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    Albergue Etiquette

    I would add three more etiquette faux pas: Don’t run to get the bunk next to the window, in the midst of a heat wave, and immediately close the open window providing the only source cool air in a room of 20 people. And then, when it’s cooler, don’t help yourself to the blanket on the bed of...
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    Gite de la Porte Saint Jacques

    I stayed there in 2022. Nice place. On the top floor were women only, in well-spaced single beds. Men were on the second floor. I didn’t have dinner because I chose to eat out that night, but doing so does give you a good opportunity to meet other pilgrims. I think it was best for me to...
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    The Pilgrim’s Guide to Etiquette

    I met lots of people from Washington. I’d say I was from Vancouver. Then I’d know they were from WA STATE when they would double-check whether I was from Vancouver, BC, or Vancouver, WA. And I confess that when people asked if I was American, I’d typically respond with: I’m from the best part...
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    Medication woes

    I also live in Canada and have likely heard the same types of stories as @PilgrimPatricia. I wouldn't dream of crossing borders without the original packaging for my meds. They're very expensive and do indeed take up a lot of room, but I'm not risking some over-zealous border guard who could...
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    Solar Storm Aurora Photos on the Camino?

    We could be neigbours @Theatregal . Beautiful view from my back deck on Friday night, too. Sadly, we drove miles for a better (flatter horizon) view on Saturday, only to watch a beautiful clear sky, including the passing by of the International Space Station, with my son. All good. I'd have...
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    Small juicer, vegetarians and heating element?

    i also used Duolingo to learn sufficient Spanish to get by, and also got strange looks every time I ordered Jugo de Naranja (which was fairly often). Usually, I just got Que? And then when I repeated myself they went off and brought me back the O.J.
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    What do you wash your clothes with

    I used Dr. Bronner's Soap - 1 bar for everything. And then celebrated when I stayed in the occasional Pension or Casa Rural that had REAL shampoo! I hadn't known about the washing "sheets" before I left, and had a I known, I'd have taken some. As others have said, they weigh almost nothing...
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    Two backpacks?

    I used two packs, much as you're describing, but my little pack turned out to be very uncomfortable and so I would stuff as much as I could into each day, ship it, and wear the bigger pack with more in it than I needed. If you're going to use two, make sure your day-pack is comfortable (i.e...
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    The one thing I should have done before I left for the Camino

    So many great suggestions here. I'd add: 1. Write a note on a piece of paper that says: IF FOUND, PLEASE CALL _____________. Then take a picture of it with your phone and make it your phone's screensaver. If someone finds your phone, they'll know what number to call so you can arrange to get...
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    Stamping process

    I kept these two together as well. Then you aren’t searching your pack at check-in. AND I frequently got stamps on the inside of my hat. I’d usually ask if I could do it myself because I was trying to get a lot of ink transfer and get the stamps close too e another so I could fill the brim...
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    Take my vitamins?

    Clearly not the majority opinion, but I wouldn't leave home without my most crucial supplements. As a vegetarian, who found the Camino "diet" very challenging, I'd have been in big trouble without them. That coupled with multiple required meds meant a fair amount of space in my pack. I was...
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    The Three Wise Men

    I loved that mural. I called it the mural of great thinkers. It reminded me, which I really needed at the time, that great ideas take time, and I’d need to be patient with myself, as I was hoping to figure some things out on my Camino, and at that point, I hadn’t.
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    The Camino Will Provide

    I would add "and those who walk it" ...
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    Memorable Places

    Loved all the huge old books in the library at Museo de San Isodoro, in Leon. A bible there is more than 1,000 years old! And there's a challis there that is believed to be "proven" by a research team, to be the one that Christ drank from at the last supper. And the murals all along the...
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    Accommodations suggestions

    I would recommend La Perla Negra in Azqueta. Helena, the owner, made us a huge, and delicious homemade meal, and there’s also a private room that you can request. Second recommendation: Albergue Gaia, in Mansilla de las Mulas. Hosts were absolutely lovely, caring individuals. Rooms are...
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