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  1. scruffy1

    For All Our Irish Brethern

    Happy Bloomsday!
  2. scruffy1

    Advice for pre booking on the Le Puy please

  3. scruffy1

    Advice for pre booking on the Le Puy please

  4. scruffy1

    Advice for pre booking on the Le Puy please

    Prepare yourself for an amazing Camino. The Camino is loaded with beautiful Prepare yourself for an amazing experience. This Camino is full of beautiful medeival architecture and art, nature, and people. Do take in the detours, Cele Valley, take a day trip to Rockamadour, stay with Serge in Cahors,
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    Happy Shavuot!!!

    One day only here in Jerusalem, two abroad -until modern times another day was added to allow and ensure all Jews including isolated Jewish communities would receive confirmation that the holiday had arrived. In ancient times the message was passed by mathematical/astronomical calculations...
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    Happy Shavuot!!!

    For my fellow Jewish Pilgrims do try to remember that this coming Tuesday evening is our Shavuot holiday, not one but two days. Shavuot is one of the required Jewish pilgrimages, totally appropriate for your efforts. Look for a cheesecake, a quiche, or even a pizza to celebrate. The real...
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    Ups and Downs on the Camino

    Gutenberg is marvelous but not always correct, my source may be found here in my library,
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    Ups and Downs on the Camino

    There are many 'What a lovely wonderful day that was' on the Camino but there are also days that are more difficult, 'Thank Goodness that's over'. History shows us that such was always the pilgrims' role. 14th Century Pilgrimage to SdC Licensees authorizing the owners and captions of ships to...
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    Finished the Camino? Make This at Home

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    The Meseta, and El Hostal Guzmán el Bueno and Medieval Galician Poetry…What???

    History does not repeat itself, idiotic humans do. Periods of tolerance, understanding, embracing knowledge, and education, as well as an infatuation with science as exemplified by the court of Alfonso, are quickly followed by periods of ethnic 'purity', intolerance, embracing ignorance...
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    The Meseta, and El Hostal Guzmán el Bueno and Medieval Galician Poetry…What???

    The Camino is a wonderful experience, one which can be enriched with just a slight bit of reading and knowledge - history, art, or architecture never hurt anyone. Many pilgrims, especially inattentive pilgrims not reading their guidebooks or following closely their App have been surprised by the...
  12. scruffy1

    One More Step

    Walking the Camino is much more interesting than planning your next albergue or talking with cousin Bill on your cellphone, educational and fun if you know a bit of history, architecture, and art. Saint Bénézet for example, he who built the bridge we all know at Avignon (not Camino) and founded...
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    Not the Best Idea

    A Man stages heart attacks 20 times to avoid paying restaurant bills Ides J. from Lithuania visited several restaurants in Spain before he was arrested and sentenced to 42 days in prison. A man named Ides J. from Lithuania was recently arrested in Spain for repeatedly feigning heart attacks in...
  14. scruffy1

    The Perfect Souvenir

    A peek into my garden. The green leaves among the flowers are an absolutely necessary ingredient for caldo português or caldo gallego - verza in Spanish not cabbage not turnip greens rather a European form of collard greens. Look up from your Camino app and you will see it growing in any rural...
  15. scruffy1

    Day of Atonement

    Holiday greetings from Jerusalem. I always walked the different Caminos in the Springtime - SJPP, Le Puy, Vezelay, Lisboa, Paris. Not being a very observant Jew I always missed the Passover Feast and happily chomped on French baguettes and bocadillos for several days without knowing the date...
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    Day of Atonement

    Walking the Camino, any Camino, day blends into day and time is not really important. Before the advent of cell phones, one would often hear, 'What day is today?' For our Jewish Brethren a reminder that tonight at sundown begins our Day of Atonement. גמר חתימה טובה!
  17. scruffy1

    CF is happening finally

    Orisson is a good idea, the place is welcoming and always jam packed! Make a reservation from the website or see you in Roncevalles!
  18. scruffy1

    Sad Day. A very Sad Day.

    I am a Jewish Pilgrim to Saint James, he was one of our boys after all. Retired and began reading medieval history, every arshhole and his brother was on their way to Santiago, died on their way to Santiago, and somehow returned from Santiago. I can do this. The first time walked from Pamplona...
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    Sad Day. A very Sad Day.

  20. scruffy1

    Sad Day. A very Sad Day.

    Born and raised in Tampa - left 50 years ago with no desire to return. Jerusalem is somehow, just a bit. slightly more interesting. My Yerba mate gourd? The newest one from Argentina best of the best.

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