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  1. jayree

    The Portomarin "Liberty Bell"

    https://www.caminandocontigo.com/la-campana-de-la-libertad-repica-ya-en-o-fucino-do-porco/ The English inscription "liberty bell" is engraved on the pedestals of both bells, which means "bell of freedom". A motto that in a way also symbolizes the freedom with which pilgrims, walkers and...
  2. jayree

    Unexpectedly feminist pilgrimage

    https://www.salon.com/2024/01/20/my-unexpectedly-feminist-pilgrimage-walking-the-camino-de-santiago-and-the-freedom-i-found/
  3. jayree

    Arrow at Burguete

    One sound memory from the Camino I often hear over again in my mind is "Señor, señor. Camino esta aquí," usually from an elderly woman pointing a direction different from the one I was walking. Also, very early on I learned 'derecho' is straight and 'a la derecha' is to the right.
  4. jayree

    “An experience that is more about the self than the selfie.”

    From the NYT 52 Places to Travel in 2021. The Camino de Santiago, Spain “An experience that is more about the self than the selfie.” My grandfather and I have walked four routes together on the Camino de Santiago. He is 80 and Catholic; I am 35 and skeptical. Our walks were undistracted...
  5. jayree

    Camino Frances a Second Time

    Two stories come to mind. On the train from Bayonne to SJPdP a man announced, "This will be my second Camino Frances." A German standing next to him asked, "What's the problem? Didn't you understand it the first time?" Later at a dinner I overheard a woman tell her husband. "We walk this same...
  6. jayree

    Walking the Camino Frances multiple times - why?

    I am reminded of two stories I heard when I walked the CF. On the train from Bayonne to SJPdP one pilgrim announced this would be his second time to walk the CF. A German quickly replied, "What's the matter? Didn't you get it the first time.?" Toward the end I heard one woman tell her husband...
  7. jayree

    Relics and pilgrimages

    There is an interesting article about relics and pilgrimages in the online magazine Aeon. From the ending ... "If you believe that that these places and objects might be sacred, you can experience a profoundly moving act of veneration in which the celebrity or celebrated dead is both mortally...
  8. jayree

    macarons

  9. jayree

    Cape Finisterre’s mythical pull

    http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190411-the-camino-de-santiagos-ancient-secret?
  10. jayree

    Strangers on the Earth

    Last night at the American Pilgrims on the Camino (APOC) Gathering in Ashville, NC we watched the recently released movie “Strangers on the Earth,” a documentary on the Camino Frances. The soundtrack, Bach cello sonatas performed along the way by one of the central characters, “pulled the movie...
  11. jayree

    Pilgrimage

    Today I was reading "The Life You Save May Ne Your Own. An American Pilgrimage." by Paul Elie. It is a combined biography of Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy. (Richard Rodrigues calls them 'the best Catholic American writers of the twentieth century'). At the...
  12. jayree

    NPR 5 minute audio on Camino

    The observation I particularly liked ... "It is a historic landmark because there are no borders. There's only one family called humanity. And you see it all on the Camino de Santiago."
  13. jayree

    Sacred Sites. The Camino

    This season (in the USA) the Smithsonian channel will feature a documentary on The Camino (season 2, episode 3) that will air in a few weeks, August 27. Details are at https://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/sacred-sites/the-camino/1003827/3462207. From their web site ... "For more than a...
  14. jayree

    Best pintxos on Calle Laurel?

    A visit to Logroño without a visit to Bar Angel is a mistake.
  15. jayree

    Reading and listening - history, language, Spain

    Agree. I saw an ad in the Sunday NYT last summer and downloaded the audio to their iPhone app. It costs $25 plus tax on sale. I listened to 2-3 lectures each day while walking. They were outstanding. The Great Courses have annual sales when courses are steeply discounted, the best time to buy...
  16. jayree

    The Most Important Question Ever Asked

    On the Camino Norte I was scheduled to meet someone in Markena Xemien. When I finally walked in the whole town was on siesta, a veritable ghost town, except for the Irish Pub, which was open but empty. They had three beers on tap. I ordered a Guinness and the bar tender said in Spanish, "We...
  17. jayree

    Painting - Camino de Santiago - Onwards to Molinaseca

    Thank you for posting this painting and the history info. I really like your description of the Camino as "a life rewarding experience."
  18. jayree

    Camino Recap

    A wonderful post. Thanks.
  19. jayree

    Kindred spirits

    When walking a Camino I usually make a few new friends whom I often seem to know better than many of my old friends back home. While reading "A Gentleman in Moscow" (altogether excellent) the author, Amor Towles, makes an observation that especially resonated with the pilgrim me. “Some might...
  20. jayree

    River route into Burgos (PDF)

    This is simply outstanding. Indeed, pictures are often way better than words. Thank you.

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