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  1. Eve Alexandra

    Pagan origins of the Camino

    I hesitate to mention it because I do not think this book is well written at all. That said, I find that when researching prechristian elements like this, I sometimes have to weed through dubious sources in order to find threads to research in more conventional ways. So with that caveat, I found...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    Hello friends, I've been thinking about my camino a lot the past week (as all pilgrims do, when we begin to miss the trail). I spoke a lot about my struggles post covid in this journal narrative. I also participated here in a few posts before I started my camino, reading about others'...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    I was pretty nauseous on the taxi ride to sjpp too but I talked with someone in St Jean who told me she had to ask the driver to pull over twice so she could vomit!
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    When I flew into Madrid in 2017, I had plans to meet up with a pilgrim (we met on a forum first) at the airport. I was on 18 hours of no sleep, had never traveled to Europe, and also had not traveled without my husband in 20 years. I was exhausted and a nervous wreck. I had no idea how to get to...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    This is mostly just for newbies to international travel, those who don’t live where public transportation is common, and particularly for returning to the US. Renfe app is worth downloading if you need to buy a train ticket from Santiago to wherever you’re flying out of (Madrid for me). My...
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Current Covid impacts on the Camino?? Input from current walkers appreciated!

    I left before a lot of changes were made so I can’t speak to how it is now. I’ll report back if you like, when I’m back in the states, on how it was flying home.
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    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Current Covid impacts on the Camino?? Input from current walkers appreciated!

    I’ll just state what I’m seeing. In the smaller towns you will see some smaller business owners not masking, especially if it’s not a busy hour. But that’s not universal. It’s still more common to see the owner/employees masked than not. I can only remember one albergue owner who never donned a...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    It’s very hard to photograph the whole thing because it wraps around a bit. It’s got Camino elements and others too…sort of symbolic of a journey of my life.
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    Anecdotal post Camino moments: Carrion de Los Condes doesn’t have regular bus service. I asked my albergue owner how to get *somewhere with busses and trains” since it’s would be over 100 euro to take a taxi to Leon, and she offered to take me. The next day she and her husband asked me a lot of...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    To Villalcazar de Sirga… Eggs for breakfast available in Poblacion. Yessss!!!! I’m not sure it’s even worth checking the weather apps here. All day yesterday, it was supposed to rain and it didn’t. Then it was not supposed to rain today, and it suddenly said “rain!” right before I was headed...
  11. Eve Alexandra

    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    Yeah that’s my experience too. I’ve seen ppl with all sorts of allergies mention them up front and then they’re brought a plate separate from the others. It’s all good. That’s why this one caught me off guard.
  12. Eve Alexandra

    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    Yeah it’s not the choice. I was vegetarian for several years at one point and totally get why people need accommodations. It was just seeing the look on her face after bringing out this amazing paella, and watching them shrug. I’m probably over sensitive to it. I’ve had that experience before...
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    I think that must have been it.
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    LIVE from the Camino I’m on my way

    I’m way too introverted for that lol. I just tried to double up my compliments and gratefulness to the owners. I’m trying to be honest in my journaling here, with both the negative as well as the positive, just because it’s reality and expecting all pilgrims to be generous and kind...
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    LIVE from the Camino swollen painful feet

    I’m still dealing with swollen feet. I think to some degree it’s an understandable reaction to the pounding our feet get day after day on trail. I try to remember every day to do the legs up the wall thing. The more swollen the more it hurts to do it, but it really does make a difference, once...
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