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Dear pilgrims,
Just feel I have to share my experience with you...
Yesterday was D day for me. I've been preparing for the Camino Notre for the past 5 months. Mentally and phisically. Read this forum, booked a flight to Bilbao, booked a bus to Irun, packed my bag and got on the transfer to the...
Hi all,
I have three weeks before I depart for Spain and start my Camino. After having planned this for about 8 months, I now feel unsure, doubtful, nervous, overwhelmed. I have read two guides, looked at countless blogs, websites, comments, movies, videos-I think I know everything and am I...
I tend to be a perfectionist. In 40 days or so, I hope not to be as much of one. I read in many posts here the underlying question that I too have...that being "Will I be doing the Camino right? From clothes, to places to stay, to getting there, to weather...will I have what I need?
To a...
Hi all!
My partner and I are starting our Camino a week from tomorrow (leaving from Porto) and after some practice walks, I'm a bit concerned about the mental fatigue of walking for so many hours a day. We did listen to some podcasts and such on some of the practice walks but I didn't know if...
My only son, my beloved Mike is gone with no warning. So I walk this El Camino to find life, purpose and a will to live if it is meant to be. This is what I have so far--This is a journey for me, not a race, as it is the journey of my life right now.
I plan to leave Austin, TX to...
Hi all! I started my Camino at SJPDP this morning, and the first half of the day was amazing. I was the only one who took the route to Valcarlos, and loved the morning fog, vistas, and solitude. I had some really incredible moments and felt so profoundly grateful to be having this experience...
I'd love to hear your stories.........
I'm a 'one shot' Pilgrim so far, having walked the CF from St Jean this year.
This first Camino was everything I had hoped for ...........and more.
Through all the great sharing and advice on this Forum, I think I was as prepared as I could have been...
I've enjoyed reading about the Camino for some time, and a topic that comes up now and then, variously, is what might a person get out of it.
In the movie "The Way," all 4 of the main characters had a different motivation: One was to lose weight, didn't; another was to quit smoking, didn't...
All of the threads here deal with fisical health issues and I was missing a discussion about psychic problems and the camino.
I already did a camino and from what I experienced there and read in this and other forums, it seems to me that these issues are almost a taboo.
The reason for a...
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