buying bottled water ragweed in August fresh fruits

[Randy Olson]

                Karen,

                        I suffer from an allergy to some grass or weed that
grows profusely in Spain (I'm not sure whether or not it is ragweed).  This
allergy affects me so severely from about the last week of May through about
the first week of July in Navarra and Castilla-Leon that over-the-counter
medications don't give me much respite, and I sometimes am nearly
incapacitated.  Needless to say, I was somewhat concerned about this before
beginning the Camino this year, which I walked during the height of  this
allergy season  So,  I went to a doctor beforehand in the States, who gave
me a prescription for Claritin and some nose spray (Flonaze, or something
close to that is the name of the product).  These worked wonderfully.  I
took them daily while on the Camino, and the allergies did not bother me at
all.

                Best, Randy

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> From:         Karen Snell[SMTP:KarenbsnelaAOL.COM]
> Reply To:     Road to Santiago Pilgrimage
> Sent:         Sunday, July 08, 2001 10:11 PM
> To:   GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
> Subject:      buying bottled water  ragweed in August  fresh fruits
>
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with us.  My family
> arrives in St. J.P.d.P on August 10th. We are wondering about buying
> drinking
> water.  Can you buy bottled water easily along the route?  Should we have
> a
> liter bottle with a purification/filtration system?  Other than bottled
> water, is there water that is safe to drink?
>
> Stephen has a ragweed allergy.  How have other pilgrims with allergies
> done
> along the route in August?
>
> Is it safe to eat the fresh fruits available in August?
>
> Many thanks, Karen
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