Hello all,
I've just signed on. I'm Ana from California, currently staying in Pennsylvania. I did my first Camino in 2000 after nearly 25 years of thinking about it. I adopted Spain as my spiritual home early on, and promised myself I'd walk "someday."
Someday came and I gave up my modest life in L.A. after I knew I wouldn't be able to get the time off. My intent was to try to stay there; I had waited all my life for that opportunity.
Well, of course I couldn't stay then but I did become a peregrina for the first time.
I began the first time from Roncesvalles; and the second, after a teaching stint in Japan (which I'll repeat later this year), on the Camino Aragones from Somport Pass, just over the border from France.
I have few words so far to describe how I felt upon touching that sacred, ancient ground so many had trod. All I knew all along and at the end was that the Camino was going to become an integral part of my life.
My third time will also begin at Somport, as I jumped off the Aragones the first time to go again to Roncesvalles because I love the Navarra region. I'm not sure of the timing, depends on Japan.
I'm glad to come on here, and I hope to get to know many of you.
Buen Camino,
Ana
I've just signed on. I'm Ana from California, currently staying in Pennsylvania. I did my first Camino in 2000 after nearly 25 years of thinking about it. I adopted Spain as my spiritual home early on, and promised myself I'd walk "someday."
Someday came and I gave up my modest life in L.A. after I knew I wouldn't be able to get the time off. My intent was to try to stay there; I had waited all my life for that opportunity.
Well, of course I couldn't stay then but I did become a peregrina for the first time.
I began the first time from Roncesvalles; and the second, after a teaching stint in Japan (which I'll repeat later this year), on the Camino Aragones from Somport Pass, just over the border from France.
I have few words so far to describe how I felt upon touching that sacred, ancient ground so many had trod. All I knew all along and at the end was that the Camino was going to become an integral part of my life.
My third time will also begin at Somport, as I jumped off the Aragones the first time to go again to Roncesvalles because I love the Navarra region. I'm not sure of the timing, depends on Japan.
I'm glad to come on here, and I hope to get to know many of you.
Buen Camino,
Ana