Camino de Santiago pendant that has a shell on the front, and "Camino de Santiago" engraved on the back. Comes with a black cord. Pendent is slightly larger than a 50 euro cent coin, about 25mm.
On the Big Island (Hawaii) we are vaccinating 75 and older, plus teachers, medical, first responders and essential services workers. As a retiree volunteer with the state disaster recovery teams, I’ve been working in multiple clinics each week...
A year ago today I cut my Camino short. Covid was exploding in Italy and cases were just being reported in Spain. Travel was just beginning to be restricted. I felt the need to return home. Spain would go on to be one of the countries most...
Thank you for providing this perspective, Rebekah. It is good to hear from someone who is actually living the experience. I feel too like I can visualize your community after reading your book, A Furnace Full of God. What a beautiful piece of...
I think some people living far away think Spain is in deep mourning, its economy crushed and large numbers of people are now missing or dead.
I live in a camino village in the middle of the Meseta. Perhaps because we are so isolated, only one of...
When a gregarious person has been married to an introvert for nigh on 40 years and said gregarious person retires with a bucket list of things to do in the future, things that the introvert has little interest in doing, well the gregarious one...
For me the Forum was a source of excitement and hope. I would read it early each morning and then talk about it with my beloved husband John on our walks. We would make tentative plans (for next October) and/or talk about past Caminos. A source...
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This jar reminds me of an occasion in the Rocky Mountains many years ago when I met a young couple who were running short of a variety of food, as was I. I cannot remember what they gave me, but I offered them a generous helping of...
Ah, andouilette, the first time I encountered this was at a restaurant in Lyon when the guy at the next table was eating it and the stink nearly made me throw up. The second time was also in Lyon at the international marketing meeting of a major...
Spam is still a staple for many families here in Hawaii. A relic of WW II and all the military bases here. I tried it once at the local cafe’s “plate lunch” and won’t be doing it again. Greasy, gristly mess.