Wokabaut_Meri
somewhere along the Way
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Francés 2015
Pilgrims Way 2018
Via Francigena #1 Canterbury-Dover 2018
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Federico Garcia Lorca, Pablo Neruda, LLuis Llach, Carl Jung, John Bunyan, Rosalia do Castro, Chaucer - I had them all with me in my head ( and a couple of poetry books) when I walked in October and they are weaving their way into the memoire I am writing. I am sure the conversation over a glass of Ribeiro in the evening would be interesting!It's a popular question in magazines and news articles asked of celebrities and politicians: If you were hosting a dinner party - the ultimate dinner party - who would you invite and why?
It got me thinking about walking the Ultimate Camino with 5 companerõs. If you could invite anyone, living or dead, to accompany you on your next Camino, who would they be and why would you chose them?
Here's mine:
1. My Mum
She died of Dementia in 2009, loved walking but was tormented by memories of her refugee trek across Europe during WWII. She would have adored wandering along the Camino and perhaps it may have brought her some peace of mind.
2. Emilio Estevez
The Director of 'The Way'. Lively conversation on how his intention to honour and promote the Camino has helped to popularise the Francés and how he sees that now in retrospect.
3. Pablo Picasso
for his amazing, prolificly creative life and his moving and powerful painting: Guernica
4. Mary Oliver
because you have to have a poet and to live her poem 'The Journey'
5. St James
For his take on pilgrims and the pilgrimage. We could finally get the answer to that hotly debated question of what makes a true pilgrim?
My ultimate Camino would involve no one else except the pilgrims I meet along the way, the hospitaleros and local people I meet by chance encounter. Maybe not the most exciting list but hey the Camino is an intensely personal journey for me.It's a popular question in magazines and news articles asked of celebrities and politicians: If you were hosting a dinner party - the ultimate dinner party - who would you invite and why?
It got me thinking about walking the Ultimate Camino with 5 companerõs. If you could invite anyone, living or dead, to accompany you on your next Camino, who would they be and why would you chose them?
Here's mine:
1. My Mum
She died of Dementia in 2009, loved walking but was tormented by memories of her refugee trek across Europe during WWII. She would have adored wandering along the Camino and perhaps it may have brought her some peace of mind.
2. Emilio Estevez
The Director of 'The Way'. Lively conversation on how his intention to honour and promote the Camino has helped to popularise the Francés and how he sees that now in retrospect.
3. Pablo Picasso
for his amazing, prolificly creative life and his moving and powerful painting: Guernica
4. Mary Oliver
because you have to have a poet and to live her poem 'The Journey'
5. St James
For his take on pilgrims and the pilgrimage. We could finally get the answer to that hotly debated question of what makes a true pilgrim?
My ultimate Camino would involve no one else except the pilgrims I meet along the way, the hospitaleros and local people I meet by chance encounter. Maybe not the most exciting list but hey the Camino is an intensely personal journey for me.
Loving the other responses. Some very interesting answers! Buen Camino
Robert Butler, aside for my own reason walking the Camino, my good friend with stage 4 colon cancer.It's a popular question in magazines and news articles asked of celebrities and politicians: If you were hosting a dinner party - the ultimate dinner party - who would you invite and why?
It got me thinking about walking the Ultimate Camino with 5 companerõs. If you could invite anyone, living or dead, to accompany you on your next Camino, who would they be and why would you chose them?
Here's mine:
1. My Mum
She died of Dementia in 2009, loved walking but was tormented by memories of her refugee trek across Europe during WWII. She would have adored wandering along the Camino and perhaps it may have brought her some peace of mind.
2. Emilio Estevez
The Director of 'The Way'. Lively conversation on how his intention to honour and promote the Camino has helped to popularise the Francés and how he sees that now in retrospect.
3. Pablo Picasso
for his amazing, prolificly creative life and his moving and powerful painting: Guernica
4. Mary Oliver
because you have to have a poet and to live her poem 'The Journey'
5. St James
For his take on pilgrims and the pilgrimage. We could finally get the answer to that hotly debated question of what makes a true pilgrim?
HAH! good one....Joost from The Way, he knows where all the good food are located
The humble old-timers on this forum who've forgotten more about the Camino than I'll ever know, but who have no wish to be 'someone' as a result. No need to name names...we know who you are.
Oh. And you,WokabautMeri. Not to mention more than a few others.
Well who knows? We'd probably drive each other crazy in short order. But it's a fun question!
