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    Walking the Camino Portugues as a Woman: Safety Concerns and Advice

    Too many incidences of men exposing themselves. Find a walking partner when you start. This behavior does seem to occur more often in Portugal.
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    Entrance to Portomarin

    No, turn left after the bridge and walk the road.
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    How much did you spend and what was the total cost of your Camino Frances, start to finish?

    After airfare, never more than 1500
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    Revised title: Didn't know about other ways to reserve beds, and found no rooms on booking.com

    Make an appointment at the R Hotel.
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    What is the best city to fly into to begin CF?

    We have done both Paris and Madrid. We prefer Madrid.
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    July weather Sarria to Santiago

    Start and end early and you will be ok.
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    Travel Burgos to Santiago.

    We took a train in 2018.
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    finding cheap flights

    Download Hopper.
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    Help suggest a route for a Camino Newbie - 18 Oct -20 Nov

    Leon to Santiago
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    local buses on stages between sarria and ponferrada

    Many don't know this, and I didn't either until my last night in Santiago when I needed a very early taxi the next morning to get to the airport, but you can now schedule a taxi through booking.com.
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    Safety around Esposende

    Download CopAlert on your phone.
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    Summary of my little trip + some tips

    We finished or 3rd Frances camino on Monday. Absolutely, train, train and train and use the shoes you will wear on the camino. Only one of our group of five got blisters. He purchased his shoes two weeks before we left. It was more crowded from Sarria but the group spreads out quickly. I am...
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    The enduring legacy of the movie ‘The Way’ (and a new book by Jen Hutchison)

    We have watched the movie more than we can count since 2015. We have walked all or part of the Frances, 3x for me and 5 times for my husband. He has also done the Norte, Santiago to Muxia, and we have together the Portuguese and Ingles routes. My husband spread some of his dad's ashes in 2017...
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    Accommodations between Sarria to Santiago

    These are places I used i 2016 - all were good. 25/06 - 26/06 HOTEL ALFONSO IX-H**** Local celebration in Hotel SARRIA Address: Rúa do Peregrino, 29 Telephone: 982 530 005 Website: www.alfonsoix.com Description: This four star hotel has all modern facilities, and is located in a new...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Seeking guidance whether I’m permitted to travel on September 12

    I highly recommend getting the booster ASAP, and get a letter from your doctor that you have recovered. I would even get a PCR test 72 hours before departing.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Spanish health form QR code issues

    72 hours before your arrival in Spain. We arrive Tuesday morning. My husband got ours today.
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    What time do most breakfast places open along Camino Frances

    We start out at about 6. By 8, we find they are open.
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    Do private rooms at albergues generally have private bathrooms as well?

    My experience is that they do.
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    Problems convincing youth to go on a Camino...any experience?

    Kids and their phones are a problem in many aspects of our lives. Ask any teacher what phones do to their day. Parents have relinquished much control of their children to cell phones. The only way to solve today's problems with cell phones is for parents to take charge. The same is true of...
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    Passport warning — expiration date

    90 days at a minimum is needed. And if you are on the Camino and only 90 days are left on your passport, you might not be able to get back. Before getting into this bind, and if you already have a trip planned, go to the embassy to seek help.

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