Uncategorized / April 11, 2024

Phones!

For years we have gotten Spanish SIMs from Vodafone. They are kind of the t-mobile of Spain, that is, they usually have the best deals but not always the best coverage. They also have the slow and generally incompetent employees. They did not disappoint today. Wynette got her SIM but it turns out that they

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Uncategorized / April 11, 2024

Odd Signs

In the elevator. I’m all in favor of no smoking in the elevator but silence? I do admit that Wynette and I do talk in the elevator. Here is a notice from our hotel room. Is forbidden stronger than not allowed? No walking without shoes?

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Uncategorized / April 11, 2024

Checking backpacks

After getting off the bus we wanted to check our backpacks. Perplexity (google it) led us to a hotel which led us to the tourist office which led us to a phone store which, among other things, checked luggage. So we climbed the little mountain without packs.

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Uncategorized / April 11, 2024

Basque

The first part of the Norte is Basque country. You may have noticed the oddly spelled names that don’t seem remotely Spanish. Basque is a language isolate and is the last remaining pre-Indo-European language in Europe. Here is a notice from our room so you can compare it to some other languages. It is the

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Uncategorized / April 11, 2024

4/11: WynChar Diary

Mountains climbed: 1 out of 2Stair steps missed not climbing the mountain: 312Stair steps up to Monte Urgull: < 312?(although we walked down also)Phone SIMs purchased: 1Phone eSIMs purchased: 0Backpacks checked: 2 Remember how the first Norte stage was the hardest? After climbing Jaizibel from Irun to Passajes, the camino climbs Mount Ulia on the

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