oaklandgirl
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I started in Leon and am currently licking my wounds in Triacastela.
Things I’ve learned on the El Camino so far;
the Spanish people the Spanish culture and the Spanish country are extraordinary.
There are no less than 383 ways to get lost on the El Camino but at the end of the day you will most likely be found, because as miracles do happen that yellow and blue marker will somehow magically reappear just when you think all,including you, is lost.
the Camino is not a two hour movie so don’t be like me going in without more than a starting point an endpoint and a crappy pair of shoes that has resulted in numerous blisters taking more casualties every day. Get the book, buy a map, talk to people who have done it. The only good thing about being as unprepared as I was is that I have been able to meet a lot of really nice people who are eager to share their knowledge with me and let me take pictures of pages in their books.
It’s okay to shuttle your bag as a matter of fact if you have any aches, pains blisters what have you I encourage it because after all many of us on the Camino are PINOs (pilgrims in name only).
What you came in for is not necessarily what you’re gonna come out with.
When nine out of 10 bloggers tell you to skip the outskirts of Leon and take a bus to Plaza de Santo Domingo, you might want to listen to them because they know. Save those miles and instead take the less traveled route of the alternative to Orbigo and avoid walking next to a highway and having to be subject to freeway noise for a very long time.
Lastly for now, I have an allergy to whatever that white stuff is floating around.
Enjoy every sandwich. Buen Camino
Things I’ve learned on the El Camino so far;
the Spanish people the Spanish culture and the Spanish country are extraordinary.
There are no less than 383 ways to get lost on the El Camino but at the end of the day you will most likely be found, because as miracles do happen that yellow and blue marker will somehow magically reappear just when you think all,including you, is lost.
the Camino is not a two hour movie so don’t be like me going in without more than a starting point an endpoint and a crappy pair of shoes that has resulted in numerous blisters taking more casualties every day. Get the book, buy a map, talk to people who have done it. The only good thing about being as unprepared as I was is that I have been able to meet a lot of really nice people who are eager to share their knowledge with me and let me take pictures of pages in their books.
It’s okay to shuttle your bag as a matter of fact if you have any aches, pains blisters what have you I encourage it because after all many of us on the Camino are PINOs (pilgrims in name only).
What you came in for is not necessarily what you’re gonna come out with.
When nine out of 10 bloggers tell you to skip the outskirts of Leon and take a bus to Plaza de Santo Domingo, you might want to listen to them because they know. Save those miles and instead take the less traveled route of the alternative to Orbigo and avoid walking next to a highway and having to be subject to freeway noise for a very long time.
Lastly for now, I have an allergy to whatever that white stuff is floating around.
Enjoy every sandwich. Buen Camino