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  1. PhilB

    Public bathrooms in SdC

    We all have our reasons for having to depart - mine is called breaching Schengen rules. Thank you.
  2. Vacajoe

    How to get to SJPP from Biarritz?

    Yes, as it is an international flight and the UK is not part of the Schengen Zone (or EU), you will pass through both immigration and customs upon arrival. Fortunately, they are fairly efficient and usually it’s only one plane at a time landing, so it’s not that arduous of a process
  3. E

    Walking the Norte over the past few weeks

    For me the Norte La the best
  4. E

    Walking the Norte over the past few weeks

    Thanks for the wonderful report. Thanks for your informative report. Much appreciated 🙏
  5. Simperegrina

    Walking the Norte over the past few weeks

    ...but it wasn’t so much that it bothered me enough to cause me to divert to the Primitivo after Villaviciosa. I’ll save that for when my Schengen days balance allows me to walk the San Salvador-Primitivo combo. The País Vaso days are full of hills, and lots of muddy and rocky trails up and...
  6. Willdtrout

    How much Camiño is too much?

    ...though so from Santiago I flew to Irun and began the Norte. I, of course, loved the Norte but had to stop about half way because I hit my Schengen limits. 75 days of only walking except the bus Muxia-Porto and then flying to Irun. I didn’t want to quit Norte and cried when I realized I...
  7. Kathor1

    Are passport copies accepted at albergues?

    ...for info: As a foreigner in Spain you are obliged to carry your valid national ID card or passport with you even when you are (usually) not controlled at the border between France and Spain or when you fly to Spain from your Schengen home country where you will not be subject to border control.
  8. M

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    This is true in some airports but not in all. It depends on the layout of the airport. I have taken internal flights in Greece and then had to go through security again for my connecting flight.
  9. peregrina2000

    Hiking poles on the plane in Santiago!

    ...on poles, another thing to keep in mind is that if you fly from Santiago to an airport in another EU country (or is it if you fly to another Schengen zone country? — hopefully @Kathar1na knows the answer :p ), you will not go through security again. Example — I flew Santiago - Madrid -...
  10. Cicada

    An Aussie on the VF

    G day John keep us informed on how your going Buen Camino
  11. J

    An Aussie on the VF

    ...I am now in Licques at the end of Day 4 on the VF. I will be taking roughly five months to complete the trip. That means, because of Schengen visa rules limiting stays in Europe to 90 days, I will do the trip over two years. A combination of getting on in years and a crook left knee...
  12. S

    Clearing Customs in MAD

    I'm all carry-on, so no bags checked.
  13. S

    Clearing Customs in MAD

    That is correct. All passengers arriving from outside Schengen will clear transit security prior to a flight within Schengen. I have always found that screening to be less crowded and hectic, and less thorough than the process when first arriving at an airport. (I think they level let me keep...
  14. Kathor1

    Clearing Customs in MAD

    ...on an international flight from the USA in Terminal T4S, has to go through a security check again for a domestic flight (in Spain) or Schengen flight departing from Terminal T4? Even when luggage had been checked through from the US airport to the final airport in Spain? If yes, then it...
  15. henrythedog

    Clearing Customs in MAD

    ...others who obviously don't need to clear customs on arrival. Only next step after customs is through the one-way doors to landside. On first arrival into Schengen you’ll have to clear immigration also. (Edit: see below. Depends on where your bag is checked through to: I wrongly assumed Madrid)
  16. Kathor1

    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    ...we hear from the OP. If she took her small Victorinox SD with her on her flight from Sweden and had it confiscated at Paris CDG in France, I vow to forever hold my tongue. 😶 And I am still curious to know whether she even went through security at Paris CDG, seen that she travels within...
  17. Kathor1

    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    ...world of seemingly random confiscations and changing rules! I am not following the applicable rules about liquids and gels (within EU+ and Schengen but not for the UK and not for the USA) as carefully as the rules about walking poles and pocket knives but I do know that there has been change...
  18. Peterexpatkiwi

    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    ...be classed as a pocket knife. Which means that you shouldn't have any issues exiting Sweden, and as you are only connecting through France ( Schengen Zone) it won't be checked again anyway. I carry the mini tweezers from a Swiss army knife ( easily obtainable as a spare part), a small pair...
  19. Kathor1

    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    ...the place. I checked to refresh my memory: From about 2004 until about 2010, the law about basic common standards on aviation security in Schengen/EU referred to "knives with blades of any length". Since then it has been replaced by "knives with blades of no more than 6 cm". Before boarding...
  20. F

    Can I pack my small multi tool in carry on luggage (backpack)?

    And that is why i took an angle grinder, reduced the length of the blade and removed the locking ring. My Opinal Number 7 now completely legal in UK, Spain and Schengen and when I fly it stays absolutely in the bag in the hold. Plus of course I have a legal reason to carry. Don

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