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Very happy to hear that! To me books are such a joy and comfort, something say a bit of plastic with flashing lights can never achieve. Old fashioned? Out of step with the times? Perhaps, but so is walking 776.2 kilometers at this part of the 21st century.Scruffy1 - At your recommendation, when I met you and intersected with you for several days in May2011, I bought the Gitlitz and Davidson book and I really enjoy reading it. Last year I downloaded the Kindle version on my iPadMini and have taken it with me on my last two Camino Frances walks so that each night I can read about the towns and their history that I will encounter the next day. This has made the walk so much more meaningful. I love that book!
I carried my iPad the entire way just to have the book with me. Best ever!Scruffy1 - At your recommendation, when I met you and intersected with you for several days in May2011, I bought the Gitlitz and Davidson book and I really enjoy reading it. Last year I downloaded the Kindle version on my iPadMini and have taken it with me on my last two Camino Frances walks so that each night I can read about the towns and their history that I will encounter the next day. This has made the walk so much more meaningful. I love that book!
Scruffy1 - At your recommendation, when I met you and intersected with you for several days in May2011, I bought the Gitlitz and Davidson book and I really enjoy reading it. Last year I downloaded the Kindle version on my iPadMini and have taken it with me on my last two Camino Frances walks so that each night I can read about the towns and their history that I will encounter the next day. This has made the walk so much more meaningful. I love that book!
Then you wonder why people open this forum every day!Second that! It contributed to our slightly longer Camino but not weight as I accessed it on my multitasking iPhone and made me regret not allowing even more time.
Thanks Scruffy1
With apologies to J. Baez and Earl RobinsonI love the Luddites who are addicted to this forum. Long live their wonderful contrariness.
I can, I can see it. You and Hemingway, wandering the streets of Pamplona. Suave, debonair.Friend Gerald,
The Better Half has raised this issue, again, so as my 70th approaches, no not that close but I'm working on it, as my 70th approaches I may consider a change. My dislike of all things synthetic, oh dear here we go again, will continue to lead the way. Can we imagine the Scruff in say beige linen or white flannel? A Panama hat to finish off the Caribbean planter image - perhaps a cigar? No, I can't either.
Buy the first round and I'm ready for anything!I can, I can see it. You and Hemingway, wandering the streets of Pamplona. Suave, debonair.
Can I come? Can I please!
Scruffy1 - At your recommendation, when I met you and intersected with you for several days in May2011, I bought the Gitlitz and Davidson book and I really enjoy reading it. Last year I downloaded the Kindle version on my iPadMini and have taken it with me on my last two Camino Frances walks so that each night I can read about the towns and their history that I will encounter the next day. This has made the walk so much more meaningful. I love that book!
Thank you mspath but I am a confirmed eltronicophobe even resisting the demands from the home front for a cell phone.
allo, allo - I too do not own a mobile phone, I was forced to use one for my last assignment job, when the supervisor heard I did not own a mobile, she almost had a mickey - "what, however do you survive", well, clearly I do survive and hopefully thrive without the dangers of getting my brain fried, however, of course I still have wireless in this house and that is just as much a possible danger to my health..Thank you mspath but I am a confirmed eltronicophobe even resisting the demands from the home front for a cell phone.
wendyrose, post: 331313, member: 21556"]Did you find the iPad mini useful, marylynn? I've decided to take mine so that I can access this book and some others including the German 'yellow book', which has recently become available as an e-book - perfect timing for me! I'll always love 'real' books best, but this is a good practical choice for the Camino. I'm also planning to use the iPad mini as a camera, so it more than justifies itself on the grounds of weight saved.
My iPadMini was very useful. I took it on the Camino in Sept/Oct2014 and this summer in June&July. The Mini itself is not heavy but I had a sturdy case to protect it while in my pack and in my hands, and that adds weight. This year I bought a Logitech keyboard/case and now it is very useful because typing emails is a breeze and the case itself is sturdy. I also used it to access the Gitlitz book, but otherwise I don't read or listen to music on the Camino. I took a paper printout of the full Camino Frances guide from CaminoGuide.net (which is also available now as an efile) because I didn't want to rely on technology for that. Between the Gitlitz ebook and the basic up-to-date paper guide, I had everything I needed.
The mini was also very useful last fall when my battery charger failed, as well as the Spanish one I bought as a replacement, so I packed away my camera and used the iPad camera. The photos were great with good resolution and file size, and I learned to use it without dropping it! It also forced me to be more selective about what and how much I photographed. It was very easy to write an email and insert a photo or two, then send it later when wifi was available. It seems that computers in albergues have almost completely disappeared in the past two years on the Camino Frances and wifi was rarely available in the Albergues on the Arles/Aragones Camino in 2013, so I will always take my iPadMini with me. It has served me well!
Enjoy your Camino!!
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