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Continuing from above:
For the rest of this section, Nick's suggestions are spot on, and his descriptions can't be matched. Specifically:
1. His means of avoiding the long detour when you first encounter the SS38 is perfect. Saved us, two...
Andy & Kate's Day 2: To Corleone: What a difference 3 days make! When Nick came through, (see post #9), the sun was beating down relentlessly, and there was no mention of difficult trail. But for us, rain and temps in the single digits turned...
Day 5: Castronovo to Cammarata / San Giovanni Gemini — 12.5km
I consider combining two stages into one and walking 31km today, but given the bleak forecast, I opt for a short stage instead, and am content with that choice — even more so when it...
Day 4: Prizzi to Castronovo di Sicilia — 24km
An early morning exit from Prizzi gives a perspective unseen during yesterday’s entrance from the other direction: a town clinging to the hillside, half in shadow, waiting for the sun to rise over...
Day 3: Corleone to Prizzi — 20km
There’s no easing into the camino this morning; it’s uphill from the very first step through the alleyways of Corleone all the way up to the Saracen Tower that surveys the town from a rocky outcrop. The tower is...
Day 2: Santa Cristina Gela to Corleone — 24km
Santa Cristina Gela is sleepy when I leave this morning, and it should be, because it’s 7am on a Sunday. But though the village hasn’t woken up yet, the spirit of the camino still manifests itself in...
Alone on Camino, Peter, but I hope not lonely. You have thousands of walking companions…there just walking somewhere else at the moment. I celebrate your coming upon this Camino place of blessing.
¡Ultreïa!
We can learn about ourselves in adversity, our limits, our strengths, our own generosity and the great goodness of others when they see our distress. It's an invaluable lesson.
Some things that, at first, appear to be defeats, can lead to deeper...
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