Man in Black
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances (2017)
Camino Finisterre (2017)
Chemin St Jacques (2018)
Rota Vicentina (2019)
... have a Pilgrim Party!
We completed the Camino Frances in the middle of October and were a little bluesy returning to Canada. Last weekend we invited 3 Camino veterans and 3 aspiring Camino walkers to our home for a Pilgrim Party. It was BYOP & C -- bring your own poles and compostellas -- with yellow flechas along our sidewalk and driveway directing the invitees to our albergue. As hosts we provided Caldo Gallego and cheap red wine for the potluck. Our guests brought crusty bread, salad, manchega cheese, olives, and little ham tapas topped with figs to round out the meal.
A local Anglican priest who has led Camino tours in the past baked the best Tarte de Santiago on this side of the Atlantic complete with the Cross of Saint James stenciled in icing sugar. It was a joyous evening and as my wife and I were the only common thread amongst the diners, the night was comparable to communal meals on the Way with strangers becoming fast friends before the night was finished.
We swapped tales of the Camino while listening to a CD recorded by Oliver Schroer, a Canadian violinist who walked the Camino in 2004. He recorded his music in churches and cathedrals while walking the Camino. His CD is entitled simply camino (lowercase). My favourite piece is field of stars and in the CD jacket Schroer introduces the piece with poetry "Over the course of the camino, I loosened my grip and let this melody shatter against stone walls and romanesque arches. The echos and shards reassembled and found new life." Oliver died a few years later but his legacy is this hauntingly beautiful music.
We completed the Camino Frances in the middle of October and were a little bluesy returning to Canada. Last weekend we invited 3 Camino veterans and 3 aspiring Camino walkers to our home for a Pilgrim Party. It was BYOP & C -- bring your own poles and compostellas -- with yellow flechas along our sidewalk and driveway directing the invitees to our albergue. As hosts we provided Caldo Gallego and cheap red wine for the potluck. Our guests brought crusty bread, salad, manchega cheese, olives, and little ham tapas topped with figs to round out the meal.
A local Anglican priest who has led Camino tours in the past baked the best Tarte de Santiago on this side of the Atlantic complete with the Cross of Saint James stenciled in icing sugar. It was a joyous evening and as my wife and I were the only common thread amongst the diners, the night was comparable to communal meals on the Way with strangers becoming fast friends before the night was finished.
We swapped tales of the Camino while listening to a CD recorded by Oliver Schroer, a Canadian violinist who walked the Camino in 2004. He recorded his music in churches and cathedrals while walking the Camino. His CD is entitled simply camino (lowercase). My favourite piece is field of stars and in the CD jacket Schroer introduces the piece with poetry "Over the course of the camino, I loosened my grip and let this melody shatter against stone walls and romanesque arches. The echos and shards reassembled and found new life." Oliver died a few years later but his legacy is this hauntingly beautiful music.
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