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  1. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    What really is the pilgrim experience?

    Being a pilgrim is by definition a spiritual matter, so I'd say "no"... But maybe some actually do? Or more exactly, have the feeling they do? I've met some who definitely seemed to fit in that category!
  2. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    So what’s special about the Camino?

    For one, the Camino is a retreat to me. Going and reaching Santiago. Living the simplest and truest life in the World; being open and in connection with "This". Experiencing a balance between the material and spiritual realms of reality, which boundaries fade away. Matter transcended and...
  3. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    So what’s special about the Camino?

    This process is a universal one: one finds it all along the history of mankind, in every religion, on every continent. By becoming a stranger, leaving his known world, losing his social status and his hierarchical references, the pilgim becomes aware of himself, of his limitations and sometimes...
  4. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Which "WAY" to go

    There's no absolute pros and cons: features become so through people's eyes... Of course, there are many other different features to discuss! Landscapes (if you didn't like the Meseta, you may not like the VdlP...), distances (less accommodations on the VdlP, so sometimes, long unavoidable...
  5. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Happy Christmas.

    France is joining this worldly holidays thread too :) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May Love, Joy and Peace be walking with each of you, and everyone around you as well!
  6. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Spiritual preparation

    So you found the question??? :eek: Feel like sharing and putting us out of the 42 misery? :rolleyes: ;)
  7. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    When to go, when not to go...

    ... that's often the question! :) Here's the number per month of all the pilgrims who went to the pilgrims's office in SJPdP in 2015. (stats form the pilgrim's office) It means the pilgrims who started there as well as the ones who arrived there. The real numbers may be a little higher...
  8. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Spiritual preparation

    What a nice thread :) Thinking again about spiritual preparation, it came to my mind, @JenD, that you actually can do that in a really practical way. The Camino is not so much a pilgrimage path in the sense: with a strong Christian/Catholic/religious spirit. Without doubt, it still exists, but...
  9. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Spiritual preparation

    Hi JenD :) What a nice post! I agree, your Camino already started and preparations are not just about material stuffs and psychological worries. I believe one finds many "because" before, during and after the pilgrimage, most of them having their source in the mind. But answering a call is the...
  10. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    I love this time of year!

    I'm thinking St Jean Pied de Port, and stay there for.............................. ;)
  11. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Doing the Camino in style

    I join @Viranani for the antithesis of chic (as sophisticated) and for matching sock. AH, and mostly for the "elegant and natural simplicity" advice! :) I often walk with skirts, dress with sarongs (lots of variations here!), have my few "normal" jewelry and a hairgrip, sometimes take an...
  12. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Open and vulnerable vs. closed and protected

    Thank you for pointing to this, as you are right. The Camino is part of the World and so with "risks". One should definitely keep a sense of that. However, I don't think being open means being defenseless and I still believe the Camino a bubble (a special place) where one have the opportunity to...
  13. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Open and vulnerable vs. closed and protected

    I believe "open and curious" goes with being vulnerable. However, vulnerability is not a bad thing and doesn't mean one is weak. We made it a weakness because like you said, when one is open, one can be hurt by the experiences of the World. But if one is not vulnerable anymore (so, not open and...
  14. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Picture Fun Quest!

    Is it the monastario de Zenarruza?
  15. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Do Your Knees Hurt When Hiking Downhill?

    More seriously, nice article, thanks :) I found it less painful when I consciously relax my leg muscles. I realized it adds much more tension when I try not to have pain. Then, resting after a big slope (walking on my feet ;) ) and good massages are working too!
  16. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Do Your Knees Hurt When Hiking Downhill?

    As I don't drink alcohol, I send my pack first. Then, I lay on my side and let myself roll downhill. Nice when snow, less when mud, not when rocks! :p
  17. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    The Earliest Representation of Saint James in Christian Art

    A new St James representation! Thank you! :) I looked it up, the church is from the 5th century, the mosaics from the mid-6th century. Oooooold! Santa Marta de Tera's church is from the 10th century and like you said, @alansykes, its statue is believed to be the oldest one of Santiago as a...
  18. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Hydration urine chart

    Thanks for the useful chart! While on such topic, I couldn't resist sharing this one chart... :D (Note it also refers to dehydration!) ;)
  19. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    What is a 'Whole' Camino, Anyway?

    I believe it does way before... ;)
  20. Marion-SantiagoInLove

    Carrying stones

    I pick my stones on the Way, when they call me. Their significance come to me as I walk, but when I drop them, I know. I left (actually, tried to throw it in the ocean, but it's quite far from the top!) my first stone and buried pictures in Fisterra after walking on France's routes, the C del...

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