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I think when you trek the "Camino's", a common bond and understanding comes from the sharing of the same joys and hardships. Whether you are a Catholic, Evangelical, Muslim, Buddhist, Atheist or whatever, sharing in those experiences brings sort of unity, what you believe personally, what your...
#1. Quiet
#2. Ear plugs
#3. Shower
#4. Deodorant
#6. Closing all the windows makes it hot and smelly
#7.Use the red light on your head lamp at night time in an alburgue
#8. Repeat ALL of the above often until memorized and is second nature ;-)
Buen Camino .... Peace Out :D
Walking the camino is a great opportunity to let your hair grow out...having black hair on arrival. I went home with white hair. I had let my hair grow out about 2 inches before leaving home and I kept getting it cut at every opportunity. No one knew me, so the question of are you letting your...
I just tell them I'm in my late 90's to which they reply ... You look great for your age and much much younger. I also raise Unicorns for the Elves and Fairies :cool::cool::cool:;)
We walked with James (became a family friend), SJJP to Santiago, from Australia, he walked the Frances twice .... in bare feet, no sandals, flip flops, shoes ,sneakers or boots. He had no backpack either just a satchel he picked up in Morocco and a staff. He had dreads that almost hung to his...
We walked two Frances their full length in 11 months apart with full backpacks. The first Camino Frances we walked in the fall and received our Compostela. The second Frances which was done August through September we went to the office to get our Compostela and it looked like the entrance to...
Thank You Alex !!! 67 here and you are right ... far wiser this time and will be walking it with a new set of eyes (metaphorically speaking). I saw what I saw the last time and after being home realized how much more I did not see ... literally.
Buen Camino !!!
Last year trekking the Frances, we had a watch and a Michelin map pamphlet, I emphasis pamphlet. It had very little information and a profile view of elevations, no map. No other electronics, this year (August 2017 Frances)we are taking a smartphone and our trusty watch and a very good map:) My...
We finished the Camino Frances in November 2016 ( SJJP to Santiago) , came home and had a very bad case of the "Camino Blues". The longing for the trail and the people. So in three days we leave for the UK ( a pre-vacation and warmup) Over to SJJP on Aug.10,2017 and then begin the Frances again...
Amazon and its already in the proper diluted solution amount. It seemed to work for us contrary to what some may say.
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