Donna Sch
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- VdLP-Sanabres-Fisterra '15; Levante-Invierno '19
I turn 50 in March 2019 and had been considering doing the Astorga variant of the VDLP from Zamora. I was also seriously thinking about doing Kilimanjaro after that so doing a winter camino, testing the gear and then doing the big mountain.
However airfares to do both are high and it just hasn't been looking doable. And then some other things or rather a someone came into the picture. He's popped the question and I said yes but I've also told him it's going to be a long engagement as I have to juggle kids etc.
Anyway there was a brief discussion about houses and I realised that if we are talking renovating or building anew then he needs to do a Camino before I do any of that. Simplicity to me is essential. So the trip to Spain is on the cards, Kili will have to wait for a few more years, and now I need some ideas about where to start from. The Levante is an idea but I also have Segovia in my head. I really dont want to do the CF as a friend of mine is doing that in 2020 and I may join her. We have to be back in Australia a couple of weeks before Easter which is in mid April that year. So that puts the start date in early February. Eek!
And he is a photographer so any tips re great places to catch wildlife would be appreciated although he knows he is banned from taking his big lens!
However airfares to do both are high and it just hasn't been looking doable. And then some other things or rather a someone came into the picture. He's popped the question and I said yes but I've also told him it's going to be a long engagement as I have to juggle kids etc.
Anyway there was a brief discussion about houses and I realised that if we are talking renovating or building anew then he needs to do a Camino before I do any of that. Simplicity to me is essential. So the trip to Spain is on the cards, Kili will have to wait for a few more years, and now I need some ideas about where to start from. The Levante is an idea but I also have Segovia in my head. I really dont want to do the CF as a friend of mine is doing that in 2020 and I may join her. We have to be back in Australia a couple of weeks before Easter which is in mid April that year. So that puts the start date in early February. Eek!
And he is a photographer so any tips re great places to catch wildlife would be appreciated although he knows he is banned from taking his big lens!