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I have a really soft spot in my heart for the Camino. When I studied abroad in Spain, I took a trip to Galicia and decided to do a few days of the Camino Ingl\u00e9s, or the English Way, on a whim. That short trip sparked my Camino fever, which eventually grew into a love of hiking and backpacking. For this, I am forever grateful. After that trip, I couldn\u2019t stop doing Caminos! Throughout the four years I lived in Spain (and the summer of our Euro-bus trip), I did the Camino Ingl\u00e9s, the Camino Primitivo twice, the Camino del Norte twice (the second time with Jordan and opting to connect to and finish on the Camino Primitivo), the Camino San Salvador, the Camino Vadiniense, the route past Santiago to Muxia and Finisterre, and a few day trips on the Camino de Madrid (straight from our front door!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By the way, if you are interested in any of these routes and want more information or advice, just message us. We love to talk about the Camino! All but one of these Caminos we did as vegans so we have plenty of advice on how to plan and carry out a vegan camino. Let us say, it is so possible and getting easier and easier as Spain becomes more vegan friendly! Don\u2019t let people tell you it will be difficult or try to dissuade you from your vegan camino. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is written based on an assumption you speak no Spanish so if you do speak a little, things will be even easier! Especially if you don’t, but really regardless, you should have a phone data plan<\/strong>. For example, the Orange \u201cgo walk\u201d plan includes a prepaid SIM (which you purchase separately) and costs 10 euros per month for 10 GB data and 20 min of calls. Having phone minutes vs data only will also be useful to call albergues. Then you can definitely download and use Happy Cow, and also Google translate – add Spanish as an offline language to maximize data, and you can even use the camera feature to translate food labels live in a store. Other cell phone companies in Spain that do pre-paid, or \u201cprepago\u201d<\/em> plans are Vodafone, Yoigo, and Movistar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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