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From which country this pilgrim is from?

cbacino said:
It proved true most of the time when I asked hikers last year.
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So if i understand you correcly the people who wear long pants would be from Spain or Italy and the rest of the world would wear shorts?

Well well interesting theory!
 
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Jean Ti said:
So if i understand you correcly the people who wear long pants would be from Spain or Italy and the rest of the world would wear shorts?

Well well interesting theory!
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Seemed to be the case whenever I asked.
 
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cbacino said:
the person is wearing long pants, likely they are from Spain or Italy.
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According to the pilgrim office last year pilgrims from Spain and Italy combined made up 52% of all those receiving Compostelas. One might conclude that there is a better than even chance that anyone you speak to is from one of those countries.
 
Bradypus said:
According to the pilgrim office last year pilgrims from Spain and Italy combined made up 52% of all those receiving Compostelas. One might conclude that there is a better than even chance that anyone you speak to is from one of those countries.
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You are 52% ok!
 
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Purky said:
But the Dutch are notoriously hard to spot. We walk among you, wearing a mix of brands and invariably speak your language. The only thing that will give us away, we just can't help it, is our bluntness.
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Just how many languages do you fluent Dutch speak? I bet Mermish is among them.

Galloglaigh said:
So, so confusing. I have dual nationality and was wondering what I should wear. Perhaps just a smile.
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Your smile, and exposed b’day suit will give your nationality away then.
 
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I am from Denmark and member of a Santiago-pilgrims-facebookgroup , and i am pretty sure tat a very big part of danish pilgrims are wearing an OSPREY backpack )
 
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The brand in the backpack is more usefull no gess where the pilgrim is NOT from.
Say, Osprey... not from Spain.
 
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I don't see Marmot backpacks mentioned. I have a Marmot and I'm Danish. Actually it was a post on this Forum that inspired me to buy a Marmot and not an Osprey.
 
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Derrybiketours said:
Or speak softly (in Boston accent) and carry a big stick with flags found on the way
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I've only just noticed a green orb in picture attached, on closer examination be interested to know what others see
 
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Too many potential combinations and possible answers. If curious I’ll just ask
 
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My pack is an Aarn. I don't use a flag but I do have my 'tiki' and a kiwi patch on my pack. Wouldn't want to get confused for an Aussie! Lol.
 
cbacino said:
If the person is wearing long pants, likely they are from Spain or Italy.
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I am from Canada and am almost always wearing long pants on the camino. If it is hot, long, lightweight, light coloured and loose fitting pants are much cooler than shorts (they shade the legs). If it is cold, they provide some insulation. Why would anyone wear shorts?
 
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Totally agree, wouldn’t dream of wearing anything but long pants.
 
Nah. Still easier to ask than remember all this and have only x % chance because they bought their equipment on the internet.
 
My Aarn was purchased on line from Aarn USA but was made in NZ. I live innCanada and it was the only way to get one at the time
 
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Aarn has been quite popular in trekking circles here in Danmark as well. I know of at least one that made it to Santiago DC.

But a Dane would not be my first guess. Nor second.
 
Håkan Wiik said:
About 50%of all rucksacks come from Quechua at least thats my experience from walking the french camino. The second biggest brand was Osprey followed by Deuter.
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Same experience in July here. Most Spaniards and French are buying from Decathlon. Good quality for a reasonable price. Osprey second, Deuter, North Face, Vaude, Lowe and Fjällräven almost the same amount. And than some brands like Gregory, Exped, Tatonka, Haglöfs, Mamut, Salewa and Berghans.

Most backpacks from well known brands and a very few from small brands.
 
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dougfitz said:
You approached every pilgrim you saw wearing long pants and asked them where they were from?
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After greeting the walker(s), yes. I’ve lived and walked in Europe long enough to have learned that Southern Europeans, especially the women, usually wear long pants.
 
Our American pal came on a cycle pilgrimage in the UK (Mary Michael Pilgrim's Way) and straight away announced loudly she had made 'A real mess of her pants' then she was really sad because of the blind cats in Cornwall - she had passed several 'Cats eyes have been removed' signs....! (cats eyes are the reflectors in the middle of the road / pants are underwear - trousers are what you wear on top)
Luckily she caught on quick and we were able to wave her off on her journey up to John O Groats fairly certain that she would be ok (with marmite in her panniers and a taste for real ale...!)
Sorry - off topic - but pilgrimage throws us all together in the most delightful and amusing ways...
 
I'm from Canada and had a Deuter pack and my partner had a Osprey (both light weight models).
 
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I walked the Camino SF in June and July this year. I am from New Zealand. I talk a lot and always ask people where they are from. Almost the only people wearing shorts were New Zealanders and a few from Australia.
Very, very few people had any type of identification on their pack to identify where they were from. I am the opposite, I had the New Zealand flag, our sporting flag which is black with the white silver fern on it (which is probably better known internationally) and black round shoulder patch with the Kiwi on it as worn by our military while overseas. There was no mistaking where I was from. I found that these flags and patches attracted lots of people into conversations. Most recognized the silver fern and the first words spoken to me were "All Blacks" which is the name of our national rugby team (world champions). The black round shoulder patch with the Kiwi on it was recognized by an extremely old Italian man who thanked me on behalf of the people of his small village who were liberated in 1943 by soldiers who all wore this patch. It was very moving.
When I did see people with flags on their packs I always spoke to them and from then on I called them by their nationality, as in Mr. France or Miss Italy and I was always called Mr. Kiwi. It might seem like a childish thing to do but It enabled me to make a very large number of "Camino Friends".
 
Having confused Canadians for Americans more than once (prompting varying degrees of offence and/or outrage..), I quickly learnt to simply ask 'where are you from?' instead..
 
I'm an AARN carrying Aussie but I rather like the idea of confusing people by attaching a small symbol of another nationality. What would I choose? Mmm.
 
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Kanga said:
I'm an AARN carrying Aussie but I rather like the idea of confusing people by attaching a small symbol of another nationality. What would I choose? Mmm.
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I retired my much loved Berghaus rucksack a few years ago. It had small Indian and Nepalese flags sewn on it as reminders of a long visit in 1989-90. But I don't think anyone ever saw it and thought I might be a Gurkha
 
Bradypus said:
I retired my much loved Berghaus rucksack a few years ago. It had small Indian and Nepalese flags sewn on it as reminders of a long visit in 1989-90. But I don't think anyone ever saw it and thought I might be a Gurkha
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Even when you draw out the kukri?
 
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Haha think I should get a Devon flag too.
 
I have another sport:
I listen to people´s language, pronunciation of certain words, usage of certain frases-
and then have a qualified guess as to where they´re from...down to the region if possible..
And then I test how wrong I was....
 
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