Incognito Celebrities on the Camino

[Camino Chrissy]

This is a “light hearted thread” a break from the “heavy” we are all experiencing now.

Jill, I am glad you are ok with the puns some of us have slipped in your thread. I, for one, love humor if it is not seen by the majority as inappropriate, although that can be subjective. Your thread has been a refreshing change of pace and you probably didn't even realize all the twists and turns it was going to take when you started it. I've had a lot of fun reading about the "real" celebrities pilgrims have met...and all the other nonsense thrown in, as well. With covid, I need a laugh and have had quite a few thanks to you!

 

[Albertagirl]

I note that @OTH86 has responded to my last post. I enjoyed a walk with her on the Frances some years ago, until I disappeared down a rabbit hole (the steep pedestrian trail down to the bridge to Portomarin) and we have not co-incided on a trail since. She showed me how rewarding a walk with another forum member could be (Yes, I shouted up to you when I reached the exit to the bridge, but by then I think I was much too far away for you to hear me).

 

[ginniek]

Last year--August 2019--on a very quiet section of the Puente La Reina to Estella segment, a very familiar good-looking man was going in the opposite direction (to Puente la Reina) at an extremely fast clip when he crossed paths with me. He had that very fresh smell (it's a very narrow path there--I wasn't being weird) that people who've been hiking for more than a day or two often do not have. I assume he had either just started or was getting crisp, fresh clothes (as his were) every day from some source. It was either an American movie star (not Keanu--he's Canadian) or someone who looks just like him. Since he obviously did not want to be bothered, I did not scream out, "Aren't you__________?"

 

[Camino Chrissy]

Since he obviously did not want to be bothered, I did not scream out, "Aren't you__________?"

When I do not want to be bothered I give the same look as him...works a charm every time.

 

[susanawee]

Never. But I've met a number of people who were just like the rest of us who turned out to be 'big wigs' with serious jobs at home. It's one of the most refreshing things about the camino that you often learn this kind of thing at the end of the walk, rather than at the beginning. As pilgrims we can lead with our hearts and humanity, rather than our status and roles.


Me too.

As have I and, as the owner and Administrator of two FB groups, plus Admin on others, I have met some very influential people and, when the blisters and exhaustion, grumpiness, and happiness all come in equal measures, one realises just who are the 'Real Pilgrims' and who are those just along to tick something his/her bucket lists, or, something to talk and brag about at their next cocktail hour. I LOVE the way that the Camino, whichever route one follows, brings everyone down to the one level. Susanawee.

 

[trecile]

As have I and, as the owner and Administrator of two FB groups, plus Admin on others, I have met some very influential people and, when the blisters and exhaustion, grumpiness, and happiness all come in equal measures, one realises just who are the 'Real Pilgrims' and who are those just along to tick something his/her bucket lists, or, something to talk and brag about at their next cocktail hour. I LOVE the way that the Camino, whichever route one follows, brings everyone down to the one level. Susanawee.

One of the most humble, but scraggly looking pilgrims, who only stayed in municipal albergues that I have walked with is someone who has started several large companies. I met him after he sold his first big company, and needed some contemplative time to decide what he wanted to do next. Very down to earth, and I only learned his background after spending some time with him. Defnitely not a DYKWIM type.
(DYKWIM = Do You Know Who I Am)

 

[ahemobile]

I walked with Irish singer Glen Hansard for a week in 2015.

 

[Richmond Gardner]

I met Courtney Hartman, a fabulous guitarist/musician and recording artist a couple of times on the Frances in 2017. Also, a nice person! Saw her in concert a year later in Massachusetts with Robert Ellis.
Maybe not quite as well known as Alan Rickman