various subjects

[Sarah Leiser]

 I found another fun website; it has lots of fotos of the Camino, as well
as opportunity to email:www.santiago-compostela.net. I gave info about
another really good one, saying you could find the translation, but I tried
out my info in my non-computer geek way, and it was not easy. In the end I
copied the writing at the bottom of the page I had printed out. It goes
like this:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://caminodesantiago.cons
umer.es  That gets you the English translation of the website that is;
consumer-revista.com/caminodesantiago. It's very complete and informative.
I've enjoyed the info about foot care...have never heard of vaseline. I do
have something to add about blisters. Recently I was with a friend who was
doing hard work and many hours of shoveling.He got smaller blisters on his
hands, which he promptly broke and peeled off the skin, saying that's what
he has always done. When he got an enormous one on the palm of his hand, I
intervened, not letting him do as he had done before. I sterilized a
needle, and right at the border of skin and blister, punctured it, letting
the water out, but leaving the skin on to be its own band-aid. The skin
re-attatched! I should say that he had finished his job which gave it the
opportunity to heal, but I guess if you can't stop working on the blister,
you could puncture it and cover it with new-skin to keep its own skin on.
I'm going in April to avoid the crowds and heat. I realize that Easter
comes in mid-month, and I'm wondering if there is a special place in Spain
or France to celebrate Easter....any ideas? Chartres?  Sarah