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I love it when people play the guitar or start singingif I see a guitar or any other musical instrument I go the other way.
When you arrive in SdC drop by the Parque de Alameda, around the Servicios Públicos area along from As Duas Marias and decide for yourselfEew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
I hate to break it to you but two weeks down the road and everything you have will have acquired a patina of Spanish dust - even the hippies will start to look clean to youEew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
Eew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
This is splendid! Thank you both for your perfect imperfection!!! Or imperfect perfection.The truth of the matter is that there is no "Your Camino". We share it with everyone on it, most importantly the Spanish people who live there. In that sense it is OUR Camino. Everyone has their own reasons for being on it, hence the Your Camino faction. But all this insistence that the YOUR outweighs the OUR I think leads to challenges and promotes disunity. I haven't had the good fortune to walk yet but when I do it will not be with a group, though I do hope to make inroads into a group I click with. And if that sours, I have the choice to keep walking as you did.
I just happened to be watching this video series when I read your post. I thought it was appropriate because the filmmaker was interviewing a musician, a very gifted one with a very specific purpose for being there:
wowEew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
Eew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
While I don't agree with the Ukelele thing (would probably drive me crazy too), but "dirty hippie"? A bit harsh.Eew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
perfect imperfection!!!
Ah! Lowell George . . . now where did I put my white dungarees? Thanks for the reminder.Mmm ... I heard “Little Feat” when I read this:
“The Flaw” ...
I saw the instrument in the trailer to this film. Now I have to watch it.The truth of the matter is that there is no "Your Camino". We share it with everyone on it, most importantly the Spanish people who live there. In that sense it is OUR Camino. Everyone has their own reasons for being on it, hence the Your Camino faction. But all this insistence that the YOUR outweighs the OUR I think leads to challenges and promotes disunity. I haven't had the good fortune to walk yet but when I do it will not be with a group, though I do hope to make inroads into a group I click with. And if that sours, I have the choice to keep walking as you did.
I just happened to be watching this video series when I read your post. I thought it was appropriate because the filmmaker was interviewing a musician, a very gifted one with a very specific purpose for being there:
When we walked the Camino last year there was a guy with a bell attached to his backpack that we couldn't seem to get away from. It was SOOO annoying so I understand what you are talking about. I do feel it is inconsiderate of others to have any noise causing thing as you walk because to me the greatest thing about the walk is the peacefulness of it and having just returned from walking the Portuguese route I am really missing that peace. Just my thoughts. Don't mean to stir up any further negativity.Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
Small correction, sorry to be pedantic, but knowing some Hawaiian I want to set the record straight...its name does come from the Hawaiian for "jumping flea" (ka lele lele)
we couldn't seem to get away from.
Please do! It may ward off some of the whiners.Does this mean I shouldn’t bring my trombone this year?
Yeah, really! I might have resembled one of that ilk once- I’m Glad people were patient with me...
And, as I’m sure you know, The ukulele was adapted from a Portuguese instrument brought to Hawaii.Small correction, sorry to be pedantic, but knowing some Hawaiian I want to set the record straight...
It's uku for 'flea,' and lele for 'flying' or 'jumping.'
And if it were me? Annoying, for sure. I'd have sped up or taken a rest day to make some space from the minstrel lady...or used her performance to find a way of getting over my reactivity. Things as they are can't be fixed.
Please do! It may ward off some of the whiners.
Agreed. An ear worm should never be allowed to grow into a life worm.Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
Mahalo! I know nothing about the Hawaiian language and have obviously been lead up the garden path (not for the first time) by Google Translate:Small correction, sorry to be pedantic, but knowing some Hawaiian I want to set the record straight...
It's uku for 'flea,' and lele for 'flying' or 'jumping.'
And if it were me? Annoying, for sure. I'd have sped up or taken a rest day to make some space from the minstrel lady...or used her performance to find a way of getting over my reactivity. Things as they are can't be fixed.
A song which, together with "Smoke on the Water" has been banned from being played in every guitar shop in the UK for decades . . .I can see how it could be annoying, however one of the highlights of my camino was hearing a Japanese girl playing 'Stairway to Heaven' on a guitar she plucked off the albergue wall and singing the lyrics in Japanese
Wise wordsIf music be the food of love, play on...
It's annoying, sadly, to read about complaints from a few people about any and everything on this forum; instead of building we seek to destroy. Why can't we just leave people alone. Respect even in disagreement. Why can't we live and let live. It's a beautiful world and we need not tarnish it with trivial nonsense. Let it be. Engage with the Camino, make friends with minstrels, they have stories to tell. In my experience, the are very intelligent people who prefer to express themselves through their talent. We have a lot to learn from each other and the opportunity is there if we only took the time to recognize and appreciate instead of criticize and complain. Perhaps some people would do better if they simply just stayed at home in their own little comfort zone. Will leave it at that.
