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When you are walking eat a decent breakfast if you can. Then just listen to your body. Eat when it tells you to. Rest when it tells you too and walk when it tells you to. Bring some food in your pack. Lots of water.We lived in Spain for a couple of years and got used to the meal/snack schedule - desayuno -light breakfast, almuerzo-lunch around 11, comida-main meal at 2-3, merienda-snack (dinner for little kids) at 5-6, cena-supper at 9-10. In all the reading here that I have done, it seems that people are eating their big meal at night? Could that be so? When people speak of lunch and dinner on the threads, what do they mean? When do people eat their last meal, and what kind do the albergues or hostels serve? Do people stop at 1-2 to eat the main meal, and stay stopped? Or do they rest for 2-3 hours and then continue on? Or do they just eat a light lunch and then walk on to a main meal later in the day than the Spanish would do? Thanks for responding!
Interesting, and comports with the Spain I know.I liked stopping for a proper meal around 1 & then walking on, bit there were very few of us who did that. I almost always found that the lunch time menus were higher quality, and often less expensive, than the evening peregrino menus.
Also wondering if walking on after comida means you have less chance of a bed somewhere.
In all the reading here that I have done, it seems that people are eating their big meal at night? Could that be so?
We ate our main meal at midday. We were too tired to wait til 7 or 8 at night to eat! We were heading to dreamland!We lived in Spain for a couple of years and got used to the meal/snack schedule - desayuno -light breakfast, almuerzo-lunch around 11, comida-main meal at 2-3, merienda-snack (dinner for little kids) at 5-6, cena-supper at 9-10. In all the reading here that I have done, it seems that people are eating their big meal at night? Could that be so? When people speak of lunch and dinner on the threads, what do they mean? When do people eat their last meal, and what kind do the albergues or hostels serve? Do people stop at 1-2 to eat the main meal, and stay stopped? Or do they rest for 2-3 hours and then continue on? Or do they just eat a light lunch and then walk on to a main meal later in the day than the Spanish would do? Thanks for responding!
We lived in Spain for a couple of years and got used to the meal/snack schedule - desayuno -light breakfast, almuerzo-lunch around 11, comida-main meal at 2-3, merienda-snack (dinner for little kids) at 5-6, cena-supper at 9-10. In all the reading here that I have done, it seems that people are eating their big meal at night? Could that be so? When people speak of lunch and dinner on the threads, what do they mean? When do people eat their last meal, and what kind do the albergues or hostels serve? Do people stop at 1-2 to eat the main meal, and stay stopped? Or do they rest for 2-3 hours and then continue on? Or do they just eat a light lunch and then walk on to a main meal later in the day than the Spanish would do? Thanks for responding!
The pattern has changed on the Caminos in recent years. Especially on the Camino Frances. Most people these days end their days walking quite early - in time for a late menu del dia at regular Spanish hours. Few walk after that. I think mostly because pressure for beds makes it difficult to find beds later in the day unless reserved. Most albergues have a curfew around 10pm so normal Spanish dinner hours do not fit in well. Those albergues which provide meals will serve them earlier in the evening. The alternative is a recent invention - the menu peregrino. A fairly low cost limited menu served at earlier hours than traditional Spanish evening meals. Usually filling enough but the range and quality of food offered can be disappointing.
I found that I was extremely lethargic for about the first fifteen or twenty minutes, but that I would have significantly more energy later in the day. If I ate lightly during the day I’d often be exhausted by the time I got to the albergue. It was trial and error learning this - like everything the first time.Listening to your body is important. For me, walking after a large meal just doesn't work. My stomach doesn't feel right, my body is lethargic - and I never do well walking a longer distance after I've had anything alcoholic to drink. So I kept it light while walking and then eat more when we got where we were going for the day, and definitely save the beer and wine until then.
I found that I was extremely lethargic for about the first fifteen or twenty minutes, but that I would have significantly more energy later in the day. If I ate lightly during the day I’d often be exhausted by the time I got to the albergue. It was trial and error learning this - like everything the first time.
Sometimes we might have the odd snack with us, plus I tended to buy a baguette if I saw it fresh, and maybe a peach, some salami or something. We had a couple of very memorable occasions of shared picnics with strangers we just met. We discovered the village shop was shut, so we all sat around the tables outside, and had a shared snack of whatever we were all carrying. It was great. We had two impromptu picnics like this, they were completely unplanned.Did you ever bring food along with you (like a picnic of sorts) if the towns were far apart from each other?
I walkd for 77 days - I did every combination you can think of. I always had a bag of potato chips on me - and I never buy them at home. They were so good on the trail. An apple and cheese were the perfect snacks. Unless I found pizza at the bakery - that was an even better snack. In France I learned to carry an emergency tin or two of pâté, and a can of cola, but I don’t recall needing an emergency stash in Spain. I had mixed results with sausages, probably because I dont know much about Spanish sausages and don’t speak Spanish well but would still try to speak it with shopkeepers. I ended up carrying some that were too greasy for the trail, and one that might have been uncooked.Did you ever bring food along with you (like a picnic of sorts) if the towns were far apart from each other?
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A few Germans and Swiss I met would also carry beer. That was impressive. I never saw any other groups do that.
I was walking with a teenage son. I *always* brought food with me. We didn't always eat it but I wanted it there for "insurance". I'm not sure I would recommend that for others, though, since it adds to the weight of the backpack.Did you ever bring food along with you (like a picnic of sorts) if the towns were far apart from each other?
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