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  1. nycwalking

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    I twice stayed there: 2002 and 2014. February 2014, I walked all the way from Pamplona to Roncal albergue in Cizur Menor. I had just fallen and twisted my ankle on that awful rubble in pic below. The owner opened her albergue early and let me rest all day long.
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    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Maybe that’s why we pilgrims love the Camino so much. Bits and pieces of it remind us of home.
  3. nycwalking

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Spain’s topography and flora remind me so much of California.
  4. nycwalking

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Just walking around the neighborhood.
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    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    My Thursday wee dander around N. Jetty in Marina Del Rey. About 10 minutes from my home. Instead of walking along the boardwalk I ambled in the alley and happened upon these mini parks banked my homes on either side.
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    What do you wish you had worried less about?

    Will I finish? Everyday on the way an ever present preoccupation of mine.
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    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    I was cleaning out old papers for garbage. I happened upon this bag from my second Camino in 2002 when I visited chocolate museum in Astorga.
  8. nycwalking

    Camino Dating

    When I was 27/28 I asked God to send me a man: named Ken (to my Barbara/Barbie), 6’2”, 190lbs, single, well-educated, never-married, no children. When I was 40 on my second camino I met him in Roncesvalles at the pilgrim’s dinner. He lived on east side of Central Park in NYC, I resided on the...
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    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    North Jetty Marina Del Rey, (Los Angeles), California. The wind was strong so planes landed at LAX over ocean as opposed to taking off over it. Many folks just park, sit in car, and enjoy the quiet. If you look closely snow-capped mountains are in the distance.
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    The Way: how do you feel about THE movie?

    I’m a 5. I love the movie. Love it! I saw it 14 years after my first camino. Whenever I feel particularly nostalgic about camino I watch both I’ll Push You and The Way.
  11. nycwalking

    Where do ( did ) you walk locally in 2024?

    Nice. We’ve been enjoying spectacular weather alongside wonderful sunsets. Buen camino.
  12. nycwalking

    When did a Refugio become an Albergue?

    In 2001 on my first walk most lodgings were called refugios. At least that was the word I heard. However, in 2002, albergue was the word used for the same places. Back to original question: Why the change?
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    Who has been on the Camino for more than 12 months? How was it?

    Alvaro Lazaga Busto is currently walking his 55TH camino. His videos are on YT. He seems to walk almost continuously along the way. He takes off a month here, a few weeks there, then back on camino along different routes. In 2014, I meet a Frenchman who lived on camino. He walked back and...
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    Nicknaming the People You Walk With

    On my first camino at lunch and dinner I was often the only American and the only pilgrim not drinking beer or wine. This was in 2001 fewer Americans out and about then. Anyway, at nosh times, I drank Coca-Cola all the time. After a bit a few folk started calling me Miss Coca-Cola.
  15. nycwalking

    Do you collect a Compostela?

    Everytime. Eventually, I will display them somewhere in my home.
  16. nycwalking

    Diversity on the Camino

    Tincatinker, Often your comments are humor filled. But, every now and again your serious arrow hits the heart of the matter. In 2002 at church in San Juan de Ortega after mass, the parish priest gave we pilgrims a tour of grounds. His words were translated Spanish to English by an American...
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    Diversity on the Camino

    Thank you for posting. The first two paragraphs sum up the issue quite well. Glad there’s a growth in blacks and browns heading up outdoor activities for themselves and others. A few years ago, Rick of Rick and Peg, told me about Black Girls Trekkin. I’d forgotten about it. Current...
  18. nycwalking

    Hospitaleros & The Pilgrim

    Oooh! Thank you so much for posting pictures. I love the new configurations. Gosh! Do I wish I were there.
  19. nycwalking

    Hospitaleros & The Pilgrim

    Enjoy your time volunteering. I was last there winter 2014 in the large dorm. Please post pics of the new layout.
  20. nycwalking

    Hospitaleros & The Pilgrim

    In 2002, I was a hospitalera at San Nicolas del Flüe albergue in Ponferrada. I volunteered with a Spanish guy. At night we two hospies would escort pilgrims to the graveyard next to albergue. We all stood under the tree while my fellow hospie would chant the quemada as he stirred the cauldron...

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