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Oliver was one of us.
He died in Toronto on July 3, succumbing to the leukemia he had lived with for the past year.
He walked the Camino Frances in 2004, performed on his fiddle along the way in churches and other venues, and released his haunting album "Camino" after returning home. He...
Thanks Rebekah for your news about the progress on the "Peaceable Kingdom," and for the information and images posted on your blog.
You mentioned the Paris restaurant Chez Toinette in the 9th, but I find reference on Cityvox only to a Chez Toinette in the 18th at 20, Rue Germain Pilon.
Here is...
Yes, Sil, I like seeing the four of you, with all the gear that the "properly outfitted" peregrina carries on the camino.
Of course the view of you wearing crocs is the perfect companion to the images of your sore and blistered heels on the "walking sticks" thread!
I used MS paint to reduce the...
Thanks Ivar!
I did not see that "upload attachment" tab under the text box until you pointed it out.
I have to resize the photo, and then I'll post it.
Sil, thanks for the memories! I would attach a photo from the same day, but I cannot figure out how to do it? Am I blocked by the administrator? Perhaps Ivar or someone can straighten me out.
BTW, I can only imagine how ecstatic Finn must be about RSA claiming the Rugby World Cup in their...
Fred, beautiful pictures! Great to see familiar sights covered in snow, and to imagine the contrast from the sweltering conditions when we passed the same way in late August. Also nice to see that your crew of pilgrims hung together the whole way to Fisterre.
Ultreya!
Deirdre, thanks so much for sharing the images from your camino! As Artemis says, it's almost as good as being there.
I should not be too surprised to see that many of our captured images are the same. We often marvelled at the same sights, and sat in the same cafe chairs ordering the same...
Thanks to all our Santiago-Today friends for their kind comments about our photos.
We were blessed with excellent weather, and we can't help but reflect on how different the experience would have been under less favourable conditions. We had only one day of rain, which we rather enjoyed in a...
Thanks Peregrina, for posting. A fascinating account of group dynamics! I find that, the more people involved, the more complicated it becomes to make even seemingly simple decisions. Splinter groups and factions as described in the article usually result.
Small is beautiful!
We have returned home to Canada from our walk on the Camino Frances. Thanks to everyone here who helped us plan a camino that was just right for us!The experience was challenging, stimulating and rewarding. We met wonderful people and saw some marvelous sights.
I learned to love all the...
Peggy and I are trying to contact Fran from Geraldton, West Australia, who was walking the camino at the same time we were. We had dinner with Fran and the Dublin gang at the Bodegan La Juderia in Najera on August 30.
I would appreciate it if anyone can help put me in touch with Fran:
There...
Two more sleeps for us too! How can one not be excited? I have this image of peregrinos from all the far reaches of the world converging in the Pyrenees ready to begin this tremendous experience, both solitary and shared, of the camino.
Minkey has started today and his earlier fears of rain...
We are flying to Paris, and then taking the train to Bayonne, and from there a direct local train to SJPP.
You can find a €23 fare on the TGV at the SNCF site.
It may necessitate, as in our case, an overnight in Paris, but then that's not so bad! There are certainly worse predicaments.
We...
Sil,
Thanks for the lovely prayer.
We are getting so focused this week it's great, almost as if we are there now. We just came in from a five hour walk over hilly terrain with our friend Bruce, who walked the Via de la Plata in April and early May. We feel ready!
(Still lots of last...
Sil,
Thanks for the lovely prayer.
We are getting so focused this week it's great, almost as if we are there now. We just came in from a five hour walk over hilly terrain with our friend Bruce, who walked the Via de la Plata in April and early May. We feel ready!
(Still lots of last...
Sil, thanks for the weather update, and for the link to the Grant Spangler site. It's really good!
I "think" I'm now booked at the Hostal Burguete, using my "village idiot" level of Spanish to communicate with the staff. I'm looking forward to practicing and improving my language (and...
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