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  1. J Willhaus

    Alternative to Pamplona for overnight

    I have stayed in 2 different hotels. One is no longer in business. The other is the Cathedral Hotel. I have not stayed in albergues. One, Betunia is a small donativo with a Communal meal. It does not take reservations. Another highly recommended is a German confraternity albergue just before you...
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    Alternative to Pamplona for overnight

    It's nice there in the old town. Not too busy unless a weekend or festival.
  3. J Willhaus

    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I won't be bringing another group. I retired last week and am on on my way Saturday to "increase the crowding" in Alaska and Canada by camping all summer. Just Phil and I back on the Camino to walk and volunteer next year in late winter early spring!
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    A call for regulation or permit on the Francés

    I read it this morning. Note he contributes to the crowding by bringing groups to this part of the Camino. He didn't say he'd be making a change himself only that others should...
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    Camino Francés - Pamplona to Burgos?

    This is really my favorite stretch. Hope you enjoy!
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    A new means of transporting luggage and people at SJPDP

    We don't accept bags and get along just fine...
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    Camino fatigue?

    I've mentioned on other threads that the heart and meaning of the Camino did not come to me until I'd been walking 40+ days on my first Camino and had to end prematurely due my husband's illness. I'd been walking and some days really hating it (still do some days as Kirkie's song indicates)...
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    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    Yes, in my experience, June is less busy than May or September. Sarria to Santiago will still be busy compared to the rest of the route, but there are always beds. No holidays in June, but watch out for local festivals which are fun, but loud and sometimes make beds difficult to find.
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    Are passport copies accepted at albergues?

    Honestly, I can't support the copy thing. Is it easier for you? Maybe, but at almost everyplace I have worked except Grañón, we have been told to look at the original documents. The Guardia Civil do come by and check the handwritten register that we use so I need to see the original. At Grañón...
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    Alsa bus tickets

    https://www.alsa.com/en/web/bus/faqs/if-i-miss-my-bus-may-i-change-my-seat-for-one-on-another-service Probably not...
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    No rooms available mid Sept in Roncesvalles, any suggestions?

    Yes, it is less likely that bedbugs may reach you in an upper bunk with a metal frame and not against a wall. Of course this is if you don't bring them with you or the aren't already on the top bunk. They climb wood easily. Plastic and metal less easily. Someone had posted they liked frilly...
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    Coffee

    Yes, and important to get a coil for the EU and not the US in my case...poof, it was gone...also had one burn out in the US because I didn't have it submerged. Since then I have gone with the microwavable cup...at home and abroad.
  13. J Willhaus

    Backpack?

    My husband ordered his pack from 6 Moon Designs. They had him take measurements to ensure the fit (modular parts so you order your preference of belt, straps or vest style, etc). Then the had him fill it and walk around the park where I took photos and we sent them to the company. They then...
  14. J Willhaus

    From just before Burgos - 47 friggin kms to find a bed!!!

    Our first Camino in 2016, many of the young people in school and church groups had an obligatory mat to sleep on the munipal sports hall floor or in the church. Last year they were all shipping their packs and walking only with a light daybag. In 2016, if you needed a mat, you could borrow one...
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    No rooms available mid Sept in Roncesvalles, any suggestions?

    September is an extremely busy month from St Jean.
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