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    Information in English for the Sureste

    We are planning to walk the Sureste as soon as it is safe again. Is there any information about the route, the distances between places to stay, food availability, etc., in English?
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    Great Air Fare!

    Booked my flight today on TAP (Portugal) from Boston (departing 7:40 pm, 3/20) to Seville (arriving 9:20 am, 3/21) for $413. And the return is from Madrid. Best ever! There's a change of plane in Lisbon (but no arriving in Madrid and having to spend time on the train to Seville). Check out...
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    Five Questions about the Via de la Plata

    We are planning to walk the VdlP this November and have some questions: Flying from Boston we will land in Madrid. Should we continue on to Seville or plan to take a train if that would save considerable money? And what would be the best way to get from the Seville airport or train...
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    Older People on the Primitivo

    We (Wes, 81, Rita 75) finished the Primitivo on June 4. Last September we posted our stages on the San Salvador (Older People on the San Salvador) to encourage older folks, and those who just need/want shorter stages, to walk that beautiful Camino. Most people walk the Primitivo in 11 to 14...
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    Traveling to start the Primitivo

    In May we are flying from Boston Massachusetts, or Hartford Connecticut, planning to fly to Madrid, then take the train to Oviedo (last September we took that train to Leon to start the San Salvador and understand we can continue further to Oviedo). Does anyone have a different suggestion for a...
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    Flying to (and from) which city?

    We are hoping to walk the Primitivo in May, flying from Boston, Massachusetts or Hartford, Connecticut, to begin in Oviedo. What are our options? We flew to Madrid and took the train to Leon to walk the San Salvador last September. Should we do that again for a longer train ride to Oviedo or...
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    Older pilgrims on the Salvador

    Wes (age 80) and I (age 74) just completed the San Salvador -- with many thanks to all of you who have been posting thoughts and suggestions for the past year! I know there are pilgrims older than we are who can do longer stages than we did, but I wanted to let folks who are concerned about...
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    US Passport Info!

    Alert US travelers: I was planning to leave the US to walk the San Salvador in mid May. At the last minute I discovered that my passport had to have a renewal date of at least 6 months after I was to return. My renewal date was October 2017. It would be 6-8 weeks (though probably only 3-4...
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    Looking for Brierly Guide...

    Hola! We're finding that the Brierly Guide to the Camino Portugues is startingly expensive ($37 on Amazon for 2009 edition) and am wondering if anyone out there has a copy they would like to sell to us? We live in Massachusetts and would love your copy, with odd notes and comments (or not!)...
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    Coastal Route in September from Porto to ?

    Now that we are ancianos (78) and need to use pack transport and walk shorter stages than we did years ago on the Camino from Le Puy to Santiago, we have decided to walk the Camino Portugues in September. We would like to start in Porto, walk to the coast, then up to Vila do Conde, and then...
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    With pack transport, are there inexpensive places to stay on El Norte?

    Well, we tried to walk the Camino del Norte in May and after only two days realized that Wes' back could not carry his backpack one step further. Although we love the albergues and the community we find there, we are in our 70s and have to accept changes in how we walk our Caminos. So we are...
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    We start May 23 from Hendaye. Do we need reservations in albergues. Do they take them?

    On the Frances from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago we never had or needed reservations (2009) but from Le Puy to St. Jean Pied de Port (2011) we needed them all the time. This May (23rd) we will start to walk from Hendaye. Will we need reservations in the albergues? Do they take them...
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    Without a cell phone!

    Three weeks and counting till we start walking on May 1. We have walked from Le Puy to Santiago and we never had a cell phone. In Spain we never needed reservations. In France we did but we were able to make them easily, three days in advance, from tourist offices or from the gites with the...
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    St. Jean Pied de Port to Irun

    We are planning to walk from St Jean Pied de Port to Irun in May 2013 and then from Irun to as far as we can go in our three weeks on the Camino del Norte. I'd love to hear from those who have walked from SJPP to Irun -- what it is like, where you stayed, thoughts of any kind. In addition, does...
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    Walking from St Jean Pied de Port to Irun

    We are planning to walk from St Jean Pied de Port to Irun in May 2013 and then from Irun to as far as we can go in our three weeks on the Camino del Norte. I'd love to hear from those who have walked from SJPP to Irun -- what it is like, where you stayed, thoughts of any kind. In addition...
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    A Night in Golinhac

    We are walking from Le Puy in May and have heard that it is important to reserve in advance in Golinhac as there are few options for lodgings. From Miam Miam Dodo I found the email for Le Hameau de Saint-Jacques and have emailed twice for a reservation with no response. Does anyone have any...
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    Rita's Introduction

    I joined the site quite a while ago but never could figure out how to introduce myself. Today I wandered around the site again and I found this opportunity -- if it is the wrong place to do it, could you cut and paste it into the right place? I'm Rita and my partner is Wes and we are from...
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    just joined and need help

    Boy do I feel foolish. I joined this forum months ago and can't for the life of me figure out how to get to the place where you can introduce yourself or make postings. I can read everyone's postings but can't seem to get to a screen where I can write my own -- except finding this " post a new...

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