Claireabella
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino de santiago - 2017
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Due to the fact that me and hubby cannot work around taking 5-6 weeks away from our children to walk the Camino we are having to wait 10 years until they are old enough to look after themselves. It seems an awfully long time from now.
I have a do it now attitude and having to wait 10 years to walk the complete journey is killing me. I could be run over in the morning!
I realise in the scheme of life, 5-6 weeks is not long at all. I will not take my children on this journey and that is what i want to stress here, so people wont be posing "take them with you." I am a stay at home mum and have been for the past 13 years so it would not be something i would want to undertake on my "way". (I will however, strongly advise them to do it when they are older). I plan to walk part of the Camino in 2017 because i can't do the whole thing at this present time(not with my hubby unfortunately). How do you manage to take 5-6 weeks off for the Camino?
Due to the fact that me and hubby cannot work around taking 5-6 weeks away from our children to walk the Camino we are having to wait 10 years until they are old enough to look after themselves. It seems an awfully long time from now.
I have a do it now attitude and having to wait 10 years to walk the complete journey is killing me. I could be run over in the morning!
I realise in the scheme of life, 5-6 weeks is not long at all. I will not take my children on this journey and that is what i want to stress here, so people wont be posing "take them with you." I am a stay at home mum and have been for the past 13 years so it would not be something i would want to undertake on my "way". (I will however, strongly advise them to do it when they are older). I plan to walk part of the Camino in 2017 because i can't do the whole thing at this present time(not with my hubby unfortunately). How do you manage to take 5-6 weeks off for the Camino?
Due to the fact that me and hubby cannot work around taking 5-6 weeks away from our children to walk the Camino we are having to wait 10 years until they are old enough to look after themselves. It seems an awfully long time from now.
I have a do it now attitude and having to wait 10 years to walk the complete journey is killing me. I could be run over in the morning!
I realise in the scheme of life, 5-6 weeks is not long at all. I will not take my children on this journey and that is what i want to stress here, so people wont be posing "take them with you." I am a stay at home mum and have been for the past 13 years so it would not be something i would want to undertake on my "way". (I will however, strongly advise them to do it when they are older). I plan to walk part of the Camino in 2017 because i can't do the whole thing at this present time(not with my hubby unfortunately). How do you manage to take 5-6 weeks off for the Camino?
Mine are 9, 10 and 12. I have never had a night "out" since they were born and don't have a babysitter. My mother and father look after my sister's very young children so i don't feel it is right to ask them as they have their hands full already. I am totally dedicated to my girls and this is why, when they are up and out, i am buying a Harley, going to drink poteen, get a tatoo and travel. Haha you can tell i was raised by very strict irish parents! Seriously though, this is why i am going in 2017 to do a section of it. You seem to be on the same page as you understand it is such an undertaking......How old are your children? As a single mother, this is definitely something that affected the choices that I have made. I left them for the first time when the youngest was 17. In retrospect, I think that they would have been just fine for a few weeks with family or a trusted friend. Unfortunately, leaving them with their father was not a viable option as he has a hard time making good decisions and taking care of himself. I just returned from spending nearly three weeks in Uganda a couple of months ago. This was my third trip. I led a team that included a young couple, parents of a two-year old and one on the way. Although it was hard, their son was just fine with grandparents and great-grandparents. I think that it was harder on them, especially the young woman, and I could relate as when I had left my children for the first time, despite them being perfectly capable of taking care of themselves, two on their own and the third in the technical care of one of them, I was the one having a meltdown. Also, you mention 5-6 weeks. I am planning my first Camino next year. I am planning to take 4 weeks. If I had young children, I might not feel like I could be away from them for this long. (The hardest part of this third trip for me was leaving my grandchildren!) Older children, i.e., teens, would be fine. Someone suggested doing the Camino in segments. I think that this might be a good alternative for you, especially since it appears that you live in Europe and so the airfare is likely to be less cost prohibitive than for those of us coming from further away.
I thought of this, taking my eldest Shannon if she wanted, we are very close anyway, but i want all my daughters to experience the things i was never allowed to. And that is a good way of doing itHi Claireabelle, I walked a section of the camino last week. I could only take a week off work so myself and my daughter walked from ST jean to Pamplona three days.This day last week we were finishing our walk in Pamlona where we spent Saturday site seeing, then we went to Madrid for a day and then flew home to Dublin. We intend to go back next year for a longer hike, maybe ten days or so.Its the only way I can do it at the moment so in a few years please god i will get to Santiago.I would love to take the 5-6 weeks off to do it but I know this may never happen for me so for now bit by bit.
Due to the fact that me and hubby cannot work around taking 5-6 weeks away from our children to walk the Camino we are having to wait 10 years until they are old enough to look after themselves. It seems an awfully long time from now.
I have a do it now attitude and having to wait 10 years to walk the complete journey is killing me. I could be run over in the morning!
Do what ever you afe able to do? Due go flight cost it will be more expensive but if you feel the urge see what you can do. The Ingles is shorter, the Primitivo can be done in 2 weeks. You can do chunks of the Frances. Who said you have,to,walk from SJPP to Santiago? Scratch that itch!
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