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I can't wait to get out of the city, I'm here right now, I've gotten porked hard three times so far. Memory card, measley meal and hotel room. Off to camino finisterre in the morning. Hopefully when I come back my attitude will have been adjusted.
Quick spoiler, I sent the tent ahead to Santiago from Markina. I never needed it before or after. I didn't want to miss any camaraderie at the albergues.
I'm curious if an alternative route to Irun from Madrid is advisable for tomorrow considering I'd be passing through Pamplona in full swing of the San Fermin festival?
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.
Dream.
Discover."
– Mark Twain
I just received the best job offer I've ever gotten and ironically the start date would be the same as the day my flight leaves for Madrid. It is contract work in Alaska that lasts from July to October. My son who will be walking with me has to go back to school early September so this is our...
This settles it, my tent is coming. I can't stand the idea of being pigeonholed because I don't have it. I've been reading too much anti-tent rhetoric and I vacillate no longer. The worst that can happen is that I have to give it away. The cathedrals mountains the sea and the rest of the scenery...
One acting on one's own authority stands out. I haven't set foot on the Camino and it has altered me. I've dreamed of it for a dozen years. I will be walking and allowing my own Camino to unfold. I'm flying in to Madrid July 7 and loosely am going to head to irun by way of Pamplona. Let's say...
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mid-14c., "authoritative," from Old French autentique (13c., Modern French authentique) "authentic; canonical," and directly from Medieval Latin authenticus, from Greek authentikos "original, genuine, principal," from authentes "one acting...
People iltellectualize faith and know little of the fact that a religion or spirituality is a verb. They are the majority of people and they are content to ponder from the couch. Others like the people here exercise (pun intended) faith. You will be a source of inspiration particilarlay to those...
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