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This year, I had to quit in Astorga due to a severe cold: I just understood I was about to kill myself. So; I have to make plans for continuing from Astorga and onwards next time. And when is next time? Soon, I hope, but no winter walking...
But, there is another issue, reflected in the heading of my post. I cannot let go of the Camino... I just want to go back. After 4 walks (VdlP and CF), I have to confess to be a CA (Caminando Anonymics). I would actually like to stay on the Camino. Maybe as a helper in an albergue, or whatever. I have been treated so well by people like Istvan and his wife in Corazon Puro this spring, Rebekah in her tiny pueblo in 2009, + all the beautiful people I have met on the way all times (yes, some *ssholes too, but we should forget bad people).
Just want to do some payback; but how. I am independent and free and can go whenever I want. Except from some voluntary duties as a sea captain in the tourist industry in the Arctic...
Alex, I'm sorry you had to cut short your trip but good for you for taking care of yourself. The spring/summer season will be here soon enough...This year, I had to quit in Astorga due to a severe cold: I just understood I was about to kill myself. So; I have to make plans for continuing from Astorga and onwards next time. And when is next time? Soon, I hope, but no winter walking...
But, there is another issue, reflected in the heading of my post. I cannot let go of the Camino... I just want to go back. After 4 walks (VdlP and CF), I have to confess to be a CA (Caminando Anonymics). I would actually like to stay on the Camino. Maybe as a helper in an albergue, or whatever. I have been treated so well by people like Istvan and his wife in Corazon Puro this spring, Rebekah in her tiny pueblo in 2009, + all the beautiful people I have met on the way all times (yes, some *ssholes too, but we should forget bad people).
Just want to do some payback; but how. I am independent and free and can go whenever I want. Except from some voluntary duties as a sea captain in the tourist industry in the Arctic...
Alex, the following was posted in August of 2013. Things may have changed since then as to how they get volunteers in Santiago. Falcon or one of the other monitors may have current info, but I thought I would just copy part of that post:This year, I had to quit in Astorga due to a severe cold: I just understood I was about to kill myself. So; I have to make plans for continuing from Astorga and onwards next time. And when is next time? Soon, I hope, but no winter walking...
But, there is another issue, reflected in the heading of my post. I cannot let go of the Camino... I just want to go back. After 4 walks (VdlP and CF), I have to confess to be a CA (Caminando Anonymics). I would actually like to stay on the Camino. Maybe as a helper in an albergue, or whatever. I have been treated so well by people like Istvan and his wife in Corazon Puro this spring, Rebekah in her tiny pueblo in 2009, + all the beautiful people I have met on the way all times (yes, some *ssholes too, but we should forget bad people).
Just want to do some payback; but how. I am independent and free and can go whenever I want. Except from some voluntary duties as a sea captain in the tourist industry in the Arctic...
Thank you for very kind words and advice, Michael. It is like waiting for that journey that will bring one to the Camino for the first time: It seems far away, but sudddenly, one day it arrives. Kind of like David in another post, whose car broke down and he was stranded in France, and found himself surrounded by Camino references... when he started looking. Sometimes, one has to believe there is purpose in life.
Alex:
Welcome to the club! You are now one of those folks......
Alex:
Although Norway is not in the EU, it is in the Schengen Area. Does that mean you have the right of abode in EU countries? If yes, you can just have your pension check sent onward...
Thank you for very kind words and advice, Michael. It is like waiting for that journey that will bring one to the Camino for the first time: It seems far away, but sudddenly, one day it arrives. Kind of like David in another post, whose car broke down and he was stranded in France, and found himself surrounded by Camino references... when he started looking. Sometimes, one has to believe there is purpose in life.
Been there 5 years...
Yep, Tom: Free to come and go. No visa. Free healthcare. All med. bills are invoiced to the Norw. health care system. Don't need checks: Pension payout is sent directly to my Visa account each month. Great exchange rate from NOK to Euro. Strong oil&gas currency...
Just to let you all know that at the suggestion of Arn we have opened up a social group for Caminolics.
