Hi!
My name is Jonna and I'm from Finland. Ten years ago I met a man who had walked the French Route, and something about his story left a mark in me.
Last autumn I got a task to choose one travel book, read it and tell about it to other people. I don't know what made me choose the one which told about one pilgrim's journey to Santiago de Compostela... and that was it. I didn't need anything else, and the camino started to live in my mind.
Now I have finally decided to do it.
I will leave sometimes between 1.-15.th of April 2007. I haven't decided yet should I start from St Jean Pied-de-Port, Roncesvalles or Burgos. I have about 4 weeks + trips, but I would like to walk only about 20-25 kilometers / day. I have heard a lot of horror stories about feet problems (like tendidis or what is it called...), and sometimes when I walk for longer, I can "feel my knee"... it doesn't hurt, but I'm sure that if will hurt if I continue walking with it in situations like that...
Well anyway, I'm 34 years old woman, lucky to have a husband who is staying at home with the kids and giving me a freedom to go. I'm leaving alone, hoping to find people to walk with anyhow, even for few hours.
I've got a lot of information by reading your postings, so I will continue doing that. Meanwhile, lots of nice thoughts from Finland!
Jonna
My name is Jonna and I'm from Finland. Ten years ago I met a man who had walked the French Route, and something about his story left a mark in me.
Last autumn I got a task to choose one travel book, read it and tell about it to other people. I don't know what made me choose the one which told about one pilgrim's journey to Santiago de Compostela... and that was it. I didn't need anything else, and the camino started to live in my mind.
Now I have finally decided to do it.
I will leave sometimes between 1.-15.th of April 2007. I haven't decided yet should I start from St Jean Pied-de-Port, Roncesvalles or Burgos. I have about 4 weeks + trips, but I would like to walk only about 20-25 kilometers / day. I have heard a lot of horror stories about feet problems (like tendidis or what is it called...), and sometimes when I walk for longer, I can "feel my knee"... it doesn't hurt, but I'm sure that if will hurt if I continue walking with it in situations like that...
Well anyway, I'm 34 years old woman, lucky to have a husband who is staying at home with the kids and giving me a freedom to go. I'm leaving alone, hoping to find people to walk with anyhow, even for few hours.
I've got a lot of information by reading your postings, so I will continue doing that. Meanwhile, lots of nice thoughts from Finland!
Jonna