I tried to help a small, older lady open a heavy church door just after lunch .... and received such a scolding it drove all my small Spanish out of my head. Of course she was closing it and I was the oafish tourist trying to push in and keep her from lunch.
I was quite shattered for the next...
At home I go to bed late and wake late, but I had no trouble becoming an early riser on the CF.
After a day's walk an early bedtime was welcome, and it gets hot after 1 or 2pm so best to get the walking done before then.
Sometimes we even started walking before the sun was up, quite good...
If you need a power adapter to suit Spain/Portugal, tape it to your charger so you don't inadvertently leave it behind.
Bring some safety pins, for hanging washing on a line or sometimes on your backpack the next day.
There is wisdom in the saying that goes something like :-
"The first week...
My Garmin watch has exercise categories including Walking and Hiking, and I have never been in doubt as to which one to use.
But when I try to define the difference in response to this post it is not so easy.
Best I can offer is that for me Hiking compared to Walking usually involves (or often...
Good bunch of replies above, the two things I would offer are :-
* Don't do too much research before hand, let your camino unfold
* Don't bring many expectations, experience it for yourself
Initially I thought this was going in the direction of "what a great way to avoid the weight of bringing my own guidebook", until the rest of the sentence ...
Yes, in 2016 I found out that Orange France and Orange Spain are totally different. The scratchie top-up cards in Spain don't work if you bought the plan in France (but the French ones do if you thought to buy them prior). I could have tried the on-line French top-up but back then the language...
Great term for it, and I loved just carrying the day stuff when I did it - plus it is really different walking into a new town where you already have a bed and your full pack in a room.
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