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Great pick, Chrissy!
At 73. I was inspired by a fellow on this forum named Jose, who had finished the CF at 75.
I did my first at 73, my second at 76 and I'll do the Portugese +Muxia to cerebrate my 80th.
I now have friends all over the world from my Caminos.
They are all warm, gracious and...
I always stock up on bananas, peanut packets and chocolate (Milka milk chocolate with hazelnuts🤩). And, I have Nestle instant coffee packets for emergency mornings when there's no coffee available.
Nothing like lukewarm coffee and a chunk chocolate bar in the predawn morning!😂
This is my strategy as well, when I can apply it; although I often change into new socks at the middle stop.
Another solid rule (advice of a good friend): Stop at the first place you see. It may be the only one in town and you don't want to turn around and go back.
Ok...I'll admit it. No one else will so here's it is...I like an Americano. There I said it...don't judge.
But, I do like an occasional cafe con leche.
Back home I use a French press with 50/50 Starbucks Pikes Peak and Eight O'Clock Columbian.
In Italy I still order an Americano, which is good...
Oh my goodness!
This is so funny!
I had the same thing happen in Italy!
Like the Miami pilgrim above, they can get their cafe via a door in the wall, but usually standing at the bar...one and done.
Good custom says if you want to sit and savor, you have to sit and wait...forever at a table...
A couple of things occurred to me as I read your opening:
1. If you’re serious about writing for a book on the Camino, you should go alone. I say this because if you’re with someone, they need your attention and you their’s. This makes note taking difficult, writing time scarce and your best...
Ensalada mixa. I’dnot been much of salad person, but since the Camino, it’s the thing my mouth waters for all the time! Weird!
Next, cafe americano and a chocolate croissant.
Finally, my best meal was at a hostal in Ventosa. My dining companions were sisters from South Africa and our hostess...
David-while your first aid and loving kindness on the Camino will be sorely missed, your knowledge can be a blessing. As a 74 year old on my first Camino, this forum was invaluable to me. Without this forum's support, I never would have attempted the journey. Your experience, wisdom and humor...
I posted this somewhere before, but my last entry as I left Santiago sums up the spirit of the Camino for me:
"On the Way home-10/27, Saturday
How strange to ride in a car! I'm done walking miles. I took a cab to the Santiago train station. It felt false and very confining.
The train arrived...
I agree with all the above. While they do exist (everywhere in the world), I've used permethrin and never had a problem(🙏).
I do have a little spray bottle of the stuff and on occasion, I've sprayed the corners of the bed frame and the feet of the bed. My bag is sprayed before I leave and my...
When I first started thinking of walking the Camino, I found this recording on the forum.
It has stayed with me throughout my journeys as a raison d’y aller.
(I hope you get the version without annoying ads!)
Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)
I walk with memories and sighs when I walk now.
I prefer to walk a steady pace and alone, looking up at light sparkling through the trees as I go.
I sigh. I dream.
Not of any particular thing, but of an emotion; some simplicity.
Today I walk under palms and oaks.
Then, I walked under...
don't hesitate to do this.,!
those in prison would LOVE this! So,cool,to take their mind to another very positive place and task. DO IT, don't dream it.
Is that a stone in my shoe or am I getting a blister?
I hope they have a chocolate croissant at the next bar!
What the heck was that botillo I ate last night?
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