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  1. The Kolbist

    The queues in Santiago

    When we did our first Camino in 2014, we got to the old pilgrim office closer to the cathedral, it was raining cats and dogs. We waited patiently in cold and rain for 2 1/2 hours and if I recall correctly, the people around us were happily suffering. So we believe in one of the quips in Efren's...
  2. The Kolbist

    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    yes, but thats on the side of no reservation and i have used the "tiene un recomendacion, por favor?" approach many times and it is effective. thanks.
  3. The Kolbist

    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    the financial burden is when you already have a reservation but you need to stop short of the place where you reserved and is forced to find a place to sleep then you just paid for 2 beds and in our case it would 4. In all of our 3 caminos, what i noticed is that the beds/rooms on bookings.com...
  4. The Kolbist

    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    My stand on no-reservation was never about a stand on what is the real camino. Your pilgrimage is your pilgrimage - it is internal as much as external. I dont even impose the no-reservation view to my wife. My point is the obvious constraint it does to the daily life of our Camino of having a...
  5. The Kolbist

    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    right - freedom is not free. As pilgrims on a budget, i am not willing to pay for 2 accommodations on one night - most are cancellable only at least a day prior to your arrival - just because we have the freedom to go to another one. We as pilgrims are technically constrained by our budget that...
  6. The Kolbist

    A note on reserving beds and the spirit of the Camino

    My wife and I walk the caminos with 2 different perspective on where we should lay our heads every night in the camino. I would rather have Camino provide for a place to stay every night which never fails afterall, people have been walking the camino for 1200 years but my wife wants more comfort...
  7. The Kolbist

    Mass on Coastal Camino Portugal 🇵🇹

    Hi Margaret, We walked from Lisbon in 2016. CP is kinda unique when it comes to religious pilgrims. Almost every town you stop has a daily mass but of course, this was pre-pandemic. We almost was able to go to mass everyday. You can prolly check and research where you plan to stop, for the mass...
  8. The Kolbist

    Funny Camino Stories, Experiences or Pictures

    We got to Airexe in Galicia pretty late, so we checked out the Municipal Albergue. Each one of us (six in our Camino family from all over the world) got into the beds and found the place to be crowded and cramped so one by one, we all headed towards the exit. On our way out, an old Ozzy Lady of...
  9. The Kolbist

    3 Caminos, season 1 now available

    yehey... its available in 'merca...:)
  10. The Kolbist

    On the Camino: One day at a time, one photo at a time...

    An oasis for a wary soul.. #HontanasChurch #Biblesindifferentlanguages
  11. The Kolbist

    While you're not doing anything else ... help identify this church!

    i believe it is the Iglesia de Santa Maria de Ferreros. I actually have a video with the cemetery beside it but i have to find it thats also why i was able to identify it right away. https://goo.gl/maps/PWQaogvLvjsZvY6i8
  12. The Kolbist

    Your Favorite Easter Movies

    "The Passion" by Mel Gibson
  13. The Kolbist

    I am still walking my Camino

    we're still praying and prepping for a del norte Camino this summer. So we walk in state parks and other parks carrying the exact backpack that we're gonna be carrying. So the spirit lives on... Ultreia!
  14. The Kolbist

    Multi-timers: Compare your Camino experiences

    1 - short CF more like and introduction to Camino but it was enough to trigger the question "When do we get back?" 2 - CP - From Lisbon to Fatima (a very religious camino during the feast day of Our Lady of Fatima). I was a great experience. Then we walked again from Porto to Santiago. A...
  15. The Kolbist

    American pilgrims may be interested in this page...

    Hi, No, I havent attended any camino class in the North Texas area but by then we have been to camino 3 times already so I might know a thing or two about the camino. We usually would just engage them in conversation about the camino and maybe the ones that we talked to haven't been to Camino...
  16. The Kolbist

    The Introverted Pilgrim

    I'm one of those who relish the moments of being alone. I work from home alone except when wife is around. I am more comfortable not talking to anybody at work. All my life, alone is my gold standard. In the camino, I always walk with my wife but she's always faster than me so a rosary and the...
  17. The Kolbist

    A 'One Word' Why?

    Santiago
  18. The Kolbist

    American pilgrims may be interested in this page...

    In our neck-of-the-woods REI, I always talk to the REI folks and ask them if they have heard of Camino. Most of the answers are either NO or vaguely. The vaguely answers always recommend a trail running shows because in their opinion it's just walking. I always tell them that most of the time I...
  19. The Kolbist

    Walking meditation

    I have a book by a good friend of mine - Frank Padilla entitled "El Camino de Santiago - the Way of St. James" subtitled "Lessons in Servant Leadership". I'm thinking that it might be a good meditation book or reflection guide while walking the Camino to rekindle the original purpose of Santiago...
  20. The Kolbist

    Walking meditation

    my wife and i do rosary..

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