Priscillian
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances 1999, Aragones 2000, Desde Le Puy 2002, Portuguese 2009, hoping RDLP 2014
Hola peregrinos,
Estoy aqui en Santiago y el domingo estoy empezando mi Camino desde Oporto hasta.......Sorry! I've been speaking in Spanish all day and I am even thinking in Spanish now. Tonight perhaps I'll even DREAM in Spanish. ¡Que buenos soñandos!
If here is anything worth dreaming about it is this city: mi Compostela Preciosa.... I LOVE this city. I feel so at home here. Anyway, today between 10 this morning and 9 tonight ("they" gave me an hour for lunch!) I had no less than 15 interviews (some will even be published n Gallego....): with the press, radio, and three or four "phone ins" which believe me are the most difficult of all. And in Spanish which I honestly didn't realise I knew so well!
I was, in all honesty, absolutely terrified...expecting a frosty welcome: after all, Pilgrimage to Heresy/Peregrinos de la Herejia questions the existence of Santiago in Compostela and posits a heretic instead! But nothing could be further from the truth! I have been welcomed with open arms.....I am, in the English expression which I really hate: truly gobsmacked! The idea of Priscillian is far from unknown in these parts, believe me. He is one of their own por Los Gallegos!
Anyway, tomorrow, I chillabit, look for some good sandals, and then on Saturday I will take the train to Oporto to start my Camino Portuguese on Sunday ("Ojalá").
It's damn hot in Spain right now. In Madrid on Monday it was 38 degrees (I drove overnight from Malaga and then from there to Santiago, in 2 days - almost 1500 kms in total - luckily I love to drive). Santiago is much better: 28 degrees today...perfect. If my first day just following the Camino "en coche" is anything to go by I am in for some great adventures (Hola Thibault from Picardy. Un beso fuerte!).
I won't be able to write here but, I will be reminding you all to visit my blog as I travel at:
http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.blogspot.com
and please also do visit the website at http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com
I will be posting about twice a week, and in between the "live from the Camino" spots, I hope to be able to write more about the history of the Camino. It gets even more fascinating the more I research it.
If you are travelling the Camino Portuguese, or if you are likely to be in Compostela for Las Celebraciones del dia 25, I hope that I will have the chance to meet you. Javier, nos vemos en Valenca? Espero que si. Send me a PM with your contact details and I'll do the same.
So happy to be a pilgrim once again.
From the Camino,
Tracy Saunders
Estoy aqui en Santiago y el domingo estoy empezando mi Camino desde Oporto hasta.......Sorry! I've been speaking in Spanish all day and I am even thinking in Spanish now. Tonight perhaps I'll even DREAM in Spanish. ¡Que buenos soñandos!
If here is anything worth dreaming about it is this city: mi Compostela Preciosa.... I LOVE this city. I feel so at home here. Anyway, today between 10 this morning and 9 tonight ("they" gave me an hour for lunch!) I had no less than 15 interviews (some will even be published n Gallego....): with the press, radio, and three or four "phone ins" which believe me are the most difficult of all. And in Spanish which I honestly didn't realise I knew so well!
I was, in all honesty, absolutely terrified...expecting a frosty welcome: after all, Pilgrimage to Heresy/Peregrinos de la Herejia questions the existence of Santiago in Compostela and posits a heretic instead! But nothing could be further from the truth! I have been welcomed with open arms.....I am, in the English expression which I really hate: truly gobsmacked! The idea of Priscillian is far from unknown in these parts, believe me. He is one of their own por Los Gallegos!
Anyway, tomorrow, I chillabit, look for some good sandals, and then on Saturday I will take the train to Oporto to start my Camino Portuguese on Sunday ("Ojalá").
It's damn hot in Spain right now. In Madrid on Monday it was 38 degrees (I drove overnight from Malaga and then from there to Santiago, in 2 days - almost 1500 kms in total - luckily I love to drive). Santiago is much better: 28 degrees today...perfect. If my first day just following the Camino "en coche" is anything to go by I am in for some great adventures (Hola Thibault from Picardy. Un beso fuerte!).
I won't be able to write here but, I will be reminding you all to visit my blog as I travel at:
http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.blogspot.com
and please also do visit the website at http://www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com
I will be posting about twice a week, and in between the "live from the Camino" spots, I hope to be able to write more about the history of the Camino. It gets even more fascinating the more I research it.
If you are travelling the Camino Portuguese, or if you are likely to be in Compostela for Las Celebraciones del dia 25, I hope that I will have the chance to meet you. Javier, nos vemos en Valenca? Espero que si. Send me a PM with your contact details and I'll do the same.
So happy to be a pilgrim once again.
From the Camino,
Tracy Saunders