PEI_Heather
Canadian Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2016 - Voie de la Nive
2012, 2016 - Frances
2013 - Portuguese
2012, 2013 - Finesterre & Muxia
Another six days and I fly out, over to London.
Another ten days and I travel to Bayonne then to St Jean Pied de Port.
Another eleven days and I start to walk!
Holy moly. :shock: :shock: :shock:
I am looking at my house, strewn wall to wall with camping/hiking/walking gear, as well as the normal flotsem and jetsom. Today and tomorrow I become a reverse tornado and tidy this up for my housesitter (and me).
Presentation on Monday. Work on Monday, Tuesday. Over two tons of pellets for my pellet stove delivered on Wednesday--hump those into my basement (my Camino exercise for that day). Then Thursday. Thursday, the final day to check and double check that everything is ready and packed. And the day to take off. :shock: :shock:
I don't think I'm ready for this.
Questions. A couple that I've been trying to sort out; a couple silly ones that have popped into my head.
To leave Santiago, once the walking is over, do people prefer to go by bus, plane or train? To go directly home or head for a small respite from walking so much?
Do people get railpasses and are they worth it?
When people arrive at a augbergue and take off their boots, where do they leave them? (Inside? Outside? Under their bunk? On their bunk? In their bunk, hahaha!?) I've read a couple postings where someone had her boots taken by someone with the same brand but with a different foot size; someone had her trail shoes taken which also had copies of her passport, insurance, etc underneath the shoe liner. Just wondering.
Email copies of passport and other important papers? Take copies? Where do you keep them so they are safe?
I don't know what time I'll be getting to SJPP on the 8th, but the Pilgrim's Office will be opened when I get there, right?, to help me find a place to stay for the night? (Though I guess perhaps I could meet someone on the train who has an answer to that question.) I think for the first night I may want to stay at a private hostel to get a good nights sleep. Any recommendations in SJPP?
Did anyone walk the Camino last year and hear about or meet a young Scottish lad who walked the whole way in a kilt? He was a massage therapist and helping to pay for his trip by giving massage to pelegrinos along the way.
Are there massage therapists and chiropractors in the smaller centres or (if I am in need) just in the larger cities/towns?
How is the bedbug situation along the (Camino Frances) trail? (Begbugs... )
Sorry...pre-trip jitters. I've enough energy in me right now, you'd think I drank 40 cups of coffee. Strong coffee. With chocolate covered coffee beans for garnish.
Thanks! Cheers and Buen Camino!
Another ten days and I travel to Bayonne then to St Jean Pied de Port.
Another eleven days and I start to walk!
Holy moly. :shock: :shock: :shock:
I am looking at my house, strewn wall to wall with camping/hiking/walking gear, as well as the normal flotsem and jetsom. Today and tomorrow I become a reverse tornado and tidy this up for my housesitter (and me).
Presentation on Monday. Work on Monday, Tuesday. Over two tons of pellets for my pellet stove delivered on Wednesday--hump those into my basement (my Camino exercise for that day). Then Thursday. Thursday, the final day to check and double check that everything is ready and packed. And the day to take off. :shock: :shock:
I don't think I'm ready for this.
Questions. A couple that I've been trying to sort out; a couple silly ones that have popped into my head.
To leave Santiago, once the walking is over, do people prefer to go by bus, plane or train? To go directly home or head for a small respite from walking so much?
Do people get railpasses and are they worth it?
When people arrive at a augbergue and take off their boots, where do they leave them? (Inside? Outside? Under their bunk? On their bunk? In their bunk, hahaha!?) I've read a couple postings where someone had her boots taken by someone with the same brand but with a different foot size; someone had her trail shoes taken which also had copies of her passport, insurance, etc underneath the shoe liner. Just wondering.
Email copies of passport and other important papers? Take copies? Where do you keep them so they are safe?
I don't know what time I'll be getting to SJPP on the 8th, but the Pilgrim's Office will be opened when I get there, right?, to help me find a place to stay for the night? (Though I guess perhaps I could meet someone on the train who has an answer to that question.) I think for the first night I may want to stay at a private hostel to get a good nights sleep. Any recommendations in SJPP?
Did anyone walk the Camino last year and hear about or meet a young Scottish lad who walked the whole way in a kilt? He was a massage therapist and helping to pay for his trip by giving massage to pelegrinos along the way.
Are there massage therapists and chiropractors in the smaller centres or (if I am in need) just in the larger cities/towns?
How is the bedbug situation along the (Camino Frances) trail? (Begbugs... )
Sorry...pre-trip jitters. I've enough energy in me right now, you'd think I drank 40 cups of coffee. Strong coffee. With chocolate covered coffee beans for garnish.
Thanks! Cheers and Buen Camino!