Me too, please. I have called myself a Camino recidivist/reincidente, but caminolic (or caminoholic??) also says it like it is! I'm afraid I'm not ready to be cured--was it St Augustine who had that prayer too--not just yet, Lord??
-- esp. those with building skills and strong backs --
We were only on the Camino for 1 week - 1 week before we had to leave due to a death in the family - and even in that short time, the Camino changed us.
Don't concern yourself Silverton about mixed metaphors or a cure for caminoholism we are all pilgrims who make good deeds and sometimes like David said of Augustine get things wrong.Pilgrim B, I know that quote is certainly more apt here, than the totally not in context one of Augustine that I referred to: 'Lord, make me chaste and continent, but not yet.' because I had said I wasn't ready yet to be cured of caminoholism. Mixing my metaphors, once again.
...some abandoning of what society holds to be important, that which is actually unimportant -
If life, the universe, reality, was random it would be, well random! - but it isn't is it .... my belief system tells me that there are no accidents, no coincidences, no randomness - everything, every little thing, has meaning .. what the universe manifests to us is for a reason and it is how we respond that is important, not what is actually happening that we label 'good' or 'bad'
Hi, my name's Katrina and I too am addicted
But what a beautiful family we belong to!
My bag is packed and ready, I just need to buy a flight and decide if I am going to start the Via de la Plata from Cadiz / Seville or Granada!
Ah, Rebekah! I had every intention of stopping by your place last month on my Camino, if only to tell you that we have a sort of mutual friend. My friend Susan is a friend of Anne Marie Z in PA. Sorry I didn't make the detour that day but I have a feeling I'm going to become one of those Caminoholics, too.all you junkies -- esp. those with building skills and strong backs -- are welcome to come over and stay at my place and help me re-do another adobe house... this one right on the Way!
But, there is another issue, reflected in the heading of my post. I cannot let go of the Camino... I just want to go back. After 4 walks (VdlP and CF), I have to confess to be a CA (Caminando Anonymics).
all you junkies -- esp. those with building skills and strong backs -- are welcome to come over and stay at my place and help me re-do another adobe house... this one right on the Way![/
LOL,, y WANT A FREE LABOR JAJAJAJA.
Hello and welcome Katrina. The good news is there is no 12 step program for us. Buen Camino!
Another option you may look into Alex, though it isn't specifically Camino related, is a volunteer stint through Workaway.com or Wwoof.org. Room and board in exchange for a set amount of work during the day. Many places scattered throughout Spain, some probably right along the Camino. (On days off you could take a leisurely stroll on sections of the Camino). It's a beautiful thing to see how the Camino can call us to look beyond ourselves, to push us to be of service to others. Imagine the changes we could see in the world if we could convince world leaders to walk the Way.
Whoops! You're right Michael. Thanks for the clarification.I think you might mean http://www.workaway.info, right? Country clubs in the US can get their own employees.
Hello all, I get excited reading your posts and seeing how many return for another leg of the Camino. I will be a newbie and am planning to travel next year in September. There is so much information to absorb and believe me if I could travel sooner I would, as I am aching to take this journey. I welcome any advice on preparation and what route you would recommend for a first leg of about 10-15 days. I thank you for your information and wish you all safe travels and bendiciones
Alex,This year, I had to quit in Astorga due to a severe cold: I just understood I was about to kill myself. So; I have to make plans for continuing from Astorga and onwards next time. And when is next time? Soon, I hope, but no winter walking...
But, there is another issue, reflected in the heading of my post. I cannot let go of the Camino... I just want to go back. After 4 walks (VdlP and CF), I have to confess to be a CA (Caminando Anonymics). I would actually like to stay on the Camino. Maybe as a helper in an albergue, or whatever. I have been treated so well by people like Istvan and his wife in Corazon Puro this spring, Rebekah in her tiny pueblo in 2009, + all the beautiful people I have met on the way all times (yes, some *ssholes too, but we should forget bad people).
Just want to do some payback; but how. I am independent and free and can go whenever I want. Except from some voluntary duties as a sea captain in the tourist industry in the Arctic...
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