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Three things that you would not do at home...

GunnarW

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2011+ > Spain, Belgium, France
...and do daily during the camino
1) Say "hello, good morning" to EVERYONE you see, the whole day.
2) Entering a restaurant and share a table with strangers.
and finally
3) SHARE every day a bedroom with three or sometimes seven other females.
 
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Start a conversation with strangers by asking about the state of their feet.

Dry your underwear during the day by pinning it to your backpack.

Obsessively search for, and follow arrows (unless you're in Ikea).
 
Only three? I could list more... these came to mind immediately
1. drink beer
2. purchase a big hunk of chocolate every two or three days
3. invite someone I don't know to join me for a drink or dinner
 
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y'all are great :D Maybe just maybe with one caminante at the time we could change the world :D

Zo
 
Haha!

1. Sleep in tomorrow's clothes... regularly
2. Eat breakfast in a bar ... regularly
3. Check for bedbugs every night before I sleep
 
1 Ask someone to stamp my 'passport' so I could show where I had been every day.
2 Carry my change of clothes etc around with me in a rucksac all day every day.
3 Aim to sleep in a different town/village every day.
 
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I second what Annie said. Except to amplify--I drink cafe grande con leche on the Camino and never do at home; I also eat a yogurt, a pastry or tostada, a banana and some digestive crackers for breakfast which I never do at home. And sometimes even more than one breakfast, depending on bar availability!

But then there is that pesky little thing called vino tinto which is consumed every day (once a week or so at home) and in far greater quanities than at home.
 
1. only apply sun tan lotion to the left-hand side of my body. The result of a long walk east to west under the Iberian sky, most especially across the meseta.
2. sleep deeply, soundly the sleep of those wearied well by enriching motion. oft times in the afternoon too.
3. experience joy and freedom in the moment.
 
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Eating lentils all the time! They're not something I would have been drawn to beforehand, but well cooked they're just what you need on Camino. I'm still not sure exactly what they are, though... :?
 
Nearly every day hand-wash my socks and underwear
Translate from Dutch, German, English, French into Spanish and vice versa for fellow-pilgrims
Greet and be greeted with "Buen Camino" (Ohhh, I miss those words)

Ultreya,
Carli Di Bortolo
 
I don´t walk/hike at home.
I don´t carry rucksack at home.
I don´t worry about bed bugs at home (not yet).
 
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I got involved in drug-dealing for the first time. I exchanged some salt-replacement powder for some Paracetamol, or something. Very exciting, it was. :twisted:
 
1) sleep soundly is spite of a symphony of snores;
2) sleep soundly in a zipped-up mummy bag and not feel claustrophobic or an urgent need to stretch all my limbs concomitantly in different directions;
3) drink whole milk (in café con leche) and eat at least a whole rustic baguette (pan del pueblo) with a generous chunk of full-fat sheep's cheese every day and not worry about its glycemic index or my cholesterol (oh, I miss that one so much!...)
 
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Whalleyranger said:
Start a conversation with strangers by asking about the state of their feet.

Dry your underwear during the day by pinning it to your backpack.

Obsessively search for, and follow arrows (unless you're in Ikea).

peregrinacheena said:
1. Take candy from strangers
2. brush my teeth standing in between men in tight underpants, men I never met before
3. screaming buen camino

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funny thread!
 
1 On rainy days, having a "café con gotas",( coffee with "strong drops") at 8 in the morning just because my feet are already wet...
2.....a few hours later, don't mind walking with wet feet, got used to it
3.....singing happily in the pouring rain, never mind the weather, I'm on the Camino!!

Josefine
 
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Put any of these - rucksack, contents, walking poles - on the breakfast table while packing in the morning.

I don´t do it on the Camino either but some seem to think it´s OK.
 
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1. Be silent for hours and hours at a time.
2. Be asked by a complete stranger to pray for them in Santiago.
3. Believe that all Germans are trained to get up in the dark and make lots of noise.
 
1. Reduce my insulin intake by 60%.
2. Carry loo paper with me at all times.
3. Err, uhmm, shower.
 
1. Pack my stuff in plastic packets.
2. Sing girl guide camping songs at the top of my voice as I walk.
3. Walk into a bar and buy a drink so that I can use the loo.
 
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1. Go to bed at 9pm (and actually fall asleep!)
2. Visit bars every day.
3. Eat bread with meals and chocolate in between.
 
There are 100 things but her's my three :)
1. Eat fish from a tin with wine from a mug on a pavement somewhere and think I am in heaven
2. Share a room (Dorm) with strangers and think that is the "in" thing to do
3. Walk more than 100meters per day (I have a car at home) :D
 
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What's that about bread with meals, and chocolate in between?
I thought bread and chocolate was a meal!!!

Drink 3 litres of water every day.

Swallow the drugs offered me by strangers because it seemed the hospitable thing to do.
(I was sitting by the trail, boots and socks off, contemplating my blisters. The peregrina was so thoughtful and kind. I think the pills were pain killers. How could I say no?)

Have all the fat in a chorizo liquify in the heat. Lucky it was new, and still sealed in its skin. No mess or bother, as I flung it into the bush off the side of the trail.

Lose 22 pounds, (10 kg) in six weeks. I gained it all back after I returned home.
 
Three words....

Wearing "socks with sandals".

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David said:
1. Be silent for hours and hours at a time.
2. Be asked by a complete stranger to pray for them in Santiago.
3. Believe that all Germans are trained to get up in the dark and make lots of noise.


Oh that last one is sooo funny. I loved everyone I met. But the Germans were delightful!
 
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