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Satírico
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Hola and Greetings,
I've posted, I think, on the subjects of souvenirs and memorabilia before, but maybe because I have camino itchings or just don't want to get on with my day, I have another pondering to put forward.
In an era when people march hundreds of miles with a scallop shell on their backpack, is a camino tattoo in Santiago the best marker of your achievement, your belonging to the Way of St James?
Now I know what you're thinking, the compostela and the credencial, not forgetting a sack full of photos and memories, these are the exemplars, and you're right.
Actually, it was Eurovision which stirred this thought up from the murky depths of my mental caldo. (see Eurovision thread - Portugal won). Quite a number of people performing had tatts, and they can make a person look a bit iffy, like an ex-con. That said, I've seen tattooing that was both discreet and tastefully intriguing: an inky fascinator. One of my peregrina amigas got a scallop shell tattoo in SdC and it looked great. Small and simple and highly effective. I'm starting to think, if I was ever going to get one...
On my first camino I collected a decorative tile with the scallop design, pleasingly tactile. Last time, the next best thing was a mounted camino coaster. If I manage to make it a hat trick of hiking adventures, and the pattern dictates that the next will be more epic than the last, whatever my knees have to say, well, I think I'll have earned my scarring.
Buen camino
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I've posted, I think, on the subjects of souvenirs and memorabilia before, but maybe because I have camino itchings or just don't want to get on with my day, I have another pondering to put forward.
In an era when people march hundreds of miles with a scallop shell on their backpack, is a camino tattoo in Santiago the best marker of your achievement, your belonging to the Way of St James?
Now I know what you're thinking, the compostela and the credencial, not forgetting a sack full of photos and memories, these are the exemplars, and you're right.
Actually, it was Eurovision which stirred this thought up from the murky depths of my mental caldo. (see Eurovision thread - Portugal won). Quite a number of people performing had tatts, and they can make a person look a bit iffy, like an ex-con. That said, I've seen tattooing that was both discreet and tastefully intriguing: an inky fascinator. One of my peregrina amigas got a scallop shell tattoo in SdC and it looked great. Small and simple and highly effective. I'm starting to think, if I was ever going to get one...
On my first camino I collected a decorative tile with the scallop design, pleasingly tactile. Last time, the next best thing was a mounted camino coaster. If I manage to make it a hat trick of hiking adventures, and the pattern dictates that the next will be more epic than the last, whatever my knees have to say, well, I think I'll have earned my scarring.
Buen camino
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