tarasis
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2019)
Portuguese (Porto) (2019)
Hi, I'm Rob and new around these parts.
I am wanting to walk the Camino Frances this year, ideally starting in May just after the Eurovision Song Contest (so around the 21st-24th) ... although I'm tempted to start a week earlier.
This is all happening rather quickly, so I have about a month to prep and get stuff sorted. While I haven't really been walking this year yet, I was out walking 15-20km a day around the local area for exercise purposes (usually ~6km/h) so the daily walk isn't too intimidating, but the lack of Spanish (I suck at languages, I've lived in Germany 13 years and I'm still not good at it), having a crap diet (hate vegtables, and most fruit) and the short prep are playing a little on my mind.
It was originally supposed to happen 2 years ago, but it got punted, and then last year we had costly work done to the house and I had to be around for the builders.
Why so soon / why walk the Camino? Well part of it is a break / space to consider where my life goes from here, I am contemp... no ... I need space to be sure about the decision I've made and not have to worry about house work & kids; nothing like being able to walk for ages to give you time to think The other reasons are that I'd like to see Spain, experience a different culture and people, I enjoy walking and I want to just be living in the moment & not walk on a day if I just fancy pootling around and seeing the town I'm in.
Ideally I'd do the Northern coastal walk first (I love the sea, I miss it dearly), but I think the Camino Frances is a more sensible start. (Although I am REALLY tempted to do SJPDP to Santiago, rest for a few days and then do Santiago to Lisbon ... I have permission to do so, but that would mean walking in Portugal in July which could be crazy hot)
Small part of me wants to take my iPad along for reading purposes.
Other than that ... I dunno. I'm 42, from Northern Ireland, living in Germany, Stay at home parent with 2 kids (13 & 12), former computer programmer, in to roleplaying, film scores, Jazz
I am wanting to walk the Camino Frances this year, ideally starting in May just after the Eurovision Song Contest (so around the 21st-24th) ... although I'm tempted to start a week earlier.
This is all happening rather quickly, so I have about a month to prep and get stuff sorted. While I haven't really been walking this year yet, I was out walking 15-20km a day around the local area for exercise purposes (usually ~6km/h) so the daily walk isn't too intimidating, but the lack of Spanish (I suck at languages, I've lived in Germany 13 years and I'm still not good at it), having a crap diet (hate vegtables, and most fruit) and the short prep are playing a little on my mind.
It was originally supposed to happen 2 years ago, but it got punted, and then last year we had costly work done to the house and I had to be around for the builders.
Why so soon / why walk the Camino? Well part of it is a break / space to consider where my life goes from here, I am contemp... no ... I need space to be sure about the decision I've made and not have to worry about house work & kids; nothing like being able to walk for ages to give you time to think The other reasons are that I'd like to see Spain, experience a different culture and people, I enjoy walking and I want to just be living in the moment & not walk on a day if I just fancy pootling around and seeing the town I'm in.
Ideally I'd do the Northern coastal walk first (I love the sea, I miss it dearly), but I think the Camino Frances is a more sensible start. (Although I am REALLY tempted to do SJPDP to Santiago, rest for a few days and then do Santiago to Lisbon ... I have permission to do so, but that would mean walking in Portugal in July which could be crazy hot)
Small part of me wants to take my iPad along for reading purposes.
Other than that ... I dunno. I'm 42, from Northern Ireland, living in Germany, Stay at home parent with 2 kids (13 & 12), former computer programmer, in to roleplaying, film scores, Jazz
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