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  1. Greg Petropoulos

    Changes to the Camino

    I’ve walked a handful of Caminos since I experienced the Frances as my first. I understood that replicating that first Camino to be nearly impossible. For me, it was the “Gold Standard”. All my other Spanish Caminos were fantastic & unique trails. In time, I discovered I didn’t look forward to...
  2. Greg Petropoulos

    What makes you walk

    I too was compelled to walk the Camino after the influence of the Emilio Estevez film. Having been raised Catholic, and who for several years have "fallen away" from the faith, I learned or knew nothing about Pilgrimage. Though my reasons for walking are not spiritually based, I felt nostalgia...
  3. Greg Petropoulos

    Is there any elitism between pilgrims taking different routes?

    Not to mention some other yardsticks such as when a Camino was first walked, especially before "that movie", ("I hiked the _______ Camino before there was _______), hiking wearing cotton & denim clothing, carrying a canvas rucksack, or relying on self, a compass & the stars to navigate to...
  4. Greg Petropoulos

    What is the most unusual thing you have seen on any Camino?

    Nick: I was laughing too hard since my hiking buddy tripped, nearly faceplanting into the vending machine. Then I had some Beers!
  5. Greg Petropoulos

    What is the most unusual thing you have seen on any Camino?

    On one the later stages of the Camino Frances, my walking companions and I came across a Vending Machine that to memory it was some kilometers to the next town. Needless to say, we were delighted to have a cold Beer.
  6. Greg Petropoulos

    Guilt

    I'm in the "my Wife isn't the slightest bit interested in hiking" camp. I'm mid-60's, she's early 70's, we're not fully retired yet, and own a business we both enjoy that has lots of flexability that I can leave without things falling apart too much. She does take on more responsibilities at...
  7. Greg Petropoulos

    Using WikiLoc ?

    Robo: An Aussie hiking companion on the VDLP last Spring suggested an app similar to MAPS.ME, called "Windy Maps". Functions in identical manner, off-line, "airplane" mode, etc. I never got lost, and always knew where I was in relation to the "trail". You'll really like the VDLP regardless of...
  8. Greg Petropoulos

    Weather mid -end of April

    Liz: I'm planning on hiking the VdlP from Seville starting about mid-April(16), and allowing 7 weeks or so. I'm also allowing time for rest days at a few of the larger cities. Your company, and/or others, would be welcome. Much can happen during the next 5 months in terms of planning. My work...
  9. Greg Petropoulos

    Bad Experience - Mail Boxes Etc

    In Sept of last year I had shipped a box of clothing & misc items uneeded on the Camino, ahead to Ivar to hold until I arrived in Santiago. Unfortunately, I had to leave Spain several days from Santiago, on account of a family emergancy that has since been resolved. Ivar was kind enough to...
  10. Greg Petropoulos

    The Man who never stopped walking

    I've often said to my wife, (who isn't the slightest bit interested in long distance hiking), "If I could only clone myself". As much as I've enjoyed my solo Caminos, my most significant "take away" is the realization that very little is more important to me than the relationship with my wife...
  11. Greg Petropoulos

    The need for connection

    I realized while Camino hiking a rarely traveled trail in early Sept of this year, that I dearly missed "connection" with other Pilgrims. It was this "connection" with other Pilgrims, though I went solo, that made my Camino experience exhilarating and life affirming. Seeking solitude while...
  12. Greg Petropoulos

    Shipping an item waiting for me in Santiago when I arrive

    Thank you Peregrina2000, your information on bringing a folded box, tape and preaddressed labels is great information. I'll certainly keep you posted as to my hike on the Camino Mozarabe/Malaga. It seems to be one of the less traveled Caminos until Merida on the Via de la Plata.
  13. Greg Petropoulos

    Shipping an item waiting for me in Santiago when I arrive

    Thank you Tincatinker, your information was spot on!!
  14. Greg Petropoulos

    Shipping an item waiting for me in Santiago when I arrive

    In early September I'll be going from Malaga to Santiago. I have a great duffle bag that I'll be storing my hiking boots and backpack as luggage while traveling by air to Spain. What are some suggestions to transport this empty duffle bag and a couple of other small items I would like to have...
  15. Greg Petropoulos

    Lost for words....

    Lee: The words of support and compassion has been so well written in previous posts. You go and do your walk, cry your tears and allow the Camino, and the Pilgrims to embrace and hold you up. They will be there for you, in abundance, the Camino will provide beyond belief. This would be one of...
  16. Greg Petropoulos

    Walking with my wife could have been a mistake!

    Robo: An incredibly well thought out and insightful accounting of the intangible magic of the Camino. It sounds like both Pat and your father-in-law are recovering well. Having walked the Camino Frances alone in 2014, I was often asked where my wife was. I typically joked that she was working...

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