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I love my poncho! I have one from Decathlon that has full sleeves with elastic cuffs and a 1/4 zip, no flapping open sides. Easy to pull on and off over my pack and it's about $30 Canadian!
On the other hand, I think one element of the transformative Camino experience is learning how good it feels to be generous to strangers.
But. Not. Every. Single. One. or Every. Single. Day.
I hear you. To be fair though, people often say the Camino provides when they have been helped out of a jam rather than something you can rely on for the future, but it irks me that this help can be taken for granted when it is the kindness and...
It's a real pity they do not leave more beds in the renovated albergue for walk-ins. My opinion, of course, and I know not everyone will agree. But it forces everyone to play the book ahead game even if you don't want to. This is how the Camino...
I waited in line for a bed in 2019. It was a long line and until you got really close to the check-in area there was no where to sit and so it was an uncomfortable wait after an energetic walk.
One issue was that people arriving much later...
From what I read on the TSA website, your multi-tool, although small, would be prohibited.
“In general, you are prohibited from traveling with sharp objects in your carry-on bags. Multi-tools (multipurpose tools) with knives of any length are...
This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
Headphones isolate you from your surroundings, so yes I wear them in the albergues as I try to get to sleep, but when I am walking I want to be aware of and to appreciate my surroundings.
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