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in my experience it's a lovely gesture - and kindness.When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
A massage is an excellent gift!I also will be offering massages along the way
I have brought a few small zipper-pull type compasses to give away. They are light and inexpensive but have seemed to carry both practical and symbolic value.When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
What a lovely thought.
I'm taking 200 pairs of ear plugs. Super lightweight and hopefully will help people to forgive my snoring.
I took same on C.P. and a French Pilgrim was fascinated by this and insisted on photographing me with bag of earplugs.He said that this photo would be his "Story of his Camino" for his Camino buddies back home.What a lovely thought.
I'm taking 200 pairs of ear plugs. Super lightweight and hopefully will help people to forgive my snoring.
There is some Canadian government office where you can order bags of these flag pins for free. Used by many comlankes on commercial missions etc. I don't like knick-knacks. And then the person feels obligated to wear said knick-knack? It's like a hostess gift: it should be perrishavle or eatable, so you don't expect to see it next time you visit and get uoset when you don't.a while back on a Canadian fellow that gave away Canadian pins or badges, I cannot recall which.
He must have brought a rather large bag of them because he gave several out every day it seemed.
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I met one pilgrim who gave refrigerator magnets of his home and finger flashlights. I met another giving out religious medallions. More meaningful to me was a Japanese peregrina who made origami paper peace cranes because I responded by making her an origami rabbit. She was surprised and delighted because it was the animal of her zodiac year!When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
I'm excited to give people the gift of relaxation on the Camino. I've also been having some great experiences while making my Camino bracelets. I've been making them at my local senior center and in the process many people have asked for prayers for themselves and others during my Camino. Most of them have never heard of the Camino and are excited to hear about my adventures when I return. Everyone wins!A massage is an excellent gift!
Pilgrims don't need more things, but kindness is always appreciated.
I too like to give gifts, but most of my Caminos have been quite long and hence I don't want to take extra weight, and neither do my fellow Pelerin's / Peregrino's / Pilger's. On my second Camino I adopted the habit of giving a song, by accident.When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
I think an appropriate pilgrim gift is a random act of kindness along the way. It weighs nothing and means infinitely more than nothing. If you carry gifts, I fear they would become an albatross around your neck.When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
When I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
I bought people beer, wine, coffee along the way
Don't bother - they don't work (at least not for those of us who are light sleepers, the people most affected by snorers). I brought some lightweight earplugs but they had minimal if any difference where snorers were concerned. An Australian woman told me she bought a $50+ pair of earplugs designed for people working in high-noise environments and they were they only earplugs she found effective in blocking out the annoying snoring. So please leave the super lightweight ear plugs at home - most peregrinos will already have some in the deluded hope they will help.
I read a blog a while back on a Canadian fellow that gave away Canadian pins or badges, I cannot recall which. Reading his blog I could sense his gentle enthusiasm and desire to share something from home with others he met. He must have brought a rather large bag of them because he gave several out every day it seemed.
I think such an act is remarkably kind and thoughtful. Obviously, you have a very good heart.
This made me smile. I, also, am one not to accumulate things..........the elderly gentlemen (let's say 90+) in Switzerland who was cutting tall grass with a scythe. I asked him for directions...and then gave him a Canadian lapel pin. He looked at it quizzically...then as I went on my way I looked back. With a shrug of his shoulders he pitched in the grass...a lesson learned about accumulating things.
Having worked 35 years in the "heavy: construction, building and the repair of refineries, fossil fuel power plants, nuclear power plants, etc , it was an extremely high noise (decibel 120-140 ) area. We wore lightweight foam earplugs that you can buy in most stores. Here they cost about $3.00 USD for 25 pairs. at Walmart and they are the same thing we wore in work. They come in sizes. You just roll them between your fingers and insert, they expand to give a tight fit. They also make noise level drastically lower, almost to whisper levels. So for mere pennies, one can sleep uninterrupted. We brought them the last time and will this time and extra for those who have to endure our snoring close by . They work !!!
It could be a sizing issue. There are various sizes and shapes. My wife had to try out about six different types until she found one that worked for her. I hope you find something, as we both know, it can get loud .All I can say is that they don't work for me and that is a sentiment I've heard echoed from several other people who tried them on the Camino.
Fantastic! May I make a suggestion for what I think is an improvement? Never mind, I'll give it anyway. Leave a bit of room at one of the corners and for a good number of the ones that you have ordered drill a hole there so the recipient can hang them off a pack, a loop of string or use it as a zipper pull.As follow up to@notion900 's earlier comment, I gave out 100 custom made guitar pics two years ago on CP and 200 now on the VdlP. Just today in Castro Dozon I gave away the last one. They are very popular.
Hi KatiWhen I travel I usually bring along some small gifts -- for people I meet as I travel and become friends with or who help me in some way. Do people do this on the camino and if so what are some things that would be appreciated?
Buen camino all!
Kati
My husband and I intend to bring small St Christopher (patron saint of travelers) medallions to give away, one for each day we’re travelling — light weight and inexpensive.
Thanks you for the idea which will save from a life time of ridicule for my snoring. I am not ashamed to say I stay at albergues, either.What a lovely thought.
I'm taking 200 pairs of ear plugs. Super lightweight and hopefully will help people to forgive my snoring.
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