For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here. (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
My 15-year-old grandson and I begin on June 11.. I’m looking forward to my fourth Camino but seen through his young eyes. By the way, I hiked to Hadrian‘s wall last year and finished in your most excellent city. Buen Camino!
Written on 5th day SJPdP to SdC, April 30, 2013:
Day 5. A Good Marriage.
My Wife and I share a good marriage. She is a good person, I will not self proclaim my own character. A good marriage is not dependant upon whether or not the partners are good people, but rather upon the people being good...
The Oxford English Dictionary. It has all of the words, just out of order. ;)
Seriously, I took a bunch of audiobooks on an mp3 player with me to "fill the time". I didn't listen to a single minute as the time was filled by my thoughts.
NJoiseygirl, there is much wisdom in what Kiwi and Falcon say. Unmet "expectations" were a struggle and a learning experience for me:
A Parable of Expectations and Disappointment, on The Camino.
Somewhere on the Camino, the year 1013, a weary and travel worn Perigrino surrenders the burro which...
I started in SJPdP with 10 kilos and I thought I had my pack down to the "essentials". When I reached Burgos I unloaded and mailed another 3+ kilos back to Barcelona. The Camino teaches the meaning of Essential. :)
My wife and I walked SJPdP to Santiago this last April/May. We considered our trekking poles as our third most important items, after shoes and packs. Our experience was that the majority of pilgrims used them.
My wife and I walked the Camino Frances this last April/May. Our original intent had been to walk it together. As things turned out, illness forced her off the Camino for about 10 days. I found that I valued both the experience of sharing the Camino with her and the solo days. We will walk the...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon