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Yes, and I would like to add that it's not just physical hurt... At least once, expect to cry. Everybody cries... sometime. The camino has a strange way of stripping us down not only to bare material essentials, but also to our raw emotions. Everyone I met along the Camino, whether they started...
WOW, this brings back some crystal-clear memories! It was a misty morning when I left EL Acebo, and I watched the sunrise as I walked out of the village and down the mountain. I ate so many blackberries that day, I was afraid I would get sick!
Thank you so much for sharing this link! I am a...
Haha, I LOVE that Pearl Jam tune -- one of my theme songs when I was a 'grunge kid' in high school in the nineties :) But yes, they are very different songs, in style, anyway. Pearl Jam's "Alive" is a grunge anthem about surviving under incredibly difficult circumstances and despite the odds...
"I'm Alive" by Don Fardon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X13dSfxCd_s&ob=av2n
I am not in the least bit embarrased by it, and I often sang it loudly and proudly, though I am sure it annoyed the heck out of some of my fellow walkers.
Whatever, it gave my the 'get-up-and-go' energy to continue on...
The parrochial albergues at Estella, Viana and Bercianos de Real Camino! The accomodations are NOT fancy (in Viana, you sleep on thin mats on the floor, and in Estella, the bunk beds are cramped in a dark room with little air flow). However, the love, joy and care from the hospitaleros and...
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