- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances 2014
Camino Portugues 2015
7 Days post Camino - things are different - mostly good, perhaps a few not-so-good, definitely different.
If you read this post and you've walked a Camino, most likely you know the feeling. If you’re doing research for a future Camino, this may not make as much sense.
Suzie and I have walked two Camino Frances from St. Jean. I’ve walked a solo Camino from Porto. Before our departure, I asked myself, "Would a second Camino be more difficult?" Upon our return, the answer is still elusive.
The Camino has a Way of impacting your being unlike most other experiences. A week after returning from Spain and I'm still thinking about what it all means.
In the interim, there are Camino terms and phrases that have special meanings to Pilgrims. If you've walked the Camino, you have what I call "Camino Distinction" - you immediately know certain things about the Camino - the travel, the walking, the backpack, the food, the albergues, the churches, other Pilgrims, etc. Once you walk the Camino, you can now distinguish very specific things about the Camino that were not possible to know unless you walked The Way.
So let's have some fun. 2 Words - a Collocation - that describe something unqiue about the Camino. The first word being "Camino" and the second word being ... <fill in the blank>
For example, "Camino Angel" or "Camino Magic". For most pilgrims, something immediately comes to mind when these words are expressed.
I'm most certain there are “A” thru “Z” Camino Collocations. Here are some of mine:
Camino Funk
Camino Fatigue
Camino Rhythm
Camino Stare
What are yours?
Camino Angel
Camino B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
...
Camino Magic
...
Camino Z_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
... and if I were to say "Camino Haystack", we all get this image of the enormous bales of hay stacked along The Way. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that wanted to stop, climb to the summit, just to get another view ;-)
If you read this post and you've walked a Camino, most likely you know the feeling. If you’re doing research for a future Camino, this may not make as much sense.
Suzie and I have walked two Camino Frances from St. Jean. I’ve walked a solo Camino from Porto. Before our departure, I asked myself, "Would a second Camino be more difficult?" Upon our return, the answer is still elusive.
The Camino has a Way of impacting your being unlike most other experiences. A week after returning from Spain and I'm still thinking about what it all means.
In the interim, there are Camino terms and phrases that have special meanings to Pilgrims. If you've walked the Camino, you have what I call "Camino Distinction" - you immediately know certain things about the Camino - the travel, the walking, the backpack, the food, the albergues, the churches, other Pilgrims, etc. Once you walk the Camino, you can now distinguish very specific things about the Camino that were not possible to know unless you walked The Way.
So let's have some fun. 2 Words - a Collocation - that describe something unqiue about the Camino. The first word being "Camino" and the second word being ... <fill in the blank>
For example, "Camino Angel" or "Camino Magic". For most pilgrims, something immediately comes to mind when these words are expressed.
I'm most certain there are “A” thru “Z” Camino Collocations. Here are some of mine:
Camino Funk
Camino Fatigue
Camino Rhythm
Camino Stare
What are yours?
Camino Angel
Camino B_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
...
Camino Magic
...
Camino Z_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
... and if I were to say "Camino Haystack", we all get this image of the enormous bales of hay stacked along The Way. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that wanted to stop, climb to the summit, just to get another view ;-)