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walking every day for the rest of my life
The pictures aren't too clear, but you'll get the idea.
Not everyone has a bell as a souvenir from their camino, but we walked the Primitivo with a guy who had six of them hanging on his pack - one for each camino he had completed. Before we learnt his name was Alberto, he was known as Mr Jingle Bells to us - then he became Alberto Bells, and finally just Our Good Friend Alberto. On our final day together he gave us one each to remember him by and we jingled our way out to Fisterra with them hanging off our packs.
The pictureframe I picked up at a second-hand store and did not even notice the pilgrim on it until I got home!
The cork comes from a good bottle of red I shared with hubby when he was with us briefly.
The ribbon bracelet was given by another Primitivo family member, and the arrow badge - we were given so many of them we could start our own shop!
The money and yellow water container are a reminder that this was a fundraising walk for charity: water.
The compass - well that's not the one that saved our bacon a few days - but I'll want to use the real thing on future hikes!
The two credencials were "extras". We had our own homemade credencials that we filled, but the kids wanted to use the Salvador and Fisterra ones too - and now I'm glad we did!
The shell we picked up at Fisterra.
The Bayonne marker we rescued from a mud puddle!
The naff pilgrim souvenirs are still naff, but we love them.
The painting....I'm not sure how much to say about that. There might be a forum member who would be happy to add more. Otherwise, please ask no questions;-)IMG_2878.JPG IMG_2879.JPG IMG_2880.JPG
 
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The pictures aren't too clear, but you'll get the idea.
Not everyone has a bell as a souvenir from their camino, but we walked the Primitivo with a guy who had six of them hanging on his pack - one for each camino he had completed. Before we learnt his name was Alberto, he was known as Mr Jingle Bells to us - then he became Alberto Bells, and finally just Our Good Friend Alberto. On our final day together he gave us one each to remember him by and we jingled our way out to Fisterra with them hanging off our packs.
The pictureframe I picked up at a second-hand store and did not even notice the pilgrim on it until I got home!
The cork comes from a good bottle of red I shared with hubby when he was with us briefly.
The ribbon bracelet was given by another Primitivo family member, and the arrow badge - we were given so many of them we could start our own shop!
The money and yellow water container are a reminder that this was a fundraising walk for charity: water.
The compass - well that's not the one that saved our bacon a few days - but I'll want to use the real thing on future hikes!
The two credencials were "extras". We had our own homemade credencials that we filled, but the kids wanted to use the Salvador and Fisterra ones too - and now I'm glad we did!
The shell we picked up at Fisterra.
The Bayonne marker we rescued from a mud puddle!
The naff pilgrim souvenirs are still naff, but we love them.
The painting....I'm not sure how much to say about that. There might be a forum member who would be happy to add more. Otherwise, please ask no questions;-)View attachment 12920 View attachment 12921 View attachment 12922

This is wonderful!
 
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Lovely idea - I'm intrigued about the painting!
 
Bells --we were going to wear bells and yell, "Unclean" when we entered towns but forgot to do it! And thanks for the Ibuprofin you gave to my Novia--we had to walk another 10 kilometers until we found another place to get more for her. So much for, "there are stores everywhere!" And we did make it all of the way to Santiago!
 
Bells --we were going to wear bells and yell, "Unclean" when we entered towns but forgot to do it! And thanks for the Ibuprofin you gave to my Novia--we had to walk another 10 kilometers until we found another place to get more for her. So much for, "there are stores everywhere!" And we did make it all of the way to Santiago!
So glad to hear you made it! I smile when I hear people say there are shops everywhere - our daughter broke her arm on Saturday and we did not get to a medical centre until Monday. We were glad to have a supply of panadol on us. For the record, this trip I did not use any of my medical supplies for myself, but I shared them with many pilgrims just like you!
 
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Fantastic collage of memories for you, and great conversation starters for guests to your home. I love it!
 

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