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  1. elleley

    83 years young

    What a beautiful role you played for your friend! Thank you so much for sharing your story! Your experience inspires me to offer myself to an elder (ha! I am 66...) to do a slow walk on the Camino...especially if otherwise they would not be able to do it. I have walked 5 Caminos and despite...
  2. elleley

    Special albergues on the Meseta

    Agree! Communal meal, no WIFI, special little chapel, spectacular stone floor and outstanding hospitality...
  3. elleley

    Camino de la Corona - Where am I?

    Thank you so much for posting these photos. I took that Way when I walked the CF in 2016 and was alone on the trail the whole time. I experienced an "out of body" dream as I walked it and instead of the pack on my back, was carrying a small child (my pack was way too heavy...). I was leading a...
  4. elleley

    Is the Camino an addiction, an obsession or something else?

    Me neither...and it has really thrown me off! Thank you for your story and your honesty. The Camino came to me as a strong calling and I spent over 6 years feeling that calling and preparing for my first pilgrimage. Since 2016, I have been back five times, as a pilgrim, hospitalera and...
  5. elleley

    The camino is boring landscapes, paved roads, traffic…

    Me too! But "ego" will try always try to find it's insidious ways into the cracks of our joy, if we let it. With each pilgrimage I find it easier and easier to see ego for what it is (an illusion) and experience the true joy on the Camino that is our birthright. ultreia
  6. elleley

    Reflecting on the Camino

    Well done! Captures so much in such a short time. Much like the Camino experience! Ultreia! elle
  7. elleley

    Help Albergue Santa Cruz in Sahagun

    Stayed there in 2018 and would stay there again...if they can reopen next year! Glad to contribute to hopefully help to make it happen. Thanks for the post IngridF and thank you Rebekah and Peaceable Projects for your love and support!! ❤ ✌ Ultreia! elle
  8. elleley

    Disparaging "The Way"

    After reading Shirley's book many years ago, the Camino came into my consciousness but not as a personal reality. Maybe it was just a bit too "far out" for my taste. However, after seeing The Way, something in me stirred as if I had already walked it...couldn't explain it but as others have...
  9. elleley

    Why "Camino conversations" work, even for those of us who are not "social"...

    Thanks for your post. This beautiful poem holds so much! As does the Camino experience. While not in every case, for every pilgrim, for many of us this pilgrimage experience is more "vertical" than "horizontal." When you are in the present moment, really in the present moment, you can go deeper...
  10. elleley

    Post Camino treat

    Muxia!!! And stay at Bela Muxia (in a private room if available) More mystical and relaxed than Finesterre. Buen Camino! elle
  11. elleley

    Inspirational stories

    Thank you for sharing with your experiences with your community and for sharing your talent with this community! It is a beautiful painting that brings back wonderful memories of that place along my Camino. Ultriea! elle
  12. elleley

    transferring an empty duffel bag from St. Jean to Santiago

    Hi! For my first Camino, I left my inexpensive duffle with my airbnb host in Paris and then bought another inexpensive one in Santiago for the return home. Since then, I have been using an Osprey Airporter. It folds up small and goes to the bottom of my pack until my trip home. I know some folks...
  13. elleley

    Mattress covers?

    I also take a single sheet, but one made from a silk-like polyester, weighs next to nothing. Also spray with Permethrin and put it down on the mattress FIRST before anything else. Depending on the season, will add a silk liner or lightweight sleep sack. Ultreia! elle
  14. elleley

    Sahagun Street Market

    Yes! Saturday is Market Day in Sahagún. It is fairly large and varied. I spent a quincena en Bercianos as hospitalera and made sure to get to the market on Saturday for a rare get a way! Enjoy! Ultreia, elle
  15. elleley

    Jobi Talbot’s “Path of Miracles” choral composition

    Thank you SO much for posting this gorgeous music and bringing it to my attention. I listened to "Leon" and immediately was transported to the Catedral experiencing those incredible stained glass windows that make it such a special place for me. If I can't be back in Spain walking, I will be...
  16. elleley

    Got advice? Share it please!

    As MarkT17 suggests, take a small journal (the small moleskins are great) and at the end of everyday, write the date, name of the town you are in, the name of the albergue and names of other pilgrims you have met. These things seem like they are easy to remember, but in the strange world of the...
  17. elleley

    Looking for Best Pilgrim Common Meal

    The Parochial albergue in Bercianos del Real Camino includes a communal pilgrim meal in it's donativo. I suppose it varies with the volunteer hospitaleros who are working there, but only heard good things. Disclaimer: I worked there as a hospitalera in April and had many happy "customers."...
  18. elleley

    8 year old Irish boy walks from Leon to Santiago.

    Ultreia Christopher and dad! Good on you both!!!
  19. elleley

    Camino Frances - Amazing YouTube Video

    Thanks so much for sharing this! Brought back lots of memories of that first day. I especially loved seeing Orisson from the air!! One has to work a bit for that walk up the Pyrenees, but it was definitely worth it! Utreia!
  20. elleley

    Love story on the Way

    These are wonderful stories, and I love reading them. Thanks for starting this thread. I do think, however, that there are many kinds of love besides romantic love, as you mention with nature. I fell in love over and over again along the Way. Not in the romantic sense, but in the real sense of...

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