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It's been a year since I walked from St. Jean to Santiago. Here is a video I put together if you would like to check it out. I still think of my experience almost daily. This forum was such an incredible blessing helping me to get ready and great tips on how to prepare. I flew to Spain alone...
That is exactly what happened to me ~ it nagged and nagged until I went! :)
I didn't leave anything at Roncevalles...couldn't quit part with anything at that point but after I was done with the Pyrenees I came upon a town and there was a bench next to a vending area and I left a bag full of...
So grateful you created this forum ~ I received so much help from the members through their experience and suggestions and because of that I was able to experience the camino and reach Santiago!
And thank you for providing pilgrims with a luggage storage as I was so happy to pick up my box and...
No, for me this Camino was very fulfilling and I don't think I would do it again, although I can understand why people would. I actually met a couple who ran Albergue and she had done the Camino 10 times and he had done it eight times! Although they did not do the Camino together - probably...
I arrived in Santiago a couple of days ago and have finished my walk. I am so happy and grateful to God that I was able to physically finish. It was much harder than I anticipated but was fortunate that I didn't sustain injury or encounter circumstances that prevent me from reaching Santiago. I...
Hola fellow pilgrims and forum members! Well I have started my third week on the Camino and I'm very happy that I listen to the suggestions of hanging in there after the first week when it was so hard emotionally and mentally. I have met various people that I am hanging with and I am feeling...
Actually the physical has been hard but that doesn't bother me. It has been more the mental/emotional part of it that has been hard for me. Being in a strange place and trying to figure out my way around and ask for help when I need it. I don't mind walking alone at all in fact I prefer that...
Well things are getting better and the anxiety is settling down I am in Najera now (past Logrona - got lost there but a camino angel came to the rescue and gave me directions on how to get through the city and to the other side and back on the Camino track! Very nice Spanish man who spoke...
I have downsized my pack three times since I've been here! So I think I'm good now, at least I hope so and if not I will certainly send my pack ahead. One thing that sticks out in my mind that I remember reading on the forum was a guy was telling women not to bring their make up, and that really...
I am one week into my Camino - staying in Estella at the monestary. Wow what A challenge this has been thus far. Not only physically but just working through all the anxiety and fears of trying to figure out where I am, what I'm doing, and how to get what I need. This has proved to be a bit...
I could say "ditto" to everything you posted Mary (except I will be going by myself) but I, too, thought the closer it got the less anxiety and certainly not any fear would be hanging around. Not so. I have nearly drove myself crazy this past week and a half. There is just this certain part of...
That is SO wonderful and you can't know how happy I am for you and to hear of this (as I leave on Sunday). I, too, will "stick with it!"
What a great post!
I remember saying "I'm bored" to my mom when I was young - she replied "Bored?? there is ALWAYS plenty to do!" and when I inquired as to "what??".... it always involved housework. Ugghhh....I did not make a habit of repeating THAT statement to her.
For me boredom is a signal that my focus has...
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