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  1. Mark Di Marzio

    Starting Norte 20th june 2023. Probably from Bilbao

    For my next Camino I’m thinking of starting on the Norte from Bilbao around 20 August . I wonder if accomodation will be a problem on the Norte from bilbao onwards , and how many average days walking it would be from Bilbao to Ribadeo along the Norte route?
  2. Mark Di Marzio

    Camino frances vs camino norte in Aug/Sep,

    Good post and excellent advice especially the last two sentences .
  3. Mark Di Marzio

    Camino frances vs camino norte in Aug/Sep,

    This is good advice from everything I have been reading . I am thinking of starting from bilbao and then segue to Primitivo around late September 2022 . I think starting from Irun will be too challenging for me (even though I have walked Frances 3 times and the Portuguese once) . Perhaps from...
  4. Mark Di Marzio

    Comment by 'Mark Di Marzio' in media 'Granon, one of the top three Albergues'

    My top 3 would be Zabaldika, Bercianos and Granon
  5. Mark Di Marzio

    Comment by 'Mark Di Marzio' in media 'Granon, one of the top three Albergues'

    I would also add to the list of great places on the Camino Frances - the donativo albergue’s at Zabaldika and at Bercianos del real Camino .
  6. Mark Di Marzio

    TV program alert for Aussies

    I watched part 1 Pilgrimage to Rome last week . I enjoyed it . Looking forward to watching part 2 tonite on Ch 22 at 9.30 pm . By the way , I do recognise one of the UK celebrities - Stephen K Amos he’s a comedian and has been coming to Australia for a few years for comedy shows/ specials /...
  7. Mark Di Marzio

    Who...

    What are we ? Where do we come from ? Where are we going ? Questions some of us ask ourselves in our lifetime in order to make sense or meaning of it all -also the title of a famous painting by Paul Gauguin . The Camino de Santiago is a good place to ponder these deep questions.
  8. Mark Di Marzio

    How the Via Francigena is Different from the Camino de Santiago

    I have walked the Portuguese Caminho once and the Camino frances 3 times . I think it’s the spiritual aspect that has drawn me to the frances . It definately feels spiritual and magical in that it has this long history of so many pilgrims having walked it and continue to do so -the...
  9. Mark Di Marzio

    How the Via Francigena is Different from the Camino de Santiago

    Thankyou kindly for the wonderful and comprehensive description and comparison between Via Francigena and Camino Frances . I have walked 4 times in Spain & Portugal and would love to walk the way of St Francis in Italia one day . The via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome seems very...
  10. Mark Di Marzio

    OBSOLETE COVID THREAD Be the storm

    Thankyou for the inspiring post .
  11. Mark Di Marzio

    Ok I´m home, I want to leave.

    Yes, I agree .. after the Camino de Santiago finished we are back into the real Camino -The Camino of life -
  12. Mark Di Marzio

    Ok I´m home, I want to leave.

    So true ! It takes a very long time to ‘wake up’ from a dream state of consumption, consumerism and living without real thinking of the purpose of life and many never do wake up until it’s too late . I reckon that the Camino is a true ‘wake up call ‘ for so many of us -to realise what is real...
  13. Mark Di Marzio

    Ok I´m home, I want to leave.

    Good onya mate ! The more pilgrims stories’ I hear -while on the Camino (ps I have walked the Camino 4 times so far and been a hospitelero and god willing I will walk again on the Camino ) the more I realise how the call of the Camino attracts so many people at the cutting edge of a modern...
  14. Mark Di Marzio

    A Furnace Full of God: A Holy Year on the Camino de Santiago

    It was delivered to me a few days ago to Melbourne , Australia via amazon . I just finished it last night . I really enjoyed it -and I shared your book via my fb social media post and also on ‘Australians on the Camino fb group’. Thanks for a good ‘warts and all’ Camino book and all your good...
  15. Mark Di Marzio

    A Furnace Full of God: A Holy Year on the Camino de Santiago

    I received my paper book copy via amazon delivery to Australia a few days ago . Much quicker delivery than expected . It was my Christmas present for myself . I’m nearly finished . It’s really interesting . I’m enjoying it ! I found out about it via Sybil’s post on fb . Thankyou Sybil . Thankyou...
  16. Mark Di Marzio

    question for spiritual pilgrims

    I think you are on the right pathway already . I recognize your courage and acknowledge your search for answers and certainty - however difficulty is inevitable in human life . In Buddhist philosophy the three characteristics of human existence are impermanence , egolessness and suffering (or...
  17. Mark Di Marzio

    Ok I´m home, I want to leave.

    Many pilgrims can understand & relate to your words . Walking the Camino and then returning home can often make the world we came from and return back to seem strange and alien . We are transformed by our pilgrimage and things can never be or feel the same again . And this is often when the...
  18. Mark Di Marzio

    Excellent Camino Article

    Thanks for posting it. I really enjoyed reading the article. It was well written. Thankyou kindly !
  19. Mark Di Marzio

    Living and working on the Camino

    Good to read your thoughts . Looks like we have a few things in common .Yes, the Italian consulate here in Melbourne have been very ‘bureaucratic ‘ and obtuse to deal with -I don’t know why -I have all the right paperwork -they just have their own way of doing things . They have a convoluted...
  20. Mark Di Marzio

    Living and working on the Camino

    Thanks mate ! Good stuff ! I’ll have a look at it ! Cheers 😊👍

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