Wyvernsridge
Alex from Australia
- Time of past OR future Camino
- CF-Oct 2013; CN-Sep 2015; CF-Apr 2015
CP-Sep 2022
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Ah, the joys of living in Australia. It might sometimes be inconvenient but I wouldn't swap it for anywhere else. It takes a long time but aren't we fortunate to live in such a beautiful country and be able to jump on buses, planes and trains to go on pilgrimage to other beautiful but very different countries? The Spanish are very welcoming to Aussies - they even planted eucalypts so we'd feel at homeTomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
Yep Alex- your cousins from across the ditch ;-) But Buen Camino! Make sure you allow yourself some rest to get over jetlag.Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October. Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino? cheers Alex
And so does minw JulieAh, the joys of living in Australia. It might sometimes be inconvenient but I wouldn't swap it for anywhere else. It takes a long time but aren't we fortunate to live in such a beautiful country and be able to jump on buses, planes and trains to go on pilgrimage to other beautiful but very different countries? The Spanish are very welcoming to Aussies - they even planted eucalypts so we'd feel at home
P.S. Yes I know the trees are a pest in Spain and I try to dislike them in their new home but I'm a bushwalker and, despite my best intentions, my heart still lifts at the sight of them.
I think that I may have a slightly longer prelude.....I am in Western Aust and I have: Walk to Train, catch train, catch bus, plane, plane, train, train and bus....such a long travelling time.Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
I can join the Camino del Norte by just stepping out my front door. Oh, the joys of living in Pays Basque.
Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
PS
To my fellow Aussie friends and pilgrims. After having lived 4 years in Killara and Mosman, NSW I totally agree with your love of country, but let it be know that the Basque Country with its beaches and mountains is also heaven on earth. Besides our wines are far superior to what you currently produce.
I didn't see many beaches on the CF, but the mountains are magnificent. In spring, walking towards the snow covered Montes de Leon or Montes de Oca was something it will be difficult to forget. It was a bit heart rending to see eucalyptus trees formed up in rows outside Arzua. It is hard to think of them as plantation timber, but the scent made me homesick anyway.PS
To my fellow Aussie friends and pilgrims. After having lived 4 years in Killara and Mosman, NSW I totally agree with your love of country, but let it be know that the Basque Country with its beaches and mountains is also heaven on earth. Besides our wines are far superior to what you currently produce.
Yes, same here. (San Francisco Oct 4th) Plane->bus->plane->bus->train (St Jean PdP Oct 5th). Start walking Oct 6th.Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
desde argentina te deceo un buen camino y buen caminoTomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
We'll be leaving from Adelaide and looking at having to catch about four planes attachFull6329 at this stage. So much for Adelaide's direct flight promise!
That sounds very much like throwing down the gauntlet!PS
To my fellow Aussie friends and pilgrims. After having lived 4 years in Killara and Mosman, NSW I totally agree with your love of country, but let it be know that the Basque Country with its beaches and mountains is also heaven on earth. Besides our wines are far superior to what you currently produce.
... and I was being just a little parochial!dougfitz, I was being a little chauvinistic about the wine comparison, just for fun, because I do think you have some of the best chardonnays in the world, but the reds from Txacoli, Irouleguy and Rioja are some of the finest wines in the world. It's been nearly 20 years since I lived in Sydney and one thing I don't remember was a quality rose there and that is something we certainly do excel in here.
dougfitz, I was being a little chauvinistic about the wine comparison, just for fun, because I do think you have some of the best chardonnays in the world, but the reds from Txacoli, Irouleguy and Rioja are some of the finest wines in the world. It's been nearly 20 years since I lived in Sydney and one thing I don't remember was a quality rose there and that is something we certainly do excel in here.
I will be three days behind you--so unless you are really slow (or I suddenly become extremely fast) we may not meet. Are you taking any rest days anywhere? Buen Camino!Tomorrow Tuesday 1 October at lunchtime I start my journey from Canberra, Australia [Bus +plane +plane+train+bus]. I will finally start walking from SJPdP on Friday 5 October.
Does anybody else have a longer prelude to their Camino?
cheers
Alex
Good on you cobber. And the very best of luck and good times to you.Counting down SJPdP - 3 days. I am already mentally transitioned from day-to-day grind to Camino.
Whenever I hear the cuckoos in these forests I always think a kookaburra or a bell bird will chime in next. I lived on the edge of the forest preserve east of Gordon where a large fruit bat colony resides, it was also full of birds like lorikeets, kookaburras and guinea hens which I feed daily as well as a 2 meter long goanna; wonderful place!
Julie, FYI believe it or not real men here debate the relative merits and qualities of Spanish versus French roses, when one orders a glass of rose they must specify espangnol or provence. The Spanish ones tend to be plus forte!
My prelude from California was longer than that! I flew a Space A (Space Available, military version of standby) flight from San Diego to Norfolk, VA. on a Saturday, got bumped off two flights a few days later and finally got on a flight going to Lisbon, PT that Friday, bought a ticket to Bilbao that night and flew out the next morning.
Flew to Bilbao with a short layover in Madrid, got to Bilbao and took a bus to Pamplona and got a room for the night, and took another bus to SJPDP the next day.
What good taste the real men of the Basque Country have! Thanks for the tip. I'll remember to include provence in my rosé order in future.Julie, FYI believe it or not real men here debate the relative merits and qualities of Spanish versus French roses, when one orders a glass of rose they must specify espangnol or provence. The Spanish ones tend to be plus forte!
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