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    KiwiJohn reacted to MickMac's post in the thread Paris to SJPDP with Like Like.
    Trains from Paris to Bayonne From Gare Montparnasse to Gare de Bayonne · Tue, 23 Jul Climate friendly 07:11 – 11:03 3h 52m · 0 changes 08:01 – 12:18 4h 17m · 0 changes 10:11 – 14:14 4h 3m 15:11 – 19:18 4h 7m · 1 change 16:11 – 20:10 3h 59m...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to Kitsambler's post in the thread Alternate route advice with Like Like.
    Definitely the way to go
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    KiwiJohn reacted to Wanieta's post in the thread Alternate route advice with Buen Camino! Buen Camino!.
    Thanks for all the tips on finding the river route to Castanares. I'll be staying there for the night so it's important that I find the turn. I'll start looking about 1km out of Orbaneja Riopico. Wish me luck!
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    KiwiJohn reacted to rainswift's post in the thread the poetry of Mary Oliver with Love - Red heart Love - Red heart.
    The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice -- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to BrianLCrabtree's post in the thread the poetry of Mary Oliver with Love - Red heart Love - Red heart.
    As I prepare for my third trip to the Way, departing from Arles on 9 August 2024, I've enjoyed a few of Mary Oliver's poems. She was an American poet who loved walking in the outdoors, in nature. She experienced heartbreak and trauma early in...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to trecile's post in the thread Privacy in the shower with Haha Haha.
    The albergue in Requejada has ONE shower stall with four shower heads. This is a picture from Gronze. This ONE stall for men and women is behind the toilets and the sink. You can see the small opening to the left of the sink. When I stayed...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to Amused212's post in the thread Privacy in the shower with Like Like.
    In 2019 I stayed in a small albergue in Atapuerca (don't remember the name) where men and women shared the same shower room. There were stalls with curtains but the entire area was quite small. I managed to shower and dress behind the curtain...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to wisepilgrim's post in the thread Privacy in the shower with Like Like.
    I would say that Spain generally leans towards to the more private side of the spectrum as compared to our neighbors to the north. There are a few situations in the albergues mentioned above where showering is more open, but I cannot think of a...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to thejoker's post in the thread Privacy in the shower with Like Like.
    Ahh, I don't mean to offend in any way at all. I also think potential solutions are exactly what the OP would like in this case. A modest covering in the case of a pestemal is exactly the way forward in terms of hiding what's 'down there'...
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    KiwiJohn reacted to thejoker's post in the thread Privacy in the shower with Like Like.
    It was the last time I was there. Doesn't bother me in the slightest either. The op could always carry a pestemal and use that, but the best thing is to understand that the vast majority of normal people don't care at all.

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