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I always have a suitcase along with my backpack. The suitcase gets sent to Santiago for my post Camino travels. I carry my backpack.On the train in our car are lots of pilgrims. Many with suitcases. Some with just packs like ours. I will withhold judgment. We each do our own Camino.
No these are not sending to Santiago. Small packs so forwarding as they go. It doesn't matter unless they want to stay in one of the albergues with a suitcase ban. Xunta albergues don't accept shipped luggage so I doubt we'll see many suitcases after today.I always have a suitcase along with my backpack. The suitcase gets sent to Santiago for my post Camino travels. I carry my backpack.
...On the train in our car are lots of pilgrims. Many with suitcases. Some with just packs like ours. I will withhold judgment. We each do our own Camino...
Most pilgrims we saw had small packs or no packs at all today. Even the teenagers are shipping their bags it seems. Still a few old school like us. This is a big change since we were on this stretch in 2016...
Dont Be fooled, our packs are not small, but due to the need to carry CPAP and essential meds, mine weighs about 6 kilos. I have one pair of walking clothes, one merino dress for evening and sleep wear and a skort with shelf bra top that can be summer shorts or a swimsuit. 3 socks, 3 undies, 2 bras, t-towel for shower, some toiletries and we carry some food and water. I also bring safety pins to hang out clothes and rubber bands and some zip lock bags. All things we use. I go through my bag each night and discard extra receipts, etc as i keep a small notebook to log expenses and make notes.Thank you SO much for all the useful information! Your threads about your volunteer time are chock full of lessons--even with my experience staying at various casas rural albergues and hotels on my first Camino, I'll be a more thoughtful pilgrim guest on my second Camino with a better understanding of the viewpoint of the many wonderful folk providing these accommodations.
Preparing for my first Camino I looked at the Caminofacil luggage transport website and it looked so easy that I thought: "Why not?" Well now I have a better understanding of why not! I'm now planning to walk the second half of my Camino Frances--from León to Santiago de Compostela--without a suitcase.
I've been recently considering a minimalist approach. No suitcase and no backpack. Maybe on my second day I would pick up a small messenger bag to strap across my neck and shoulder with a spare pair of socks and spare underwear (and, perhaps, a water bottle if I get tired of holding it in my hand). It's a slippery slope indeed. There's many many discussions on this forum about not carrying too much. However, now I'm wondering what's too little.
Thank you again for your fabulous threads... They're very enjoyable reading and I learn something from every post!
Buen Camino!!
Good morning to you both,Just for @mspath,
Went down the hill. Huge poftions. I had salmon on la plancha. Phil had Raxo. Dessert pictured below.
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The cheapest meal so far and the most food by far! Hooray for the off stage places. Wine water, bread, 3 courses included. 15 euros.
Janet and I are at the "A Taberna de Martino" drinking agua con gas. We are sitting on the sidewalk. It is across the street from the church if you want to meet.I am in Portomarin tonight too.
Would love to! I am very close to there. I will come by shortly! I will be wearing a grey T-shirt and blue joggers.Janet and I are at the "A Taberna de Martino" drinking agua con gas. We are sitting on the sidewalk. It is across the street from the church if you want to meet.
WalkinRon,.....
I've been recently considering a minimalist approach. No suitcase and no backpack. Maybe on my second day I would pick up a small messenger bag to strap across my neck and shoulder with a spare pair of socks and spare underwear (and, perhaps, a water bottle if I get tired of holding it in my hand). It's a slippery slope indeed. There's many many discussions on this forum about not carrying too much. However, now I'm wondering what's too little.
It was great meeting you! Buen Camino!We had a meet up with @AnneO for drinks. She also takes students on study abroad trips from her school so was a wealth of information.
Went to pilgrim mass after and now back getting ready for bed. The downtown Xunta albergue in Palas de Rey is closed for maintenance so will need to rethink that for the day after tomorrow. There is a big Xunta albergue at the top of the hill to the entrance to town, but not central to anything.
Will try to be on the road again at 7:30. Going 13 km tomorrow.
Thank you. It was great meeting you too.It was great meeting you! Buen Camino!
Just want to add when Phil woke him and told him to turn on side the pilgrim said, "Yes, I hope that helps" so he knows it is a problem. Phil said there were people in the dorm who moved outside and slept on mats and benches to escape the noise. So sorry for this pilgrim. I hope he will get some medical attention soon as sleep apnea is linked to many, many health problems...Good morning. We had an epic snorer last night right next to my bed. At 12:30 I found my ear plugs. A short time later, Phil got up and woke him and told him to sleep on his side. It didn't help much...He definitely had the dangerous sleep apnea kind of snoring which Phil and I have and that my Dad has. A CPAP makes the night much more restful and you don't snore although Phil still does make noise sometimes if his mask is leaking. It is 7:30 and we are are ready to set out for Hospital. Almost everyone else headed to Palast de Rey.
Phil and Janet,Supper at O Labrador as suggested by @mspath. Kept forgetting to make a photo as the food was so good! Here's what was left after I remembered!
