- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2013 - 2018 , Pilgrim Office volunteer 2014 - 2022
I did the Camino Frances from 24 April to 29 May this year. However, while the overall experience made a profound impact on me, it left me with the sense that while I had accomplished it, I had not properly experienced it. Does that make sense? I spent a lot of time taking over 3,000 pictures and observing the passage of distance and attainment of destinations. However, I realized, in hindsight, that I did not experience the Camino as fully as I wanted to .
So, and has been oft stated by many others in this forum, the only cure for Camino fever is to do another Camino! Thus, I plan to return to St. Jean at the end of next April, after Easter to do it again. This time, I will live it, feel it, smell it, and fully experience it. Once I've done the Camino Frances properly, I hope to do other Caminos, one each year, as long as health and stamina permit.
I enjoyed growing the Camino beard, but I think next time, I will bring the gear and shave once a week. The beard kept my face warm in the late Winter this year, but looking like Papa Smurf is not the look I was going for...
Buen Camino!
Tom (from Virginia)
So, and has been oft stated by many others in this forum, the only cure for Camino fever is to do another Camino! Thus, I plan to return to St. Jean at the end of next April, after Easter to do it again. This time, I will live it, feel it, smell it, and fully experience it. Once I've done the Camino Frances properly, I hope to do other Caminos, one each year, as long as health and stamina permit.
I enjoyed growing the Camino beard, but I think next time, I will bring the gear and shave once a week. The beard kept my face warm in the late Winter this year, but looking like Papa Smurf is not the look I was going for...
Buen Camino!
Tom (from Virginia)