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Thanks for the tip about the Napoleon Route! I know the weather can be a bit unpredictable in the mountains, and I was anticipating having to make that particular decision the day I start out. My dates are pretty firm due to graduating college (I'm actually skipping the graduation ceremony to go on the trip) and needing to be back in time to start a full-time job I've got lined up. I'll just have to see how things are when I'm there; already some choices about this trip are slipping out of my control-freak hands, but I think it's good for me. Maybe the Camino will teach me to let go a bit and go with the flow a little more.Travel light ! Start wearing in your shoes now, start doing practice hikes now with a similar weight backpack. If the Napolean Route is important to you, then consider starting later in May because it might be closed in April. Take photos, keep a short journal and enjoy !
Ease down girl, just ease down, everything is gonna comeThanks for the tip about the Napoleon Route! I know the weather can be a bit unpredictable in the mountains, and I was anticipating having to make that particular decision the day I start out. My dates are pretty firm due to graduating college (I'm actually skipping the graduation ceremony to go on the trip) and needing to be back in time to start a full-time job I've got lined up. I'll just have to see how things are when I'm there; already some choices about this trip are slipping out of my control-freak hands, but I think it's good for me. Maybe the Camino will teach me to let go a bit and go with the flow a little more.
Thanks again!
Rule #1 - get your footwear (shoes/boots and socks) sorted before you leave home - happy feet make for a happy pilgrim (and blisters can make for a very unhappy pilgrim)!Hello everybody!
what advice would you give a first-time pilgrim?
-Jess
Maybe the Camino will teach me to let go a bit and go with the flow a little more. :) Thanks again![/QUOTE said:See, you re getting it already... The answers that come from within you, that is. Properly preparing as you are doing will stand you in good stead, but in the end just let go and trust. To trust was an important lesson in my first Camino, hence my avatar LGLG : let go, let God. If you surrender into the experience, it will likely be life changing for you - especially at such an early age. Best wishes.
Hi Jess,
when you are compelled or intend to walk a long stage, it is easier when you divide it in smaller sections in your mind: E. g. after 10 km or 2,5 hours I will have a bocadillo at the bar, by noon I will have walked 18 km and reward myself with an icecold coke...
When packing your backpack look at the weight of every item. consider if the possible use of it is worth carrying the extra weight. If you have several items with a similar function (e. g. T-Shirts) take the least heavy, regardless oft the colour.
BC
Alexandra
The devil lurks in odd places. The devil may tell you you don’t really need to finish, and that today is enough of his crap, walking in the rain, and it’s time to go home. The devil will sit with you as you’re ordering another bottle late at night, and encourage you to stay awake. The devil will tell you your feet hurt, your pack is heavy, you’re all wet, your mind is gone.
The devil will make you pay less attention than you should to the yellow arrows a two year old could find, until you’re lost. The devil will make you try to go too fast down the longest downhills, and will tie you up in knots trying to get a few kilometers farther down the road. The devil will visit you at the top of Monte de Gozo, in sight of Santiago and tell you it’s too hot to walk, and that you should stay seated on this stone forever.
Steel yourself to deal with that devil, the one inside all of us, and everywhere.
Buen Camino,
Paul
Pickup some pleasanties in Basque and Galician and, as Lydia said, some more in Spanish. My pleasanties in Spanish to Basque speakers were ignored. Also, learn something about Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture.what advice would you give a first-time pilgrim?
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