looking into this but adding the Rome or Naples and the train into the mix as well as the time adds a couple of days to our transit and substantial cost. We have taken the train from Rome and Naples before. It worked out well but we were traveling under different circumstances and...
  8. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We will check out this route again and have been all over google flights on this particular leg. The problem is the size of the baggage allowed by Ryanair in their hold. I believe we are over on both height and width. Weight isn't much of a problem but the dimensions are what is causing the...
  9. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    The airlines we have found that can accomodate our luggage out of Santiago either want to charge over 300e per person plus excess baggage fees plus an overnight layover. And based on the published allowable sizes even our backpacks won't fit in carryon. Very perplexing to say the least. Not a...
  10. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    Thank you. My wife is the one working on these reservations with this particular request and I am handling other logistics for both the camino and our trip. Once we complete our packing/repacking exercise today we will have a better idea of what options are available.
  11. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We are currently looking at all options, train to Madrid, bus to Porto, bus/train to Lisbon etc. We are also packing and repacking to see if we can reduce the size of the large suitcase. Considering all that we are doing, this is the most complicated travel leg of our trip. We have Good...
  12. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We expect to depart Santiago on May 14, barring any unforeseen problems. But now that you mention that Santiago is a small airport, maybe the best course of action is to train to Lisbon then fly from their. Thanks for the info. We have been looking up airline fees, weights, etc. The issue...
  13. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    I agree and I always check bags too. I am more than willing to pay baggage fees. The problem isn't paying the fee or the weight but the physical size of the luggage. Those sizes are all over the map. One airline has no way, on their website, to allow for a checked bag. Another airline wants...
  14. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    A rollaboard suitcase is a small case that usually fits in the overhead luggage rack on an airplane. I have thought about a ferry but we are trying to get from Santiago to Catania within 24 hours. A ferry would require us to take a train from Santiago to the southern ports then a combination...
  15. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    Yes we have. The issue isn't finding flights, it is the combination of airline, cost, maximum baggage size allowed for checked luggage.
  16. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    Thanks for the suggestion. We have been trying to figure out our airline travel within the EU for a while now and have not been successful without ridiculously outrages airfares between Santiago and Catania Italy. We may need to rethink and repack yet again to see what we can fit in what for...
  17. Damico Walking

    Help with travel from Santiago

    We will be starting our camino very soon. We leave the USA a week from tomorrow. To make things easier for us does anyone know of a competent travel advisor in Santiago that we may use for travel within the EU after our camino is done? Yes I know we can use the internet, yes I know there are...

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