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  1. Holly Mitchem

    My Camino de Santiago: Reflections and a Heart Opened

    Thank you Ken, your beautiful and heartfelt post was the first thing I read sitting down at the computer this morning. May your life and the life of those you love continue to be blessed in the days, months and years ahead.
  2. Holly Mitchem

    "The British pilgrimage problem" - magazine article

    Good idea! I just need to be retired. Ha!
  3. Holly Mitchem

    "The British pilgrimage problem" - magazine article

    I have visited Iona twice and also walked the Frances and part of the Norte so would beg to differ with this assessement. Although many of the people visiting Iona are tourists, many are Christian pilgrims who come for a variety of reasons. It really is a special place, on par IMHO but of...
  4. Holly Mitchem

    Study indentifies scallop shell history surrounding pilgrims

    Thanks for posting the PDF, this is so fascinating! How interesting to find that half of medieval pilgrims were upper class women! I think of Margery Kempe and Brigid of Sweden as medieval case studies of this.
  5. Holly Mitchem

    Recommended Accommodation Logrono to burgos

    I was laid up with tendinitis for three nights in Santo Domingo and can't speak highly enough of Molino de Florin. A nice room, very close to Cathedral and main plaza, fantastic breakfast and a very kind staff that got me a cab to the hospital (where I saw and orthopedist), and then when I was...
  6. Holly Mitchem

    Total Solar Eclipse August 12, 2026

    We drove hundreds of miles and camped out in the national forest in northern Oregon to see the total eclipse in August 2017. It was so amazing. An added benefit was encountering all the people that had also traveled to these small Oregon towns from all over, lots of families, lots of people from...
  7. Holly Mitchem

    Osteoarthritis

    I have painful osteoarthritis in both my big toe joints and have been under the care of a podiatrist for the past 6 years, and it has made a world of difference. At her suggestion, I wear Hoka trail runners, and alternate when weather is wet with Oboz low-top hiking boots. I have over-the...
  8. Holly Mitchem

    Do and Don'ts on the Airplane

    I agree 100%! I love looking out the window and always book a window seat. I much prefer watching the landscape below, or clouds, to gazing at a screen, which I can do any time at home...I always close it on an overnight flight.
  9. Holly Mitchem

    Alert Camino closed in Navarra for 2 days

    Yes, that is my understanding but where they were staying also let them pilgrims know.
  10. Holly Mitchem

    Alert Camino closed in Navarra for 2 days

    I have friends walking and they could not proceed walking from Pamplona as of yesterday morning. After a rest day in Pamplona, they took a bus ahead to Logroño today and are now happily on a tapas crawl.
  11. Holly Mitchem

    LIVE from the Camino Californians on the Camino!

    Buen Camino from Ojai!
  12. Holly Mitchem

    The Reasons to Train Prior to a Camino

    As some of you might recall, after my truncated Camino del Norte walk in 2019, I started a FB group, a spin-off from a larger women-only FB group called Camigas, for those who wanted to challenge themselves to walk 1,000 miles/1609 kilometers in 2020. Most who joined did so to train for their...
  13. Holly Mitchem

    Left my front door for the camino

    Buen Camino Mark!
  14. Holly Mitchem

    Top tips from Frances veterans?

    If you are relatively fit and love to hike, don't be afraid to take alternative "complimentario" routes as listed in guidebooks and apps. Although some may be a bit longer, they are typically quieter, more away from roads, and often more scenic. Also, spend the night in Samos and have a late...
  15. Holly Mitchem

    Anyone taken the GR121 coastal path from Hondarribia?

    Loved seeing all the photographs! We took the Alpiniste route in 2019 but may have to come back to try this alternative!
  16. Holly Mitchem

    LIVE from the Camino Live from the Camino Frances

    So happy to hear that you are back on the Camino Annie! Hope your back settles down and that your group has amazing adventures!
  17. Holly Mitchem

    Has anyone climbed Montejurra? (Irache)

    We took the option via Luqin and the only other person we saw was a mountain biker!
  18. Holly Mitchem

    Camino Cities

    Thanks, just started following you on IG!
  19. Holly Mitchem

    Origins of pilgrimage

    I would be wary of literal interpretations of visual images of Santiago, or of assuming that medieval artists and devotees thought that Santiago after his death had been supernaturally turned in to a pilgrim or warrior, or that anyone thought that these images were visual representations of...
  20. Holly Mitchem

    Favorite places to spend an extra day/night to visit historical/cultural sites?

    I am also an art historian, and relied on the Gitlitz/Davidson book for great information. I would definitely spend two nights in Burgos. What an amazing city. We were there for the fiesta de San Pedro y San Pablo, which we did not plan but which was so wonderful. The Burgos cathedral and the...

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