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I start to fret when my husband is half an hour late. I start planning how to get rid of his books and tools, and what kind of dog I'll get. When he gets home I am always glad and relieved! I can't really help it; I've been doing this for over 30 years.
But in the old days before cell phones...
My opinion is that your Camino starts at your own front door. I walked into my own downtown, took a train and a bus and a plane and a train and a friend's car to the Monasteri de Sant Pere de Rodes and began walking there.
That was the start of my Cami de Sant Jaume.
Yes I did, thank goodness. If I had just blithely gone without checking, I could have been in a pickle. I tend to panic and lose any common sense when things get rough, so I tried to anticipate and troubleshoot before I left home.
My USA debit and credit cards would not work in Spain. My bank informed me that they are blocked in certain countries due to the risk of identity theft. I used a prepaid Travelex card to get cash every few days. Getting the leftover cash back from them after I returned home was a nightmare, but...
In Catalunya, many of the farm tracks have broken brick, concrete and other masonry pounded into them. I don't know why. Where I live, New England, USA, woods trails sometimes have wood chips ground into them, especially in wet spots. On my 50 mile walk, I found ONE piece of glazed tile, blue...
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