Last advices?

[Jan_89]

Hello guys!

In one month I'm starting my first way - Camino Frances from SJPdP to the end of the world! Any last useful advices for me?

Thanks!

Jan

 

[Larry from Sydney]

Jan if you are taking things you MAY need leave them - take compress and most of what you need you can buy in the Camino - travel with eyes heart soul and spirit open have plenty of space in them all as the Camino will fill them to overflowing


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[scruffy1]

Greetings from Jerusalem! No advice needed, you have it right before the first step - "travel with your eyes heart soul and spirit open have plenty of space in them" the rest is easy. Utilize the guide book but remember its not a how to manuel that comes from within - go walkabout? whenever you can! Check your e-mail I sent you something long.

 

[Jan_89]

Jan if you are taking things you MAY need leave them - take compress and most of what you need you can buy in the Camino - travel with eyes heart soul and spirit open have plenty of space in them all as the Camino will fill them to overflowing


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Hi Larry!

Thank you for this answer! Really like it! Yes, you are right! I have a list what I wanna take for my way, but still delete some things and now I know I'll go easily!

Jan

 

[Jan_89]

Greetings from Jerusalem! No advice needed, you have it right before the first step - "travel with your eyes heart soul and spirit open have plenty of space in them" the rest is easy. Utilize the guide book but remember its not a how to manuel that comes from within - go walkabout? whenever you can! Check your e-mail I sent you something long.

Hi to Jerusalem!

Yes, I have a guidebook, but I'm not sure if I'll use it.. I'll just go and enjoy the way! Anyway where did you send me something long? I can't find that..:/

Jan

 

[scruffy1]

Here it is just change Ithaka for Santiago and you will understand

As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope the voyage is a long one.
May there be many a summer morning when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors seen for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind—
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

 

[Jan_89]

Here it is just change Ithaka for Santiago and you will understand

As you set out for Ithaka
hope the voyage is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope the voyage is a long one.
May there be many a summer morning when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors seen for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind—
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you are destined for.
But do not hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you are old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would not have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you will have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

Absolutely great! Woow! Love it!

That's exactly what I want.. Because of this journey I resigned at work and just wanna be free and enjoy life and THIS WAY to Santiago!

Thank you so much!

 

[angeliki louk]

Σα βγεις στον πηγαιμό για την Ιθάκη,
να εύχεσαι νάναι μακρύς ο δρόμος,
γεμάτος περιπέτειες, γεμάτος γνώσεις.
Τους Λαιστρυγόνας και τους Κύκλωπας,
τον θυμωμένο Ποσειδώνα μη φοβάσαι,
τέτοια στον δρόμο σου ποτέ σου δεν θα βρεις,
αν μέν’ η σκέψις σου υψηλή, αν εκλεκτή
συγκίνησις το πνεύμα και το σώμα σου αγγίζει.
Τους Λαιστρυγόνας και τους Κύκλωπας,
τον άγριο Ποσειδώνα δεν θα συναντήσεις,
αν δεν τους κουβανείς μες στην ψυχή σου,
αν η ψυχή σου δεν τους στήνει εμπρός σου.

Να εύχεσαι νάναι μακρύς ο δρόμος.
Πολλά τα καλοκαιρινά πρωιά να είναι
που με τι ευχαρίστησι, με τι χαρά
θα μπαίνεις σε λιμένας πρωτοειδωμένους·
να σταματήσεις σ’ εμπορεία Φοινικικά,
και τες καλές πραγμάτειες ν’ αποκτήσεις,
σεντέφια και κοράλλια, κεχριμπάρια κ’ έβενους,
και ηδονικά μυρωδικά κάθε λογής,
όσο μπορείς πιο άφθονα ηδονικά μυρωδικά·
σε πόλεις Aιγυπτιακές πολλές να πας,
να μάθεις και να μάθεις απ’ τους σπουδασμένους.

Πάντα στον νου σου νάχεις την Ιθάκη.
Το φθάσιμον εκεί είν’ ο προορισμός σου.
Aλλά μη βιάζεις το ταξείδι διόλου.
Καλλίτερα χρόνια πολλά να διαρκέσει·
και γέρος πια ν’ αράξεις στο νησί,
πλούσιος με όσα κέρδισες στον δρόμο,
μη προσδοκώντας πλούτη να σε δώσει η Ιθάκη.

Η Ιθάκη σ’ έδωσε τ’ ωραίο ταξείδι.
Χωρίς αυτήν δεν θάβγαινες στον δρόμο.
Άλλα δεν έχει να σε δώσει πια.

Κι αν πτωχική την βρεις, η Ιθάκη δε σε γέλασε.
Hallo from Greece!
I know that you wont be able to read this but these are the greek words!
I will be starting my camino on the 8/7 and it's my first time and i cant wait for that journey......!
Buen camino and maybe we will meet along that journey!
Feel free and enjoy every step you take!!!

Έτσι σοφός που έγινες, με τόση πείρα,
ήδη θα το κατάλαβες η Ιθάκες τι σημαίνουν.




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[scruffy1]

Hallo from Greece!
I know that you wont be able to read this but these are the greek words!
I will be starting my camino on the 8/7 and it's my first time and i cant wait for that journey......!
Buen camino and maybe we will meet along that journey!
Feel free and enjoy every step you take!!!

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[SYates]

Take everything you plan to pack in your hand and ask yourself 'What is the worst thing that could happen if I leave THIS behind?' If the worse thing isn't too bad, just don't take it ;-)
Buen Camino, SY