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  1. Rosemary Lyons

    List your pilgrim blog URL Here - we want to read your story

    I have been traveling for over three months now so have postponed completing my blog detailing my walk until I return home . Winewater.com is my blog from Easter 2013 to May 8th. A story begun but as of yet,unfinished. I'll look forward to the rest of my story and yours.
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    private rooms in albergues

    Reading the threads from this interesting discussion revealed a tendency to judge,"self righteous, and pilgrim snobs" while condemning others for perceived judgments! Goodness! There is a huge difference from those sleeping in Albergues,walking with a pack and walking every day to hostels and...
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    private rooms in albergues

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    Walking with your spouse...dare to share...

    I decided that I would walk the Camino and two weeks later my husband decided to walk as well. We have traveled together extensively in Latin and Central America but this trip came from a very deep place in me and for my husband it stared out as another opportunity to speak Spanish. The very...
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    Why are we walking the camino?

    Shortly after talking with someone from my community about his Camino, I knew I would walk. There was no question in my mind, no conflict and seven months later I flew into Madrid and two days later I was walking. The questions( why the hell am I doing this?) and conflicts(!why the hell am I...
  6. Rosemary Lyons

    A pilgrim has died on the Camino near Roncesvalles - March 2013

    Intending to walk the mountain pass out of St. Jean in March ,we were met with enough discouragement from locals plus the recent death of a pilgrim to change our minds . We started our walk from Roncesvalles instead and looked at our disappointments and accepted and knew we missed nothing at...
  7. Rosemary Lyons

    liquiors in Santiago/Galicia

    The definitive drink of the Camino for me was the wine poured from the hand and grown from the handful of vines from the yard of the Spaniard who invited us into his home . I shall never taste it's equal.
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    Between a rock...

    I am beginning to think that it does not matter when we go! I arrived on the Camino in the snow and walked through mud puddles and road slides and cold and then hot! It worked perfectly. Ok, not overly crowded but plenty to deal with on the road.
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    Article on Australian pilgrim

    It is true is it not,that we do not know what is going on with others who are walking beside us. When our critical and judging minds appear we need to remember that fact. We have a long way to go and the more friends we have on the path the richer the experience.
  10. Rosemary Lyons

    Cycling bells a must!

    Yes indeed. Everyone needs to slow down!
  11. Rosemary Lyons

    SJPP to Santiago

    OMG. I just knew I must be walking more miles than I thought!!
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    Loss of Body Weight

    There are easier ways to lose weight than walking 500 miles carrying a pack! In my non Camino life I am very careful about my diet,no bread or sugars while maintaining a daily exercise routine. On the Camino, I ate and drank everything I was offered and more and lost 15 pounds. I did not...
  13. Rosemary Lyons

    Cycling bells a must!

    Walking 38 days on the Camino, we had two near misses with our bicycle friends. One was minor and just a little scare but another was very close to a hit and scared us and soon after we were dealing with some anger about this. We finally met a solo bicyclist from Barcelona who had a meal with...
  14. Rosemary Lyons

    The saddest part of the camino

    Recent pilgrims assured me , before my journey, that the best part of the Camino would be the people I met. A bit of a scoff from me as I felt I had already wonderful people in my life and was not as interested in this aspect. From Roncesvalles to Burgos , I became part of seven walking...
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    My Camino was a life changing trip and still goes on!

    So happy for you!
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