My initial intention was to walk the Camino.
In 2 sleeps I fly out of Australia to walk/bus the journey.
An offer from my journalist sister fell in my lap so I am now walking/touring with her. We will shortly be joining a Canadian based tour and my sister will be writing articles for various...
How exciting Rita.... on Spanish soil with itchy feet.......itchy in a good way :)
May the road rise to meet you,********
May blue be the skies above you.
Keep your eyes/heart open for all the 'ancient' friends you will meet today :)
Pauline.lillypond.
I must 'learn' how to comment on your...
Re: Spiritual from the start
Hi Michael,
Yes the only control we seem to have is how we respond to a situation rather than react from the standpoint of YOU'RE TO BLAME (the world/people) for how things are not going MY WAY. Yet this choice to view life from a more peaceful perspective is...
...joy tend to remain hard to explain.... but I do appreciate all attempts.
Anytime I look past a person's outer shell and sense a deeper yearning for true connection I am inching closer to Life/God/Spirit/All That Is ***
Now 'ghosts' naked or otherwise would scare the heebeegeebees out of...
VeVe:
Have you considered flying into Madrid (from Australia) and catching a train to Pamplona.
Just off the cuff this should work.
Had anyone else travelled this way?
Lilypond.
TippMan: Romance ? Sure - we are all looking for someone with smelly feet, who needs a good wash - some blisters are considered a bonus !!!! but it will eat into your days and you'll probably wander off-track in that dreamy kinda headspace looking for flowers :)
I would like to ask about...
Thank you everyone for your kind responses. Much appreciated. I have lots to check out. Now that September is looming :), I know :) I need to remind myself not to put off 'till tomorrow the steps I can do today !!!
Sandra, your Camino is well and truly looming :). I can feel your...
I swear (mildly :) ) that last time here I spotted a pdf file with a day-by-day training schedule.
Do you think I can find it now ??? wanna help :)
lillypond.
Hi :)
Rita commented :-
*****Check out the thread September starters, I guess there are lots September starters...some "oldies" like us, too ..Haha*****
I checked out 4 pages but could find this thread ! Any more hints as to where it might be ?
thank you,
lilypond.
Sillydoll wrote _ (in thread : Walking the Camino over the age of 60 yrs. )
*********Sometimes the camino calls, but while you are walking it, it is just a long, hard, slog! It is often difficult to have profound thoughts whilst watching where you put your feet. If you don't concentrate, you...
CONGRATULATIONS Sonia:
I appreciate your Blog/Utube
I have been "walkabout" (not literally :) ) for a while, but I have resurfaced as I now have a starting date - September this year. YEAH !!!!!
I am enormously pleased to 'happen upon you blog etc. and delighted that you well and truely...
Hi everyone,
Just excited to mention that I am walking the Camino this year, starting in September ...... dates not yet finalised ...... but this is as close as I have come to a definite month/year in which to 'seize the day' :shock:
Anyone else.
lillypond.
Sydney.
Did TravellingSoon...
Re: SECOND :) LAST CALL:CHATROOM OPEN
SECOND :) ABSOLUTE LAST CALL:
OPEN NOW: Sunday. 5.30 p.m. Sydney.Australia
(Offer to Admin: at times convenient to you :)
check out your local time
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/
http://www.paltalk.com (a live chatroom, free to download and...
Sil definitely has her 'groupies' here in Sydney, Oz.
Move over -
http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1104876&fr=yvmtf
Check out - One Semester of Spanish - Love Song on Yahoo! Video
lillypond.
Hi Clarisa,
Sorry to hear your devastating news.
I join you - but for me it is due to a 'break-down' at the top end.
Since March 07 I have had a jaw/tooth problem. Seems simply enough but after a endless and fruitless seven-month round of 'pass her along' among professionals I remain unable...
CA -
First step - admitting I have a problem (those in denial call it a desire, an irresistible draw)
namely a "mild" to "intense" addiction to all things Camino - need I say more.
Do you want some wine with that scallop shell?
....hours spent on on this forum looking into healing methods for 'blisters'
....'antennae up for locals who look Spanish, ears 'pricked' for those discussing their last Camino :!:
....deliberating whether I need further Spanish lesson (after one term's worth ..... hola :) )
....becoming foot...
>>>The camino beckons still, and dreams of ways not yet traveled to Santiago are calling us back.
Should we follow that dream, or seek counselling?>>>>
A great photo journey Kevin (and 'pretty in pink' Peg). Thanks. You have an artistic eye. Now I don't need to go :D
I think the Camino...
Welcome Deirde,
I would love to know more - have you written about your journey anywhere else?
I am a 'virgin' walker. Earlier this year I had 'great enthusiam' which still runs through me BUT is overlaid with moments of "am I mad, when, why and how"?
I am even attempting to learn some...
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