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Having completed my 'pilgrimage' from Saint Jean to Santiago on October 7, 2015, I have sensed a difference between 'trekkers' and 'pilgrims'. For the former, it may be an exercise in physicality. For the pilgrim, it may be a metaphor for life.
I live in a hilly area and thought was in shape...
TOTAL response + choices, thanks whariwhargangi!
I have rearranged my plans in an effort to arrive in SJPdP earlier on 1 Sept. Instead of the bus from MAD, i have booked the train to Pamplona. I thought that option would get me there earlier. However, the will miss the earlier bus from...
I will get into MAD at 8:20am 1 Sept. I have booked busses on that day to SJPdP. As i am so "bleeping excited", i am hoping to get ton SJPdP earlier than the 7:30PM expected by bus. Now, I am considering either flying from MAD to BIQ, or train from MAD to pamplona, then bus to SJPdP. Is this...
Thanks EvelynT! I am beginning my first Camino on 2 September and have prepared/trained for 3 months. Even so, at 68 I have made a reservation to pause at Orisson. Your post confirmed my decision to book this. I have been reconsidering this, not so cheap, perhaps not so pilgrim place.
"...hidden in plain view" has struck me with the notion that we are able to hide from ourselves, others, or God, yet this, my first Camino (next month), will be a welcomed going deeper, with intensity of soul-centeredness. I expect that I will encounter the spirit of others along The Way.
Greetings! I arrive in Madrid September 1, 2015 for my first Camino. So wonder full!!
I've got a flight from from Madrid back to Long Island New York on October 7.
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