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Air travel
I’m a good traveler in many ways—organized, speedy through TSA, compliant with gate changes and random obstacles. But in the most important way—the ability to sleep on a red-eye flight—I am not. Travelers who have mastered this skill successfully, please send me your tips. Having gone nowhere at all for quite some time, I tried…
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Traveling
I’m writing this from the Frankfurt Airport. One 10-hour flight down, one 2+ hour flight to go. I think I said this is my previous post, but post-Covid travel is very strange. More documents to carry and more hoops to jump through. Travel always brings a certain amount of uncertainty. Will we make our flight?…
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Packing light (?)
There are about a million packing lists for the Camino online, and that may be understating it. They’re all pretty much the same, with variants for the route and the season. A couple changes of clothes, a backup pair of shoes, as few toiletries as you can get away with. Reader, does it surprise you…
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24 Hours Away
It’s hard to believe that in less than 24 hours, Paula and I will be on a plane and off to Europe. Not without some trials on the homestretch. Many more documents than normal needed to be uploaded. I spent time on the phone with the Spanish Health Minister (it was probably some customer service…
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Day-before jitters
Suddenly it hit me today that we haven’t traveled in a long time. And more rather than less, we’re definitely out of the groove. Evidence: Struggling with airline websites to submit our correct documents. More evidence: almost forgetting to pack an extra hair tie, which could potentially derail the whole trip (for me, anyway). Still,…
DeBoards in Spain 