Janet, my wife and I have hiked Camino Frances four times (2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) from St Jean to Santiago. We generally start in mid Sept and arrive in Santiago 35 days later. The last two caminos, we stayed exclusively in private albergues...
That's one of my favorites.
Here's another, a prose poem:
I OWN A HOUSE
I own a house, small but comfortable. In it is a bed, a desk, a kitchen, a closet, a telephone. And so forth—you know how it is: things collect.
Outside the summer...
The Journey
One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice --
though the whole house
began to tremble
and you felt the old tug
at your ankles.
"Mend my life!"
each voice cried...
As I prepare for my third trip to the Way, departing from Arles on 9 August 2024, I've enjoyed a few of Mary Oliver's poems. She was an American poet who loved walking in the outdoors, in nature. She experienced heartbreak and trauma early in...
While it was true that I had, in a sense, completed Ohio back when I wrote this, I wasn't entirely finished with Ohio yet. That's because the American Discovery Trail's northern route between Cincinnati and Denver follows a different trajectory...
Phil and I are in Alaska on a 3 month long camping adventure and we keep meeting Camino pilgrims or people who want to be Camino pilgrims. We have a shell sticker on our pickup topper window which attracts people in the know. Do you run into...
I have unexpectedly met many pilgrims, most recently in Norway when I was visiting Tautra Mariakloster and met a pilgrim on the St. Olav Trail. We started talking about long distance pilgrimages and she asked "have you done the Camino?" As always...
Arriving off the 14:22 from Bayonne I wandered up to the Bureau Pèlerin to get a "first stamp". That late in the afternoon the volunteer was a bit concerned when I said "No, I didn't need a bed". "Vous allez à Orisson?"" Non, Valcarlos."" Bonne...
Lessons and tips:
1. Don't converse in the bunk room. Take your conversations to the common area even when it isn't quiet hours.
2. In the morning gather all your things in the middle of your sleeping bag and carry it and your backpack to the...
This site is run by Ivar at in Santiago de Compostela.
This site participates in the Amazon Affiliate program, designed to provide a means for Ivar to earn fees by linking to Amazon