I got my list partially completed there I walked with one of my 3 kids last year. So yes ....boring.....I would LOVE to do the walk with all 3 of them and my daughter in law.....and if it was an option I would have the 2 "grand puppies" with us too ha ha .....however they are Dachshunds (Wiener dogs) so NO WAY they could walk that far. Poor things would have no legs left.But seriously....all my kids would be absolutely lovely.....and what is even better...I think it will actually happen one day They have all expressed serious interest !!!!
Can I play.
Russel Brand
Stephen Fry
Salvador Dali
Audrey Hepburn
John Lennon
2. Emilio Estevez
The Director of 'The Way'. Lively conversation on how his intention to honour and promote the Camino has helped to popularise the Francés and how he sees that now in retrospect.
The lovely folks with whom I met and walked with in 2015…..
Love that you choose Joost, would love to walk with him Yust for a few days.Robert Butler, aside for my own reason walking the Camino, my good friend with stage 4 colon cancer.
Paulo Coelho, keep my mind active
Joost from The Way, he knows where all the good food are located
My late grandfather who introduced me to long distance walking
It's not actually "on the Camino" - it was shot on a small river a few km to the North - I will have to go back to the "extras" on the DVD and I will get back to you.Oh! and he would show me the location of that bridge scene!
"If it ain't Dutch, It ain't much"Love that you choose Joost, would love to walk with him Yust for a few days.
Wish you well, Peter.
So true."If it ain't Dutch, It ain't much"
Fantastic thread Wokabaut_Meri! Thank you!
My ultimate companions would be :
1) Joanna Lumley - in doco mode, not Patsy Stone mode!Her empathy and respect for her interviewees in her many documentaries has me in constant admiration.
2) Bill Nighy - to hear his naughty snorty laugh each day would be an absolute joy - he would be so much fun!
3) The Australian author Ailsa Piper, whose camino memoir "Sinning Across Spain" is one of my all-time favourite books. Ailsa has the most beautiful way with words - she would be so wonderful to walk and talk with.
There are so many others I'd love to be with on my Ultimate Camino, but these three are at the top of the list.
Cheers - Jenny
It's not actually "on the Camino" - it was shot on a small river a few km to the North - I will have to go back to the "extras" on the DVD and I will get back to you.
Nice Fun thread ,
In a serious light: Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama , I'm sure there would be plenty of fun as well.
I have been lucky enough to have met them both.
Then on to the Rebels and the interesting,
1.) Joanna lumley in Patsy stone mode.
2.) The Rat Pack - all of them in one group.
3.) Marisa Tomei ( My cousin Vinny)
4.) Paulo Coelho - definite - even if he is a bit of a bullshiner?
5.) Barry White - sing for our dinners.
6.) Melissa McCarthy ( Tammy) - Waaaaaaaayy ! He he
7.) Nat King Cole - unforgetable.
8.) Serge Gainsbourg
Then , and this will be the most interesting - Romance on the Camino.
I met a petite Russian 'Princess' on the Camino in 2013 - but that is just a dream.
Then in 2015 I met this lovely Spanish lady from Barcelona while in Viana - we got along like a house on fire - after only a few minutes I thought that SHE was the one ....... but it is complicated she says , and that there are 'childrens' - Well let me complicate life even more I said - we are still in touch and I have not given up yet ...
And Christina from Barcelona would be my First choice.
Jordi and Montserrat were wonderful, but it is Arianna Savall who has a camino-themed album full of pilgrim gaiety. Why not take her?What a lovely idea for a thread, thank you Wokabout_Meri.
My five would be:
1. My late partner who enjoyed walking and red wine - especially a good Rioja.
2. My grandson and/or daughter, neither of whom are keen on walking but who I am sure would soon be converted to the joys of the Camino.
3. Catalonian musician Jordi Savall and his late wife, the wonderful soprano Montserrat Figueras - for their wonderful performances of early Spanish music which would lift my spirits on the hard stretches.
4. Nelson Mandela, (not a stranger to long walks), for his wisdom, his ability to forgive, his love of humanity and perseverance in the face of enormous obstacles.
5. Elias Valina to thank him for his vision and work in making the Way easy to follow and to hear what he thinks about the vast numbers of pilgrims now walking the Camino.
Would love to walk a while and talk with him for certain!Saint Francis of Assisi
Jordi and Montserrat were wonderful, but it is Arianna Savall who has a camino-themed album full of pilgrim gaiety. Why not take her?
Buen camino y buena escucha, SEB.
I still regret not spending an extra day in Estella (2014) to hear the Hilliard Enemble at Iglesia San Miguel. I was travelling with a chica and my mind was elsewhere, alas....
Robert Butler, aside for my own reason walking the Camino, my good friend with stage 4 colon cancer.
Paulo Coelho, keep my mind active
Joost from The Way, he knows where all the good food are located
My late grandfather who introduced me to long distance walking
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