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  1. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    At one point (Hospital de Orbigo) I remember telling a Camino Friend "I'm still feel like I'm not 'done' yet." I wasn't sure what I was expecting to change in me--I just knew it hadn't happened. I think this is part of it. All my worries/stress about things at home were put on hold temporarily...
  2. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    hah, this is the truth! I'm glad none of my stress is related to my job. I work the front desk at a retirement community, the only thing that was rough when I got back was remembering my passwords and going through six weeks' worth of email.
  3. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    Nah, not really. Not just because of money and visa issues--I missed my partner, the rest of my closet, having a kitchen, sleeping in, and also SOFT BEDS, seriously most mattresses in Spain are much firmer than I like, as a side-sleeper with bony hips! It'll probably be at least a few years...
  4. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    This one! https://www.caminochroniclespress.com/books/after-the-camino-your-pocket-guide-to-integrating-the-camino-de-santiago-into-your-daily-life/
  5. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    Thankfully I've never had that problem. My income is below the median and I live like a college student (no car, cheap run-down apartment, roommates) despite being 43, in part because that's the only way I can afford to go other places. My only real indulgences (outside of travel) are clothes...
  6. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    I'm home! I've been home for a bit over a month, actually. And, as I knew would be the case, I came home to a fairly stressful situation. (One too boring/complicated to bother explaining.) And as I near being home for almost as long as I was gone, it's hard not to feel like my Camino didn't...
  7. april_pdx

    Comment by 'april_pdx' in media 'Pilgrim shoes in Granon'

    I was there just a few weeks before this photo was taken--it was one of my favorite spots on the whole route.
  8. april_pdx

    Is it rude to ask people why they walk

    I'm walking in part for religious reasons and I would still find that question really personal unless we'd been talking for a while and/or religious topics had already come up. I think my knee-jerk (and honest) answer would either be "Sometimes?" and/or "depends on how you define 'God?'" I...
  9. april_pdx

    Is it rude to ask people why they walk

    ...miles so you can do short days with lots of stops to admire the scenery, many of the cool things to see are pretty close to the road, and while it *is* hilly it's sort of between two ridges, so it's not nearly as difficult as you'd expect from the words "Canadian Rockies"! That 140-mile...
  10. april_pdx

    Wake up alarm

    I appreciate this, thank you!
  11. april_pdx

    Strangest food & drink on the Camino

    Had to google that, and honestly? I'd try it at least once. But the wikipedia page had the following: "It is also known as katemba in South Africa, cátembe in Mozambique, bambus in Croatia, jote in Chile, and jesus juice in Argentina." I'm cracking up at "jesus juice!"
  12. april_pdx

    Wake up alarm

    I have a hunch it's part of my ADHD (it does weird things to sleep/circadian rhythms), but oh man this is just not the way my brain/body works. In my day-to-day life I sometimes wake up hours before my alarm and I'm not able to get back to sleep. Other days I go to bed early (for me) and I...
  13. april_pdx

    Is it rude to ask people why they walk

    When my then-boyfriend and I bicycled across most of North America, we found that after four and a half months we were tired of answering the exact same questions that every non-cyclist who saw us wanted to ask: Where are you going? Where did you come from? How far are you going today?? (We were...
  14. april_pdx

    Shoe Recommendations for Supination and High Arches

    Huh. I had read in multiple places that shoes for over-pronation were the opposite of what you wanted for supination? Which I admit made sense to me because they'd correct me in the "wrong" direction. (The irony of looking for boots for heavier people: I am. Small. Lol.) I did look up...
  15. april_pdx

    What to Order at a Bar or Cafe after Using the Restroom

    Back when me and my then-boyfriend did a lot of long-distance bicycle touring, we found that splitting a 16oz bottle of Coke about 2/3rds through the day's miles really helped. I'm sure some of it was just a chance to stop and rest and get a little sugar and caffeine. Our bottles of water by...
  16. april_pdx

    What to Order at a Bar or Cafe after Using the Restroom

    Things I didn't expect to look forward to on my Camino: drinking these. Seriously, this sounds amazing. Edit: Apparently they're also sold in Japan and a ton of other countries! It was originally intended to compete with the Japanese drink Pocari Sweat...
  17. april_pdx

    Shoe Recommendations for Supination and High Arches

    This is the part that frustrates me so much--my current shoes/insoles are absolutely fine and pain-free...until I've walked more than five miles in one go. The two miles each way to get to work and back? No problem.
  18. april_pdx

    Shoe Recommendations for Supination and High Arches

    Very true. The main thing making me groan about the idea of seeing a podiatrist (vs just finding a better over-the-counter shoe/insole combo) is that I paid out of pocket for a bunch of physical therapy already, so adding another big expense when I leave in 98 days is making me wince...
  19. april_pdx

    Shoe Recommendations for Supination and High Arches

    I've been doing my training walks (mostly to and from work, which is 2 miles each way; with a longer and hillier walk on the weekend) in La Sportiva Ultra Raptors. And I supinate so much that in less than three hundred miles, I've worn the tread on the outside edge down enough to feel it while...
  20. april_pdx

    Tips and Experiences in Dealing with Bed Bugs During Travel

    Oh, that's good to know. A lot of my clothing is merino and I was worried about this.

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