9ADiamonds
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Hi, my name is Nina (pronounced with long "i") from San Francisco, CA, USA
This is my first Camino and first walking journey. And a long introduction.
First, much appreciation and gratitude to this forum and other sites for the wealth and sharing of information. Your insights have helped me tremendously as my body and I plan for this within three months.
http://amawalker.blogspot.com
http://www.santiago-compostela.net/
About a month ago, out-of-the-blue I remembered this short story I read long time ago written by a woman who did a walking journey. I was intrigued because I pay attention to things that come to me out-of-the-blue. A few days later I found the short story and saw in the heading that the walk was in Spain - the Camino de Santiago. I did not read the short story then. I thought 'how synchronistic' as I would be traveling with a friend from 1 to 21 September to Italy and then France. After that I would be traveling solo to visit friends in Germany and England, yet we had not connected to sort out the particles (as I call the details). Perhaps a walking journey would be in order (and I am thinking a week). Little did I know (literally)!
For the past three weeks since I began reading about the Camino France, I keep saying NO - probably because this is NOT a day-walk AND I will be "backpacking" AND I don't want to spend money on gear AND what other reasons can I come up with
. Camino and Source are saying YES! AND if not now, then when?
They keep calling me to journey. So if all goes ease, easy, flow, then I will leave Paris on 20 or 21 September and begin my journey to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port & walk the Camino France. Actually the journey has already begun
Thank you Source for telling me on 28 May to get out my hiking boots and start wearing them the next day, every day. Feet were fine until yesterday, when they were not happy in the hiking boots. I pay attention to my feet and shoes since I urban walk a lot to do errands (no car). So I'm ISO of different shoes. And the Keen Targhee II Mid might be the ones. Mailordered several sizes from REI. The Salomon XA Pro 3D Ultra Mid 2 GTX Hiking Shoes are also a possibility. I use their trailrunners every day for my urban walking.
And I'm weighing my backpack & stuff with a goal of 12 pounds or less. My urban walking has taught be over the years that one pound can feel very heavy very quick after one hour of walking.
All Good!
Nina
This is my first Camino and first walking journey. And a long introduction.
First, much appreciation and gratitude to this forum and other sites for the wealth and sharing of information. Your insights have helped me tremendously as my body and I plan for this within three months.
http://amawalker.blogspot.com
http://www.santiago-compostela.net/
About a month ago, out-of-the-blue I remembered this short story I read long time ago written by a woman who did a walking journey. I was intrigued because I pay attention to things that come to me out-of-the-blue. A few days later I found the short story and saw in the heading that the walk was in Spain - the Camino de Santiago. I did not read the short story then. I thought 'how synchronistic' as I would be traveling with a friend from 1 to 21 September to Italy and then France. After that I would be traveling solo to visit friends in Germany and England, yet we had not connected to sort out the particles (as I call the details). Perhaps a walking journey would be in order (and I am thinking a week). Little did I know (literally)!
For the past three weeks since I began reading about the Camino France, I keep saying NO - probably because this is NOT a day-walk AND I will be "backpacking" AND I don't want to spend money on gear AND what other reasons can I come up with
. Camino and Source are saying YES! AND if not now, then when?They keep calling me to journey. So if all goes ease, easy, flow, then I will leave Paris on 20 or 21 September and begin my journey to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port & walk the Camino France. Actually the journey has already begun
Thank you Source for telling me on 28 May to get out my hiking boots and start wearing them the next day, every day. Feet were fine until yesterday, when they were not happy in the hiking boots. I pay attention to my feet and shoes since I urban walk a lot to do errands (no car). So I'm ISO of different shoes. And the Keen Targhee II Mid might be the ones. Mailordered several sizes from REI. The Salomon XA Pro 3D Ultra Mid 2 GTX Hiking Shoes are also a possibility. I use their trailrunners every day for my urban walking.
And I'm weighing my backpack & stuff with a goal of 12 pounds or less. My urban walking has taught be over the years that one pound can feel very heavy very quick after one hour of walking.
All Good!
Nina
