alexanderoabell
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino de Francis (Planned for August 2022)
Hey guys! I said goodbye to my earthly father (he died after I had planned the Camino and I scattered his Ashe’s in a pringles can on the cliff between foncebadon and Cruz de Ferro).
I discovered some universal truths and found God in Arzúa after having been blessed with multiple miracles (a lightning storm in Navarrete, a perfect sunrise in Santa Domingo, and a restoration of my vision every time I splashed the creek water from the way in my face, to name a few)
I rediscovered my passion for art thanks to the encouragement of a fellow pilgrim who inspired me to buy a notebook at a china bazaae and start sketching after 10+ years of losing my fire for art.
And I met 15+ friends I will keep up with for the rest of my life.
BUT
I was running as fast as I could (almost considered throwing my bag in some bushes in Santiago) to get to the office on time. People cheered me on, my new friend Markus waited for me at the Cathedral office. But I had lost my glasses on the Camino, couldn’t see, and ended up getting to the inside of the cathedral at 18:53 and was informed by a nun that I was in the wrong place.
She told me to visit back to the office of tourists the following day at 9 or 10 when they open but my flight to Frankfurt and then back home to the USA (Tennessee) is at 9:20.
I have all the stamps to prove my journey. Is there any way to get a Compostela? I really don’t care as much about the paper, but it would be a nice souvenir.
And worst case, I have used photoshop, illustrator and in-design for a couple decades so I could always just make my own?
I discovered some universal truths and found God in Arzúa after having been blessed with multiple miracles (a lightning storm in Navarrete, a perfect sunrise in Santa Domingo, and a restoration of my vision every time I splashed the creek water from the way in my face, to name a few)
I rediscovered my passion for art thanks to the encouragement of a fellow pilgrim who inspired me to buy a notebook at a china bazaae and start sketching after 10+ years of losing my fire for art.
And I met 15+ friends I will keep up with for the rest of my life.
BUT
I was running as fast as I could (almost considered throwing my bag in some bushes in Santiago) to get to the office on time. People cheered me on, my new friend Markus waited for me at the Cathedral office. But I had lost my glasses on the Camino, couldn’t see, and ended up getting to the inside of the cathedral at 18:53 and was informed by a nun that I was in the wrong place.
She told me to visit back to the office of tourists the following day at 9 or 10 when they open but my flight to Frankfurt and then back home to the USA (Tennessee) is at 9:20.
I have all the stamps to prove my journey. Is there any way to get a Compostela? I really don’t care as much about the paper, but it would be a nice souvenir.
And worst case, I have used photoshop, illustrator and in-design for a couple decades so I could always just make my own?
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