There is a time and place for everything under the sun. If your or mine doesn't coincide with that of the stringer then its best to move along. I encountered a group of young people playing their ghettoblaster at max last year near Sarria and decided to slow down, which is always easy for me, until they've moved on. The rest of the day the loudest music that I heard came from from my tired muscles and bones. Make peace with the stringer in your thoughts and let life dictate. Avante.Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
I would be right behind you!if I see a guitar or any other musical instrument I go the other way.
Hopefully not hunting me down with guitar in handI would be right behind you!
If you do the CP interior do not stop at Casa Fernanda. There will be music after dinner with singing possibly dancing and other miscellaneous musical fun. Me I love it and someday will go back to see Fernanda and her family. What a way to meet others I never forget it. Thank you Fernanda.Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
Sounds super "cringey" as the teenagers in my life often like to say.Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
I preferred to post this on the "NOT a serious thread 2019 - the return " but you haven't posted any ukulele stuff there this year. Anyway, here's something produced locally that may interest you:... so presumably ukulele means "pay me and I'll stop playing this damned instrument" - confusing language Hawaiian, presumably why the Beatles song wasn't a hit: "You say Aloha and I say Aloha!"
yes, I have noticed in increase in feral hippie types on the Frances the last few years...I suppose it is a natural magnet with it's cheap digs and all, and there's always an opportunity to beg for some copper as wellEew. I wondered if the CF with its low budget accommodations is a mecca for freebird - dirty hippie - "look-at-me's."
Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new to them.I have noticed in increase in feral hippie types on the Frances the last few years...I suppose it is a natural magnet with it's cheap digs and all, and there's always an opportunity to beg for some copper as well
if I see a guitar or any other musical instrument I go the other way.
OMG I wish I could hit the "like"-button one thousand times with your comment -
Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
You sound like a lot of fun to have at a party, out of curiosity what does a hippie smile look likedelivered with the hippiest smile a pilgrim can produce.
I saw a young woman in the woods playing the bagpipes. A little break from the monotony,I can see how the experience could seem a bit intrusive. I had a memorable musical experience while walking the Camino. While walking along a quiet path in the woods, I heard the most beautiful violin music. The music actually brought me to tears. I treasure those magical, heart opening moments.
Now that would be enough to make a bear er . . . crap in the woods!I saw a young woman in the woods playing the bagpipes. A little break from the monotony,
I saw a young woman in the woods playing the bagpipes. A little break from the monotony,
Having just completed my third Camino in less than two years CF . I have a few comments. First for me the Camino has been from the very start a very spiritual walk. In fact the first one changed my life. I appreciate that not every one walks it for those reasons. That is another topic for debate latter I will maybe get myself off side with some people enough with this subject. O well such is life.
So on the most recent and third walk I found towards the end of the walk about Sarria on. A group of ladies from a large country walking and one of them having with her a euk, ( small guitar) and a home made song about the camino. which was catchy the first few times. Weather it was a restaurant or Cafe all were invited /pressured to sing along.
Towards the end I would look for the little guitar sticking out of the top of a back pack before sitting down any where.
I suppose I am just tired and jet lagged from twenty five hours in a jet to get home.
But I do think respect for ever ones Camino needs to be given.
on the topic of music... here is a super little life lesson.
The Artist’s Task
On 18th November 1995, the violinist Itzhak Perlman (b 1945) performed Beethoven’s Violin Concierto in the Avery Fisher Hall in New York. He had polio as a child, and finds walking difficult. That day he walked with difficulty across the stage, reached his seat, drew back one foot and stretched the other out in front. He put the violin under his chin, and signalled to the Conductor that he could begin.
Just then, one of the violin strings snapped. There was a collective anxious intake of breath throughout the hall, as everyone imagined how painful it would be for him to excuse himself and repair the instrument. However, he didn’t move. For some moments he remained as he was, eyes closed, and then once more indicated to the Conductor that he could begin.
He played the Concierto with three strings. Instantly, he re-phrased the finger movements, the changes of string, the leaps and combinations, and played the whole piece as though nothing had happened. Following the thunderous ovation when he had finished, he raised the bow to call for silence, and said:
“There you go, friends: sometimes the task of the artist is to figure out how much music we can make with what we have.” That is life’s task.
source unknown, and I have just done a quick translation from Spanish.
And, I'm sure that I didn't know...but now I do! Interesting little fact.And, as I’m sure you know, The ukulele was adapted from a Portuguese instrument brought to Hawaii.
Is that true, Jeff? I love the memories that both of those old rock songs evoke in me. I didn't know the UK was such a buzzkill...or are you just pulling our guitar strings.A song which, together with "Smoke on the Water" has been banned from being played in every guitar shop in the UK for decades . . .
Imagine working in a guitar store. Now imagine every wannabee guitar player who comes in and wants to get their greasy fingers on your guitars has learned the opening bars of "Smoke" or "Stairway". Now imagine they play that over and over and over again. Day after day . . .Is that true, Jeff? I love the memories that both of those old rock songs evoke in me. I didn't know the UK was such a buzzkill...or are you just pulling our guitar strings.
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