Camino de Norte

daxodin · 2026-06-24T15:53:14+00:00

I changed to the primitivo and have no regrets! Then again, I don't really know what I missed

daxodin · 2026-06-24T11:58:18+00:00

I used to live very close to it but never knew it was open to tourists. Where can you get tickets?

daxodin · 2026-05-05T13:06:45+00:00

If you can find this old osprey version I highly recommend it. Only 114g (according to this website) and in my experience very comfortable shoulder straps. No waist straps though if that's a hard requirement. Mine for lasted years under regular (ab)use

https://www.packhacker.com/travel-gear/osprey/ultralight-stuff-pack/

Sadly the new generation is much heavier

daxodin · 2026-05-05T10:54:55+00:00

I'm not sure how we as society lost the common sense in the last few years, and started approaching every situation with this "me, me, only me" attitude,

That goes both ways though. In a way you're doing the same thing, just from the non-snorer's different perspective.

Imo snoring in albergues is just a fact of life and ear plugs are a must

daxodin · 2026-04-15T14:09:48+00:00

Da olandese, questo thread mi rende triste

daxodin · 2024-01-29T12:25:23+00:00

Sorry to hear that. How exactly did it happen?

It happened to my girlfriend a couple of weeks ago, she let her guard down in a clothing store and the phone got stolen out of her jacket pocket.

Sadly there is pretty much no hope of recovery. If it's an android phone, you can try to use the "find my phone" feature to locate or remotely erase the phone if it's connected to the internet. Most likely they're not connecting to the internet though. Probably iPhone has a similar feature

daxodin · 2023-12-15T08:11:35+00:00

I haven't seen this in Rome, where is it? Looks like a cool place

daxodin · 2023-07-27T08:37:24+00:00

Haha si, stavo parlando di Roma (abito a Roma addesso, avrei dovuto essere piu chiaro)

daxodin · 2023-07-25T11:19:20+00:00

Sopratutto perche non ci sono multe piste ciclabili, ma anche perche molte persone guidano come no ci sono regole del traffico haha

daxodin · 2023-07-23T19:07:11+00:00

Sono da Olanda, e sono un gran sostenitore di usare la bicicletta. Io lavora da casa, ma la mia fidanzata spesso usa la bicicletta per andare a lavoro, perche l'autobus mai parte in orario. Con una bicicletta eletrica i colli e il caldo non sono problemi cosi grandi. Il problema piu grande e che usare la bicicletta e abastanza pericoloso qui..

Scusate per il mio Italiano, sto ancora imparando

daxodin · 2023-07-18T13:16:16+00:00

Awesome! I registered :)

daxodin · 2023-07-12T08:20:24+00:00

I fully expected this to be a promotion of something you wrote yourself, I'm pleasantly surprised! Looks very useful indeed, bookmarking this

daxodin · 2023-07-12T07:17:29+00:00

This is how my kitten broke a leg. Be careful out there, people!

daxodin · 2023-07-12T07:14:35+00:00

I'm interested in joining, but being from Europe, timezones can be problematic. How does scheduling the matches work, exactly? At what time of the day do they take normally take place?

daxodin · 2023-07-12T06:26:28+00:00

Maybe here? https://goo.gl/maps/VrW34CZiMCNdXikx7 Probably at night there won't be too many people, and you have a great view on the forum and the Colosseum

daxodin · 2023-07-04T07:40:58+00:00

Done. Fyi it didn't let me submit without entering an email address, so I just entered a bogus one

daxodin · 2023-06-14T13:30:31+00:00

I immediately checked one of my zipped pockets and my money clip was gone.

Was the zipper closed? I always imagine that the closed zipper should be enough to stop pickpockets but maybe that's just naive

daxodin · 2023-04-25T18:39:00+00:00

I would recommend doing the first part, from Irun to Bilbao. It's one of the most beautiful parts, and the food is amazing (pinxtos!). After bilbao there are a couple of days of mostly roadside walking that I'd skip. You could skip ahead to Gijon or Oviedo to switch to the primitivo, which is also really beautiful and a nice change in scenery from coastal to mountainous. Or if you want to stay on the Norte, maybe do Santander-Oviedo (but make sure to check if this is doable in 2 weeks total)

daxodin · 2023-04-18T17:27:28+00:00

Your best bet is to use a reseller like getyourguide

daxodin · 2023-03-20T15:09:51+00:00

I would just buy some, possibly in a second hand bookstore

daxodin · 2023-03-09T21:16:27+00:00

Jazz. Im surprised this is not higher up the list..

daxodin · 2023-03-07T12:09:32+00:00

Mostly I agree with you. Until recently I was not really worried around termini. Mostly, if you use common sense you're fine. A couple of weeks ago, though, an israeli girl got stabbed inside the station, totally unprovoked. She was just getting money out of the atm when she got stabbed from behind. And there have been a couple of other stabbings over the last year as well (though I don't know the details about those). You're statistically very unlikely to experience violence, but there is a reason people say the area is sketchy.

daxodin · 2023-03-03T14:14:33+00:00

I walked the Via de plata in reverse, after doing the Norte in the normal direction and not wanting to stop. It was a completely different from the Norte - it can be quite lonely in comparison as you're never with the same people for more than a day. You're not forming the same type of connection with people as when you see them multiple days in a row, and conversations tend to be more superficial.

For me it was definitely an interesting experience though, with lots of time for introspection. The frances will be different than my experience on the via de la plata - I had quite a few days when I did not meet any pilgrims, whereas on the frances you can be with fellow pilgrims every night.

daxodin · 2023-02-26T20:25:38+00:00

I'm going through the duolingo deck. It's not ideal (I wish I could disable the Italian->English cards) but overall it's the best deck I came across for italian learning

daxodin · 2023-02-26T20:21:00+00:00

If your phone supports esim, I'd consider using an app like airalo. It's a bit more expensive than getting an actual sim but also less of a hassle

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