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    Camino rose

    Thank you for reminding me of these beauties! On my 2016 camino, I got lost in Logroño on a Sunday morning when not many people were around, but I was helped by a Peruvian woman named Rosa who walked me back to the Camino route. I bought her a café and we chatted a bit before I was on my way...
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    83 years young

    What a beautiful role you played for your friend! Thank you so much for sharing your story! Your experience inspires me to offer myself to an elder (ha! I am 66...) to do a slow walk on the Camino...especially if otherwise they would not be able to do it. I have walked 5 Caminos and despite...
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    The Way of St. James: A Pilgrimage Through Time and Change

    Thank you so much for sharing this gem! I love especially to learn of women authors I have never heard of, who contribute to my experience and appreciation of The Way. That I can access it easily and for free doesn't hurt either! I did not expect that my pilgrimage experiences would lead to...
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    LIVE from the Camino The Glorious Coastal Path

    Love your photos and blog! Brought back great memories of walking this with my sister in 2018. Ultreia!
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    Hoping to start the French Way 1 April 2022

    Yep, all kinds of weather during those months, so good to be prepared. I got caught in a snow storm in Fromista in April and walked that long stretch after Burgos in cold rain and sleet, but also experienced beautiful days filled with spring flowers and baby farm animals! Go for it and enjoy...
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    Will walk Camino for first time in 2023

    Hi Anne~ What a great adventure you have in front of you! As others have mentioned, the time to prepare is great to gather information and gear, but dangerous in terms of setting expectations. Overplanning = expecations, and they are a set up for disappointment. I turned 60 my first night on...
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    Primitivo vs Frances?

    As others have shared, you will find the Primitivo quieter, more physically challenging and more quickly changing scenery than the Frances. For all those reasons, I would highly recommend the Primitivo- my fav after 5 Camino pilgrimages. In 2019, my sister and I started in Ovideo and chose the...
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    Special albergues on the Meseta

    Agree! Communal meal, no WIFI, special little chapel, spectacular stone floor and outstanding hospitality...
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    Quiz No.3!

    My "educated guess" was based on my experience volunteering in the Pilgrim Office last Fall. Hope that doesn't take anything away from my win. Thanks for the fun quiz! Ultreia!
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    Quiz No.3!

    My guess: Portuguese Coastal Norte Inglés Primitivo
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    Camino de la Corona - Where am I?

    Thank you so much for posting these photos. I took that Way when I walked the CF in 2016 and was alone on the trail the whole time. I experienced an "out of body" dream as I walked it and instead of the pack on my back, was carrying a small child (my pack was way too heavy...). I was leading a...
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    Porto - Santiago - Finisterre

    Bom caminho! Walked a mix of coastal, inland and the Variante Espiritual in 2018. Love love love Porto! Great photo!! You are fortunate to be there to begin your Camino. Feels even farther away being in the US where we are not able to enter Spain or Portugal at this time. You are walking for all...
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    What's your earliest Camino connection?

    Yes, great question. Have to thank Shirley McLain for her book, El Camino. Found it in a used book store many years ago and was intrigued by the cover and then the idea that a woman of a "certain age" would walk across Spain. (I hadn't yet read Peace Pilgrim's book...) I found the story...
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    Picture Within a Picture

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    Is the Camino an addiction, an obsession or something else?

    Me neither...and it has really thrown me off! Thank you for your story and your honesty. The Camino came to me as a strong calling and I spent over 6 years feeling that calling and preparing for my first pilgrimage. Since 2016, I have been back five times, as a pilgrim, hospitalera and...
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