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  1. yukonchick

    Hotel rooms rather than hostels?

    Agree with the others. There are no additional brownie points for suffering and pretending to be poor, if your budget can afford better. I will do the Camino in 2014, and I plan to do hotels and B&B's. More comfort at night means better trekking during the day. I, too, need alone time and am...
  2. yukonchick

    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    I never said it was about the Camino - which is why I provided the link so people could read the reviews and such before purchasing. It is about the father/son relationship, and the journeys - both metaphysical and actual - that they have shared in over 40 years together. Including making The Way.
  3. yukonchick

    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    I provided the link in my msg above...glad to be of assistance. I ordered it, too. While it's not *just* about the Camino trip, I think for us Camino-hungry people, it will be an interesting read. PS: Just one additional note on the book, as listed on Amazon. When I keyed in Martin Sheen in...
  4. yukonchick

    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    I just may have you beat...I bought the DVD - mostly cuz I wanted the commentary included in the Special Features. Lots of inside info about the making of the film. It also mentions in the credit section on the DVD that Sheen and Estevez have a new book out together...a journal of the trip...
  5. yukonchick

    How do people 60-and-over plan their Camino?

    Congratulations on your fantastic achievement! Funny, I was just thinking about Ibuprofen yesterday....I was going to bring a big bottle, but I guess I don't need to. ;-)
  6. yukonchick

    How do people 60-and-over plan their Camino?

    Re: Heights-Vertigo - for over 60 Michael: THANK YOU! :-) What part of Alaska? I lived 2 years in Eagle River, before coming back to Canada and landing in Whitehorse. What brought you to the other side of the world?? Your encouragement was terrific - I've had such miserable luck with the...
  7. yukonchick

    Did movie: "The Way" motivate you...

    In a word - Yes! Despite being well travelled (including some in Spain), and despite being more-or-less Catholic - I had never heard of the Camino until February 25, 2012. I had been to Rome, Jerusalem, but the only Santiago I had heard of was in Chile! Feb. 25-- I was relaxing after dinner...
  8. yukonchick

    Music to keep you going

    Thank you for suggesting Eva Cassidy's music. I went to iTunes and listened to excerpts and love her voice. This makes 2 artists I have ''discovered'' in just 3 days (the other being Oliver Schroer), to be included in my Camino list....who are deceased. Makes me sad, as now that I have found...
  9. yukonchick

    Music to keep you going

    I've been fiddling with different playlists, making a few for the Camino, for different moods, etc. But the beat - and the lyrics, if pertinent - will keep me going. I've added a few things from iTunes, such as 3 tunes from "The Way" soundtrack (Thank U (Alanis Morisette), Lost! (Coldplay)...
  10. yukonchick

    Music to keep you going

    Geez...who needs the Parador?! :wink:
  11. yukonchick

    Music to keep you going

    Thanks for the adapter info....but my next question is...where are you planning to plug it into the wall? The auberges/refugios aren't private, and with 30 people in a room, I am sure there won't be enough outlets for everyone to recharge things. Plus, are you going to trust your item, alone...
  12. yukonchick

    Music to keep you going

    Not to be a spoil-sport...but where will you be able to recharge the iPod battery en route? I have an iPod Shuffle - one of those little 1"x1" things that holds 250 songs...but it needs a USB port to recharge. And I don't plan to bring my laptop. Because the issue remains - where to plug in...
  13. yukonchick

    Music of and about the Camino

    I note your post is 2 yrs old! But just today, CBC (Canada's national radio station) played a one hour special on Oliver's Camino walk, featuring the music he made and recorded himself in various churches (without audiences....) along the route. Here's the link...
  14. yukonchick

    Music of and about the Camino

    Music recorded right in Camino churches (link provided) In 2004, a Canadian violinist, Oliver Schroere, walked the Camino with his violin in his backpack, stopping in churches and cathedrals en route to play. Without audiences - just him, creating music, in historical and religious places...
  15. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    I appreciate your view, and you are welcome to it, but you are in no position to say which I (or anyone else) suffers from. I believe the psychological can cause the physiological, as well, which further muddies the water. That I have done so much that involves heights, I know there are...
  16. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    So...if it's difficult...can we use the biking trail for the walk, if it comes down to quitting or going on?? Is there Camino police to keep people on their own trail?
  17. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    Hi Mark - thanks for responding! I'm trying to find pictures of the difficult sections...on YouTube and elsewhere...but so far, without much luck. Having said that, I recognize in myself one who tries to control that which can't be controlled - and I don't want every inch of the trail known...
  18. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    Thanks for writing, Sabine! It helps to hear it's ''doable''...immersing myself in the literature and people's stories, I'm getting the good, the bad and the ugly. And I admit what I feel most about the whole thing is Excitement and Fear. But I can live with the fear, which I think is...
  19. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    Thank you for responding! Is there much vehicular traffic on these main roads? I just read a survey that said the worst drivers in Europe are in Spain, with France a close second. I would find it ironic to be doing a walking pilgrimmage and be hit by a car. :o
  20. yukonchick

    Heights-Vertigo issues on the Camino

    Sounds reasonable - but my question (from one who hasn't been there yet) is...if it's too steep for us, how can cars manoeuver????

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