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Hey there
I'm from Chicago and my friend and I are leaving from St. Jean on the 3rd. What a small world.
Shoot me an email: grantgholson@hotmail.com
See you in Pamplona for San Fermin?
Grant
re: numbers
If this trend continues, and the numbers continue to skyrocket out of control (I mean, good Lord, the figure for this April is double last year's), do you think the archdiocese might try making the compostella requirement longer than 100km? It seems that 1,600+ people started from...
Internal Frame packs have rendered external frames almost obsolete, especially since they aren't really any more expensive. The engeneering is so advanced on internal frame packs, compared to the...time honored...style of the externals.
There are a number of good on-line places, like...
After years of hiking and camping with Boy Scouts, I came to this realization:
"If you don't have it, you won't need it."
It's suprising how little we need to get by. Having spent our lifetimes in an era of realitive wealth and comfort, our species is still amazingly hardy and has but a...
Has anyone, in the afterglow of their camino, decided, before leaving Santiago, to make their memory more "permanent?" By that I mean, get a tattoo? If so, what did you get, and how much was the cost? I imagine a small St. James cross might be a popular choice.
Is there a good tattoo...
Ivar,
I wanted to share my appreciation for your work on this site. It's fantastic, and a truly useful resource on the pilgraimge.
But is there any way the old from page format could come back. You seem to be experiencing with the look of the from page, and I'd like to cast my vote for...
Well, Wannes, if that be the case, then I'm sure we'll be seeing each other sometime in the future.
Are you going to spend a few days in Pamplona for San Fermin? We'll be there the first three, and run with the bulls on day 1 of the running.
The internet is cool.
Grant...
Buying the ticket is the best feeling. Hitting "purchase" and waiting for the confirmation screen, there's just a sense of finality, of no turning back. It's very exhilirating.
I did it all the way back in October, and I'm not even leaving for SJPdP until July. Is anyone else leaving from...
I am also a high school teacher. I'd like to pick your brain a bit about how you pulled such a thing off. Please email me at:
grantgholson@hotmail.com
Thanks!
Grant
Camino DVD
This was the subject of a Santigobis thread not too long ago.
I recently bought Ray's video from http://www.caminovideo.com and liked it. It was good for giving a sense of the road. I wouldn't say it was great for preparing for a camino, that is, what's best to bring, how to...
WSU? Oh boy, I was at the great Notre Dame/WSU overtime football game in 2003 in South Bend, IN. [That's American football, by the way, the sport that stops every 20 seconds.)
One of the best games I've ever seen live (I probably feel that way because we won). I'll be supporting my alma...
Unfortunately...
we can't walk. We have to train it from Bordeaux to Bayonne to make our schedule work (we already have the airline tickets booked.)
However, money is really tight with us. If we take the late train from Bordeaux, which gets in about 23:00, is it possible to sleep...
A friend of mine, who is Jewish, is thinking of doing the Camino next summer. What should he expect? Is the Camino such a unique Christian experience that someone of another faith would feel "on the outside?" Would the spiritual fellowship among pilgrims in the refugios be too exclusively...
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