<DIV>I liked having my light foam pad, both as "insurance" for ending up on the floor and for: shall I call it hygiene? Sometimes the mattresses looked so grungy. I liked to put my foam pad on the mattress just because that's how I am. And the mattresses were a bit damp one place. </DIV>
<DIV>Deanna<BR><BR><B><I>claudia castellani <claudietta67aHOTMAIL.COM></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I saw absolutely no second-hand bookshops whatsoever on the Camino.<BR><BR>I walked the Camino in September and I brought a warm sleeping bag because a<BR>girl who had walked the Camino the year before told me there is great<BR>difference between day and night as regards to temperatures. I found it was<BR>true, but my sleeping bag was definitely too warm. Apart for one night when<BR>we slept in a room with no doors, that is open to fresh air (it was cold for<BR>me!), the rest of the Camino I had some problems with my too warm sleeping<BR>bag (and I normally need to sleep warm!).<BR><BR>I also never needed a mattress because I always found place either in a<BR>hostel or in a gym with mattresses on the ground. But as you are leaving in<BR>this year where there will be many many pilgrims around, you might have<BR>problems in finding a mattress or a rug to sleep. So I don't know,!
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might<BR>be wrong, but it might be a good idea having a light mattress with you.<BR><BR>Claudia<BR><BR><BR><BR>>From: Philippe SEURRE <PSEURREaAOL.COM><BR>>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU><BR>>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU<BR>>Subject: reading on the Camino<BR>>Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 05:17:33 EST<BR>><BR>><BR>>Could anyone tell me whether I will be able to find exchange second hand<BR>>bookshops on the Camino ( books in English or French ) , like those that<BR>>exist<BR>>in Asia, for those travelers who dump their old books and exchange them for<BR>>those left earlier by other travelers?<BR>><BR>>Also, in June/ July, would an silk sleeping bag liner - instead of a<BR>>proper sleeping bag - be sufficient ?<BR>><BR>>Lastly, would anyone recommend I take a light foam mattress too?<BR>><BR>>many
thanks<BR>><BR>>Philippe<BR>><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________________<BR>Nuovo MSN Messenger con sfondi e giochi! http://messenger.msn.it/ Provalo<BR>subito!</BLOCKQUOTE>