First Camino Starts May 1, 2015

[Suzanne S.]

Hi all!

I have posted on existing threads before but I wanted to put my Camino on the calendar so I am starting a new thread to do that!

I leave home on April 28, go through Iceland to Paris arriving on April 29, and grab a jet to Biarritz. I spend the night in Biarritz and, on April 30 I will bus to SJPP. I will spend the night in SJPP and hit the road early on May 1. I just sent off for my credential!

I am so excited!

Suzanne

 

[DurhamParish]

Wow. Sounds just about like my trip last year. Through Iceland to Paris, right around the same dates too. 'Cept I stayed in Bayonne.

I sincerely hope you enjoy your Camino at least as much as I did.

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Hi all!

I have posted on existing threads before but I wanted to put my Camino on the calendar so I am starting a new thread to do that!

I leave home on April 28, go through Iceland to Paris arriving on April 29, and grab a jet to Biarritz. I spend the night in Biarritz and, on April 30 I will bus to SJPP. I will spend the night in SJPP and hit the road early on May 1. I just sent off for my credential!

I am so excited!

Suzanne

Hy Suzanne, i hope that you have a great time on the camino. I wish you a Buen Camino, Peter.

 

[Al the optimist]

First trip? What an exiting time for you. May all go well.

 

[Suzanne S.]

Wow. Sounds just about like my trip last year. Through Iceland to Paris, right around the same dates too. 'Cept I stayed in Bayonne.

I sincerely hope you enjoy your Camino at least as much as I did.

Thank you! I feel so open to this adventure. It feels like the trip of a lifetime!

 

[Suzanne S.]

Hy Suzanne, i hope that you have a great time on the camino. I wish you a Buen Camino, Peter.

Thank you, Peter!

 

[Suzanne S.]

First trip? What an exiting time for you. May all go well.

Thank you, Al the Optimist! (I love that name!)

 

[Al the optimist]

Thank you, Al the Optimist! (I love that name!)

Well if it gives someone a smile job done!

 

[SRM]

Hi all!

I have posted on existing threads before but I wanted to put my Camino on the calendar so I am starting a new thread to do that!

I leave home on April 28, go through Iceland to Paris arriving on April 29, and grab a jet to Biarritz. I spend the night in Biarritz and, on April 30 I will bus to SJPP. I will spend the night in SJPP and hit the road early on May 1. I just sent off for my credential!

I am so excited!

Suzanne

Hello Suzzane, We will be starting about the same time, maybe we will run into each other on the road. Buen Camino Stephen

 

[Ahhhs]

I will be in SJPDP on April 29 and starting my Camino on the 30th.
Perhaps we will all cross paths!

Cheers!

 

[david g]

Me too. Arrive in Paris the morning of the 29th, train to Bayonne for the night, SJPD on the 30th, then start up the "hill" on May 1.

 

[SRM]

Me too. Arrive in Paris the morning of the 29th, train to Bayonne for the night, SJPD on the 30th, then start up the "hill" on May 1.

Hey David, I may be starting a day earlier than you but maybe our paths will cross. I have a brother that runs the Rasmussen Farms in Hood River, Or. That is a beautiful area of the country. Buen Camino Stephen

 

[Ahhhs]

My son goes to school in Portland. I love that city.
Small world.

Cheers,
Laurel

 

[Suzanne S.]

This is so great! I feel like I am already among friends! I hope to see you all on the Camino! Suzanne

 

[david g]

I'll be easy to spot. I'll be the guy wearing the hiking boots and backpack.

 

[Ahhhs]

Oh! You're THAT guy.

 

[SRM]

I'll be easy to spot. I'll be the guy wearing the hiking boots and backpack.

I thought I would be the only one that looked like a tourist !

 

[Suzanne S.]

I thought I would be the only one that looked like a tourist !

I may look like a tourist too... Hum...

 

[SRM]

I may look like a tourist too... Hum...

Suzanne, I have really enjoyed the idea of going, the planning and the purchasing everything I think I will need ( love retail therapy ). I feel that I am being lead to do this journey and my greatest wish is that at some point my eyes and heart are open enough to realize what I am supposed to see and experience. I hope at that time I will stop feeling like another tourist and feel like a true pilgrim on this great adventure. Maybe the idea is to not just be participating but become involved. I hope you have a great journey, Buen Camino. Stephen

 

[Suzanne S.]

Suzanne, I have really enjoyed the idea of going, the planning and the purchasing everything I think I will need ( love retail therapy ). I feel that I am being lead to do this journey and my greatest wish is that at some point my eyes and heart are open enough to realize what I am supposed to see and experience. I hope at that time I will stop feeling like another tourist and feel like a true pilgrim on this great adventure. Maybe the idea is to not just be participating but become involved. I hope you have a great journey, Buen Camino. Stephen

I have loved the process too and am looking at it as an adventure...both outwardly and inwardly. I wish you an open heart and open eyes...

 

[Manu]

Suzanne, enjoy your Camino. I recommend for your gear needs the excellent JoJo post: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...orked-what-did-not-for-a-summer-camino.31137/
As a mountain trekker (not done the Camino yet, starting end of April) I've read this article with interest since it deals for what is really important in a long trek: go light.
Cheers and all the best for you.
Manolo

 

[Suzanne S.]

Suzanne, enjoy your Camino. I recommend for your gear needs the excellent JoJo post: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...orked-what-did-not-for-a-summer-camino.31137/
As a mountain trekker (not done the Camino yet, starting end of April) I've read this article with interest since it deals for what is really important in a long trek: go light.
Cheers and all the best for you.
Manolo

Thanks, Manu! I read the link and am pleased to say that I'm at about 80% of what was recommended. Who knows what the weather will be but hopefully I will be prepared. Sounds like you will be walking at the same time. Perhaps our paths will cross.