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I don't think I've been on here in over four years but just happened to see this forum! I was curious about how you all were faring with COVID-19.
Sunday was my 89th birthday and I joined this forum just before I walked with my daughter in 2013 at the age of 82. I wasn't a walker when I started...
The real magic of the Camino is the number of reprises you have after you return. It's been 16 months now since walking into Santiago in the rain. I don't think there's a day that goes by when some portion of a particular day comes to mind and it plays back in my mind like a trailer for a movie...
I had the same thing happen in Rabanal. My landlady ran up the street after me with my gloves in her hand. The following morning it was about 5 degrees C!
What a great thread. I suspect there is depth even beyond the "magic". I came upon a group of women who were having one of those "Teddy Bear" picnics. Afterwards they invited me to join them in a memorial service for those who had died recently. You come so close to those you've never met in a...
I hope he didn't wait until Finisterre. There shouldn't have been "conditions" set on such a venture. You walk together from the beginning. I would have done it at Orisson or perhaps a little further up the "hill"!
I'd ditto all those except the TV. I felt liberated on the Camino without it. Possibly add a small freezer when there wasn't fresh produce aruond. As for the location, it works if you want solitude or need to "escape" the world but you can always escape to Leon or Burgos. Don't know what your...
I think that courtesy is the key word here. For the most part the younger peregrinos arrive earlier than those of us who are somewhat older! I'm not sure they intend to grab the bottom one. It's just more convenient. Sometimes I climbed up top without saying anything but there were those times...
This "old person" skipped the descent down from the Alto del Perdon after "sliding down" into Zubiri. Sticks would have helped in both cases, to be sure, but I certainly felt challenged.
I don't really want to vote in the negative but I'd go as far as to say it's impossible! Add to that the fact that you're in Spain and that slows it down even more.
There is truly only your answer. And even more certain, you won't discover it until you're walking and the Camino reveals it to you, whether you're doing it together or alone.
"In any event the Camino will be in it's own way yet another experience to shape us, hopefully in a way that helps us understand ourselves and others better."
One year (almost!) out I'm beginning to believe that it's what the Camino gives to each of us which is far more important than what we...
WOW!! I can see doing a Camino for all sorts of reasons, including getting away from the noise and clamor of life but to have only a sporadic memory, and then particularly of the cities???? That's difficult. While I did walk for a specific purpose and it was for religious reasons (that's a very...
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