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  1. Lulumom

    Souvenirs from Santiago

    Hi all, My husband and I walked from SJPDP to Santiago in 37 days, ending in late May. We were in the group that got floods, snow, rain for a week, etc. so quite an experience! Anyhow, I am finally getting around to putting away all of our hiking gear and realized that I went a little crazy on...
  2. Lulumom

    How long and steep are the downhills going from St Jean to Roncesvalles?

    You’ve been given great advice. Im just throwing in my two cents. I ended up injuring my knee on the downhill to Roncesvalles and it put a huge damper on my Camino for the next two weeks so you are very wise to be checking this out in advance! Here is what I wished I had done in advance: 1)...
  3. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    Someone with red spray paint has destroyed each and every km marker on the last two days of the Camino going into Santiago. They also destroyed the beautiful fence of someone who was kind enough to plant gorgeous wisteria for pilgrims to enjoy. They wrote: Love Wins. Sometimes just a heart and a...
  4. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    Someone with red spray paint has destroyed each and every km marker on the last two days of the Camino going into Santiago. They also destroyed the beautiful fence of someone who was kind enough to plant gorgeous wisteria for pilgrims to enjoy. They wrote: Love Wins. Sometimes just a heart and a...
  5. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    You are right in that we can’t let it upset us to the point where it interferes with our Camino or inner peace but I believe in social responsibility and have noticed that sometimes these sorts of things will flourish in an environment of tolerance because no one speaks up or feels that they can...
  6. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    Would it be possible to have a hand out created explaining why graffiti is disrespectful and asking pilgrims to not do it and speak up if they see it? I feel like if every credential issuing authority had this, it would help. Not perfect but a start. The other thing I was thinking would be to...
  7. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    I disagree. The only thing evil needs is for good people to do and say nothing. Is it okay for someone to key your car, knowing your car isn’t permanent? Or should we stand by ‘peacefully’ and allow racism, sexism, hate crimes and so forth because we don’t believe we can or should “change...
  8. Lulumom

    LIVE from the Camino Graffiti...and meaness

    Yesterday I passed a gorgeous stone house and saw that if you looked closely someone had written a “Camino” saying about how “love wins” on the stone in English, in Sharpie. It was a person’s home!!! and this moron decided that their desire to express so-called love was more important than...
  9. Lulumom

    Huge rush from Sarria at the moment

    I’m heading to Sarria today and also feeling annoyed by crowds, litter, graffiti (pilgrim specific and local) and bad attitudes (people who don’t reply to ‘buen camino’ or even “hola”) so I get it. But Its also just a bit surreal for a large group of mostly non-Spaniards to chat about the...
  10. Lulumom

    Physical Recovery

    When we slow down dramatically our bodies interpret this as a signal to conserve energy - there’s a while area of research related to elderly that goes into the physiology of this. I’m not done yet but I have a Fitbit and on the Camino it always reaches 10,000 steps before 9:00am. In my life BC...
  11. Lulumom

    Amazing albergue - don’t miss it!

    The municipal albergue in Cavabelos is not to be missed. It’s a semi circle of rooms with two beds facing a central courtyard around a church! The women who run it explained it used to be a horse stable. Gorgeous, sunny and staffed by really nice people. 5 euros! Looks outside of town on the map...
  12. Lulumom

    Danger for pilgrims walking between Roncesvalles & Zubiri

    I was just there two days ago. It is very dangerous and there is a barb wire fence blocking any detour around. We looked in every direction and there were about ten of us. Nothing. We pulled branches and logs from both sides to make a more secure crossing but the kept getting washed away. Also...
  13. Lulumom

    Paris to SJPdP??

    Hard to believe we leave tomorrow! We will end up in Paris (we are taking a military flight so we just found out where and when we will arrive.) So far tonight we’ve not been able to find an expedient option for getting from Paris to SJPdP. Anyone have any suggestions? As always - thank...
  14. Lulumom

    Staying at Orisson - An Irish Analogy

    I heard that you need to reserve Orrison in advance. Is this always the case? It seems like it would be nice to be able to decide when you get there...:)
  15. Lulumom

    Augh! Should be in SJPDP by April 2 - 3

    Wow! Thanks for the links and the great suggestions! I'm excited to check out Stephen Jones on youtube tonight. The advice about not sweating in the cold is also great; I will be sure to remember that. It's hovering around freezing here in Redding, CA today and POURING rain. Just going out in...
  16. Lulumom

    Augh! Should be in SJPDP by April 2 - 3

    Hello, My husband and I are using military travel so there's no way to know the exact date we will arrive in France (or really, exactly where we will arrive) but (somehow) we expect to make it to the starting point by early April; we leave home (California) on the 29th. I'm wondering if any...

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