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Oh, if only all hospitaleros had the same standards of cleanliness and hygiene as Janet and Phil!The Xunta albergue had only 10 pilgrims last night. It was nice and spacious although the microwave needed a good scrub out.
Quite disappointed when i read about this and discovered they weren't doing a Michael Jackson and giving you a pod with pure O2.Stayed at the Oxygen hostal in Madrid last night in a double pod.
I liked it, Phil was not a fan as he felt cramped. It was super clean and secure with a 24/7 desk clerk. Pods very private with an actual sliding door that locks. Lights, outlet, and a shelf. Separate showers for men and women.Breakfast and work area with lockers that lock and unlock with your pod key.Quite disappointed when i read about this and discovered they weren't doing a Michael Jackson and giving you a pod with pure O2.
When you said pod, I thought maybe it was hyberbaric type place, like a speciality spa with enriched air treatments. Get your blood juiced up with pure O2 before the hard work, type of thing.
Congratulations. I think what you two do is admirable, and you describe it very well.Made it to Santiago! About 7.5 hours. Not as hot today. Phil was wilting before we arrived though and it took a long time for him to walk to our accommations after we picked up his pack at Correos.
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Made it to Santiago! About 7.5 hours. Not as hot today. Phil was wilting before we arrived though and it took a long time for him to walk to our accommations after we picked up his pack at Correos.
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Made it to Sarria. The train dumped us at Ourense and we were bussed from there. It was 3 busloads with a lot of suitcases on top of our backpacks. Fortunately no damage. The bus was full of languages. On the ground we checked into out AirBNB. Nice place, very large and a possible contender for the students' first night if I can get a second one so we can have 12 people total. Students may not share beds per university policy and faculty are supposed to have their own rooms.
We could cook together the first night. Important to consider budget with students. Grocery stores within walking distance so we picked up items for breakfast and lunch. Then went and had a drink on the river with hundreds of other pilgrims. There was a battle of the bands of sorts with two different venues and live music.
After a drink we went to eat at an off-Camino place. Large salad with anchovies and tuna and a racion of Padron peppers. Wine and water not included here. Salads 10 euros. Peppers 10 euros. Wine 2.40.
Will walk by the possible albergue contenders this morning on our way out of town. There are a few that you can reserve for groups in the winter. Most of the rest are closed. The Xunta albergue has only 20 beds so don't want to bank on that if our train arrives at 6 pm from Madrid.
Hi! My sister and I were on the same train. In coach 5. Had I read these posts while doing Santiago, we could have gotten together in Portomarin. Congrats!Made it to Sarria. The train dumped us at Ourense and we were bussed from there. It was 3 busloads with a lot of suitcases on top of our backpacks. Fortunately no damage. The bus was full of languages. On the ground we checked into out AirBNB. Nice place, very large and a possible contender for the students' first night if I can get a second one so we can have 12 people total. Students may not share beds per university policy and faculty are supposed to have their own rooms.
We could cook together the first night. Important to consider budget with students. Grocery stores within walking distance so we picked up items for breakfast and lunch. Then went and had a drink on the river with hundreds of other pilgrims. There was a battle of the bands of sorts with two different venues and live music.
After a drink we went to eat at an off-Camino place. Large salad with anchovies and tuna and a racion of Padron peppers. Wine and water not included here. Salads 10 euros. Peppers 10 euros. Wine 2.40.
Will walk by the possible albergue contenders this morning on our way out of town. There are a few that you can reserve for groups in the winter. Most of the rest are closed. The Xunta albergue has only 20 beds so don't want to bank on that if our train arrives at 6 pm from Madrid.
We are only going to Ferreiros today. Short walk the first few days for students so for us, too. Phil is happier today in a big place and not a pod. Will try the Xunta albergue tonight if they are not full. Heading out about 7:30 this morning as it will be fully light.
We are only going to Ferreiros today. Short walk the first few days for students so for us, too. Phil is happier today in a big place and not a pod. Will try the Xunta albergue tonight if they are not full. Heading out about 7:30 this morning as it will be fully light.
Just a post script here...
I mailed a box of rain ponchos, 2 silk liner bags, and an inflatable pillow to my Madrid hotel. It either didn't arrive or is otherwise lost. I don't have the tracking code so be sure to keep that if you mail something. Nothing critical that can't be replaced but still about $200 plus in gear even if we've had and used it for several years.
Well, I mailed it within Spain and it didn't weigh more than a kilo. Might have been how I addressed it or it may be here somewhere and it arrived so early they don't remember where they put it. I will ask again before we leave. But without the tracking number, I feel it is pretty hopeless. No worries, I have a new Altus poncho I can wear camping instead of the Frog Toggs one or I have a really nice Gortex raincoat I can take camping. I could have left it in the "give away" box and some pilgrim would have gotten use out of all of it though...I've done this in Europe before and was surprised when the parcel didn't arrive. The hotel commented that it might be being held at the local sorting office, so I went there and found it. It was too large for the mailman to take on his rounds so they held it over to see if someone would collect it - which I did
Just a post post script.
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