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It might help to compare your current feelings with your usual response to anticipated trips. Is this sense of trip dread normal for you or is it unique to this particular plan? For me, no trip ever seems like a good idea in the days immediately before the trip. However, I am always happy to...
I want easy access to my water so I kept that in mind when I was shopping for a new pair of pants. I found a pair of ex officio zip off pants that have deep front pockets. I usually only wear them as shorts and a refillable store water bottle fits nicely into each front pocket. I don't have to...
I know exactly what you mean! My brain says "other language". I open my mouth and out comes either Polish or a new language which I call Spolish. In fact I seem to know more Polish when I am in Spain than here in Poland.
My Dream Camino: to walk in Spring and see field after field full of wild flowers, without rain, without mud. To have the stamina level that allows my walking thoughts to be less focused on the physical challenges. To have no problems with my feet. To walk with my daughter and have this be a...
I am also thinking out loud here. I have both walked alone and walked for almost two weeks with someone I met on the Camino. I agree, it is totally different. Each has its own pros and cons so I am not certain which I would choose. Luckily the person I walked with had already walked the Camino...
Margaret Meredith, I too truly hope to meet you one day. You are an inspiration, a solid rock of gracious wisdom and a role model for proactive aging.
Buen Camino!
Nancy
If you do decide to have a go at the "ask to sleep in the garden" idea, I would suggest that you do not borrow and do not bring a sleeping pad. You will need one if you sleep out but I have heard many times that this is the item most often relegated to the the donation box. I know that I only...
I would like to cast my vote for starting in Logrono. Even though the park walk on your way out of town will feel like a bit of a strange beginning, there are wonderful albergues in the first few days and you can even stop to see the chickens in the church.
I hope this is a long term idea. I'm sure there are many of us on the forum who don't know when our next Camino will be, who would still like to carry a shell in memory of Denise whenever we begin again.
And for people who will carry a second shell now, if you can not continue for some reason...
Thank you for this sobering post.
It is humbling in the light of our "weigh the options" questions. I went to the link and saw that photo #2 is from a 70 year old.
Perhaps it should say "Some friends ...." .
I loved reading this post.
I have tried to imagine the Camino transplanted into my own country and know that the experience would never be the same.
Your current plan of starting in SJPP puts you starting your Camino with the most physically challenging section of the entire CF. Why risk ending your Camino on the very first day? The Camino really begins at your own front door. If you are not doing that, you can start from anywhere.
My...
Nicolette,
I am usually limited to walking in the scorching heat of summer but one year I walked for a few days in late October. In October, I took light weight rain pants (purchased in the hunting section at Decathlon). Based on advice from this forum, they were a brilliant, multipurpose piece...
My all time favorite is Fumbling by Kerry Egan. She writes about her own emotional journey and includes background information such as the legend of why chickens are in the church etc. I liked this book before I walked and enjoyed it just as much after I walked. It is the only Camino book I...
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