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Hi Tom, I appreciate the time you have taken to share some of your personal, behind the scenes life, and I value your input; observations and opinions. Your love for the Camino and Spain certainly shines through.
I am certain the soles of your...
I first saw this thread earlier this week, on Tuesday. I believe that is when it first appeared. I have read it through, repeatedly, in the days since. When I first read it, I was keeping vigil at my wife's bedside in a Washington, DC hospital...
Hey Luka, on the Frances now, the one route I always swore I wouldn’t do. I lost every bit of Magic on this one. Just couldn’t sync in, wasn’t enjoying it. All the newbies were so excited and proud they had booked every accommodation. Caught in...
Maybe it's time to not walk. Maybe it's time to step into a different role -- the one who enables others to make the walk. Have you served as a hospitalera?
You can also join others in activism, keeping the Camino (and other cultural...
Wow, thank you for your honesty and your beautiful post!
I think you dropped a penny here. Maybe it is about purpose. My first Caminos were life changing events (result: I live in Spain now). I was looking for answers to big questions (and...
If we're lucky, life will give us many opportunities to experience wonder, beauty, cameraderie, gratitude, and self-reflection. Sometimes they can come in the quiet of a sunny window in a hotel in Salamanca, a bird chirping in your backyard, the...
Yes. On the Podiensis last fall, I felt many times, the "I don't know how many of these I have left in me." It was by far the physically toughest of the 3 prior caminos I have done. Now I will head out to do the Primitivo this summer since my...
I've mentioned on other threads that the heart and meaning of the Camino did not come to me until I'd been walking 40+ days on my first Camino and had to end prematurely due my husband's illness. I'd been walking and some days really hating it...
So many good comments here. @Anniesantiago encapsulated much of what I experienced last year during my 3rd camino. Somewhere along the way (pun intended) the camino has morphed into something else...what, I'm not sure. Maybe covid changed us all...
The Camino was a call that did not cease. It was a gentle plea that caused a hunger in one's soul that sought fulfillment. When the call was no longer heard, the pilgrimage ended.
I am a tourist at heart. I have not met a culture that I did not...
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