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  1. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    At one point (Hospital de Orbigo) I remember telling a Camino Friend "I'm still feel like I'm not 'done' yet." I wasn't sure what I was expecting to change in me--I just knew it hadn't happened. I think this is part of it. All my worries/stress about things at home were put on hold temporarily...
  2. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    hah, this is the truth! I'm glad none of my stress is related to my job. I work the front desk at a retirement community, the only thing that was rough when I got back was remembering my passwords and going through six weeks' worth of email.
  3. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    Nah, not really. Not just because of money and visa issues--I missed my partner, the rest of my closet, having a kitchen, sleeping in, and also SOFT BEDS, seriously most mattresses in Spain are much firmer than I like, as a side-sleeper with bony hips! It'll probably be at least a few years...
  4. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    This one! https://www.caminochroniclespress.com/books/after-the-camino-your-pocket-guide-to-integrating-the-camino-de-santiago-into-your-daily-life/
  5. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    Thankfully I've never had that problem. My income is below the median and I live like a college student (no car, cheap run-down apartment, roommates) despite being 43, in part because that's the only way I can afford to go other places. My only real indulgences (outside of travel) are clothes...
  6. april_pdx

    A hard landing upon returning home

    I'm home! I've been home for a bit over a month, actually. And, as I knew would be the case, I came home to a fairly stressful situation. (One too boring/complicated to bother explaining.) And as I near being home for almost as long as I was gone, it's hard not to feel like my Camino didn't...
  7. april_pdx

    Wake up alarm

    I appreciate this, thank you!
  8. april_pdx

    Strangest food & drink on the Camino

    Had to google that, and honestly? I'd try it at least once. But the wikipedia page had the following: "It is also known as katemba in South Africa, cátembe in Mozambique, bambus in Croatia, jote in Chile, and jesus juice in Argentina." I'm cracking up at "jesus juice!"
  9. april_pdx

    Wake up alarm

    I have a hunch it's part of my ADHD (it does weird things to sleep/circadian rhythms), but oh man this is just not the way my brain/body works. In my day-to-day life I sometimes wake up hours before my alarm and I'm not able to get back to sleep. Other days I go to bed early (for me) and I...
  10. april_pdx

    What to Order at a Bar or Cafe after Using the Restroom

    Back when me and my then-boyfriend did a lot of long-distance bicycle touring, we found that splitting a 16oz bottle of Coke about 2/3rds through the day's miles really helped. I'm sure some of it was just a chance to stop and rest and get a little sugar and caffeine. Our bottles of water by...
  11. april_pdx

    What to Order at a Bar or Cafe after Using the Restroom

    Things I didn't expect to look forward to on my Camino: drinking these. Seriously, this sounds amazing. Edit: Apparently they're also sold in Japan and a ton of other countries! It was originally intended to compete with the Japanese drink Pocari Sweat...
  12. april_pdx

    Tips and Experiences in Dealing with Bed Bugs During Travel

    Oh, that's good to know. A lot of my clothing is merino and I was worried about this.
  13. april_pdx

    Rest days

    Yeah, I admit I do want to have that last little walk to the ocean. This is...probably not going to make a ton of sense, but: One of my favorite names for the Virgin Mary is "Star of the Sea" (Stella Maris), in part because I had a (very Catholic) great-aunt named Stella who was kind to me as a...
  14. april_pdx

    Rest days

    I'm familiar with this--I haven't done anything quite like the Camino before, but I did a 4.5 month bicycle tour once (the kind where you carry your own things on the bicycle and camp most nights). It was just me and my then-boyfriend, and most of our rest days were in various towns/cities while...
  15. april_pdx

    Takeaways from our first Camino

    One note I haven't seen yet, regarding the weight of clothing: some of us just run cold. Obviously this is going to vary a lot depending on what time of year/which route. I'm doing the Frances starting in mid-April, and I find my limbs get cold easily and that when I'm cold it's all I can...
  16. april_pdx

    Rest days

    I'm giving myself extra days, figuring 1. I could get ill or injured 2. I could take rest days if I want 3. Best-case scenario, I can keep walking to Finesterre and/or Muxia. (I even have enough paid time off from my job to cover the extra days, which feels extremely luxurious as an American, lol)
  17. april_pdx

    Cooking for Vegans: Easy and Delicious Recipes and Tips

    I know lots of people have already posted replies, but! There are many many websites and books with vegan recipes. Even if you don't follow them, looking at what other people made is good for getting ideas. My own advice as a mostly-vegan of nearly twenty years: Roasted/grilled veggies are...

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