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I’ve often been tempted to give you all a geology lecture about the descent to Zubiri, but have held back for obvious reasons. I have however waxed lyrical about it in my almost-ready-to-go book about the geology of the camino. Zubiri gets a...
With great patience, and on foot. For you, it would have come at the end of a long day, and that would definitely add to the stress. For me, I had plenty of time.
Look, I'm a bicigrino, and the first time on the descent to Zubiri I took the road being aware of the track's reputation. Last year I walked down the trail with my loaded bike because I wanted to look at the geology. The track is fine for the...
Hmmn...I don't really see it. I'm sweaty and wearing the same clothes day after day. I am sleeping in a dorm with a lot of other people. I'm not worried about being attractive and I don't usually find others physically attractive either in this...
Not meeting on Camino but one year I met a young Texican couple. Good upbringing, good schools, perfect teeth, etc (oh, and they were really good, intelligent, positive, and nice people too). They had been childhood sweethearts .. did school...
In 2013 near the end of my first Frances I met a spanish lady and we dated for 9 months. Now just friends. She lives near Madrid so I see occasionally when I walk.
When I was 27/28 I asked God to send me a man: named Ken (to my Barbara/Barbie), 6’2”, 190lbs, single, well-educated, never-married, no children.
When I was 40 on my second camino I met him in Roncesvalles at the pilgrim’s dinner. He lived on...
Unfortunately not, but I am a stubborn old man (70 tomorrow) and will walk until I do not walk any more. I will not die from this; I will with it. Thank you.
I think this is Storm Nelson? I also read that there's cancellations of Semana Santa processions in Santiago and other activities in the Galicia region so it isn't just isolated in the south.
Camino Frances
west of Ventosa
photo taken October 25, 2011
Walking west from Ventosa late October the sunlight was mellow and the autumnal sky pale blue.
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