I heard many people on my last camino comment that Hoka does not hold up to the trail. I wear ankle high waterproof hiking boots because it seems that I always have 2 or more rainy days hiking through Galacia. I also carry a pair of lightweight...
I’ve always used one of those bolsa, the plastic carrier bags that are standard issue in every street market and supermarket.
It’s one other way of blending in with the locals. You’re less of a mark if you’ve got your bits in a bolsa. The...
Honestly, I just pay it and move on.
I am older and make good money, and I know so many are on limited budgets. We almost always pay for meals and drinks for our fellow pilgrims that are in their twenties, sometimes 30s, because I know they...
At the eating and drinking table there will always be the person who gets the bill, or asks for the bill, or suggests how the bill should be divided, or in some way gets tangled up with the bill. That was me until I resigned. So, now I ask for my...
And THATS when I would absolutely state "Yes but you also had beer and\or wine".
IMHO in situation like this one calls the server back, apologizes profusely and asks for separate checks. let the "fellow pilgrim" then argue with the server.
I...
But then like you said earlier - the meal is €10 and includes everything!
Lets do it very simple - there is no *group* of people - the Pilgrim walked into a bar and ordered menu-del-dia or whatever. The cost is €10 includes bebida (a...
El Acebo is one of my most beautiful and wonderful locations on the Camino. I also remember the treacherous rock hill in the rain that day. My wife was walking with a broken foot ( Liz Frank fracture ) and her steps had to be on flat ground. I...
I met a pilgrim a while back with bandages on his face ... he told hethat he slipped badly and got hurt and the two walkers front and rear rushed to help him. Turned out one was a Korean nurse and the other an Italian doctor. Try going to A n E...
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