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Well said, wish you well, Peter.I will be walking the Camino in May 2016. I will be going my own and looking forward to it.
I have got some useful info from the forum. But I am also surprised at the amount of people who can't seem to make a decision for themselves. As to take a phone or not. Who cares!!
Just do what is right for YOU
Burn Camino a todos
I will be walking the Camino in May 2016. I will be going my own and looking forward to it.
I have got some useful info from the forum. But I am also surprised at the amount of people who can't seem to make a decision for themselves. As to take a phone or not. Who cares!!
Just do what is right for YOU
Burn Camino a todos
@Lleninot. I'm not sure you are really being fair
For 'new to the Camino' Pilgrims there are a multitude of unanswered questions and concerns going around their heads
Phone or not?
Type of Underwear?
Mat or Not?
Boots or Shoes?
Pack type?
Bladder or bottle?
One pole or two?
I try to be as patient and charitable as I can. It is not always easy, especially in the face of some of the more basic, and repetitive questions.
However, I keep telling myself that I was in the exact, uncertain situation before my first Camino in 2013. So, when in doubt, I answer the question, again...and again...and again...
Although, lately, I have been including a polite reference to the search function and a polite admonition to USE IT.
I hope this helps.
These are all questions that really should not have to be asked over and over again. They are all one search fuction (or faq section) away.
I get people think their question is soooo different than alll the other "blatter or bottle" questions, but really, they are not.
Ask away. "Helping pilgrims since 2004," says Ivar, and that is what we should do. If you can use the search function, or the new "tags", please do, but if you don't get the answers you need I never mind how many times a question is asked. A tip for using the search function - try limiting your answers by ticking a few of the little option boxes.
wow you delete everything ?
I think I'm having a 'grey' moment
Who deleted......what?
It can be extremely frustrating to see the SAME questions being asked, & one feels that a bit of time lurking in this forum will supply the answers. However, & as Kanga says, this forum is aimed at helping pilgrims - wether this is newbies whose questions are based on nervousness & a need for reassurance or experienced pilgrims who enjoy the repartee - if someone doesn't wish to reply for the 'n' time when the SAME question is asked, then that's fine. Someone else will probably be in a more relaxed frame of mind that day & can reply.Ask away. "Helping pilgrims since 2004," says Ivar, and that is what we should do. If you can use the search function, or the new "tags", please do, but if you don't get the answers you need I never mind how many times a question is asked......
I will be walking the Camino in May 2016. I will be going my own and looking forward to it.
I have got some useful info from the forum. But I am also surprised at the amount of people who can't seem to make a decision for themselves. As to take a phone or not. Who cares!!
Just do what is right for YOU
Burn Camino a todos
ok I walked the camino ten years ago and was a little envious of those persons with phones. In France they were busy booking gites ahead . two years later I walked again again and cracked the system by getting kind persons to phone ahead for me. I did spend one night under a hedge so it can happen that there is no accommodation. In Spain back then there was no phoning ahead which was great and no phone was needed. It really depends a bit on if you can speak the language or not. My advice would be take aphone for France but not Spain. GlenysI will be walking the Camino in May 2016. I will be going my own and looking forward to it.
I have got some useful info from the forum. But I am also surprised at the amount of people who can't seem to make a decision for themselves. As to take a phone or not. Who cares!!
Just do what is right for YOU
Burn Camino a todos
An I-hope-not-entirely-unrelated question: I noticed on one of your earlier posts (about a year ago) that you were enquiring about local Spanish phone sims/plans. May I ask what you learned? I'm leaving in 3 weeks for my first Camino Frances (from Sydney). I thought I had a phone sim teed up for Spain, but the online company that offered a Spain /Europe sim a few months ago no longer lists that item. I do not want to do a deal with a local Australian carrier, they're too expensive.@Lleninot. I'm not sure you are really being fair
For 'new to the Camino' Pilgrims there are a multitude of unanswered questions and concerns going around their heads. It was only a year ago I was struggling on the decision to take a Rice Cooker or not!That was a really tough call........... This year I'm taking one by the way
Phone or not?
Type of Underwear?
Mat or Not?
Boots or Shoes?
Pack type?
Bladder or bottle?
One pole or two?
It's a wonder any of us actually make it to our first Camino. And we are gently tolerated and humoured by the 'old hands' on this forum..............
Because they know the secret......
That by the end of Day 1.............
it won't really matter what decision the newbie Pilgrim made...........
because they'll be coping so well .... having so much fun.....and wondering what all 'their' 'pre Camino' worry was about
This. Times a 1000.I say to the one's not having walked a Camino, go ahead and ask away (within reason of course). After all, isn't that main purpose of this forum anyway? Advice? Sure, tales of Caminos walked are interesting and all, but information and advice is more important. Not saying that the information or advice given back to you is going to be worth a caca, but ask away anyway.
An I-hope-not-entirely-unrelated question: I noticed on one of your earlier posts (about a year ago) that you were enquiring about local Spanish phone sims/plans. May I ask what you learned? I'm leaving in 3 weeks for my first Camino Frances (from Sydney). I thought I had a phone sim teed up for Spain, but the online company that offered a Spain /Europe sim a few months ago no longer lists that item. I do not want to do a deal with a local Australian carrier, they're too expensive.
I want to use the phone I've got (iPhone 6s) it's unlocked. Did you buy a sim before you left Australia or did you buy one in Spain? I'll be going to Madrid first, so I could go through the hassle of getting one after I get there and be good and ready for The Camino a week later.
I was in Paris for a month 18 months ago and bought a local sim/package while there. What a colossal pain that was.
I noticed your post about putting an Australian plug into a European power point! Different power there. 110 volts, Australia 240 volts. Many appliances have built-in transformers so will work with both levels of power. But you know that. The old rectangular pin in the round hole trick couldn't have gone over too well! How did you go with that one??
Of course, forgive me. Europe - 240. Growing up in Canada (an outpost of the USandA), we used to stick our fingers into live lightbulb sockets - 110 just tickled and "spasmed" the arm up to about the elbow! In Oz, that kind of prank could kill you (also 240). I guess that's why circuit breakers were invented.Hi Mike. I mention SIM cards here. You might just have time to get one from Spain. I think mine took 10 days to arrive
http://robscamino.com/sim-cards-for-your-camino/
I bought a FRENCH SIM and a Spanish Sim before leaving Australia.
If indeed Europe uses 110V, please don't tell the Europeans. They think that they've been on 230-240V since the year dot. It's USA and Japan that use 110-120V. And the West Indies.... And Cuba.... And a few others.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_electricity_by_country
I did take a power plug adapter. A 2 pin Aussie plug will often fit into other types of two or three pin sockets (Thailand for example). With a bit of wiggling... I think in Europe though, it will only fit in some of the older style sockets, so I used an adapter all the time.
If it is just for phone charging, you can buy a cheap Euro plug, that takes a USB cable in the back. As I found out when I left the Euro adapter and phone charging plug in the wall of my room!
I get tetchy when old hands tell us newbies to use the search function here. They can't have tried it themselves!
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