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Dave, I hear you. Wearing the clothes and sleeping in your Camino bag is a way of maintaining the simplicity, staying in touch with the magic. I did the same, only felt truly at home in my Camino clothes for a long long time, post-Camino. Isn’t that interesting? You’d think after weeks in the...
Yes. Exactly. I’ve been away from the Camino for almost six years and I still miss it. In that time I have slowly shed most of my belongings, keeping only the basic necessities and things that “spark joy.” One big Camino lesson for me was how truly content I could be with nothing but a change of...
Loving all these responses. Lots of food for thought here. I walked the CF twice, 2017 & 2018, just coincidentally starting on April 1 each time. Same route, same time — completely different weather. 2017, April & May were sunny, warm & bright, sometimes too warm (I dislike heat). But in 2018 it...
Great answer @Jilly123 !!
Fellow “overthinker” here. Yeah, we get stuck in our heads sometimes (paralysis thru analysis) but don’t sweat it, there’s truly no right or wrong way to do your Camino. Beyond reasonable preparation for your physical needs, try not to frontload your experience...
Love love love this thread, and agree it is one of the most compelling I’ve seen on this forum....
Note to history buffs, and to those who are compelled and/or mystified by the Camino’s very intense, magical, magnetic pull on otherwise very grounded, left-brain types like me: The Camino has a...
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