Turning 40

[bigrazz]

Hi I am from Queensland Australia and doing the Camino Frances Sep 2013

 

[colinPeter]

Hi bigrazz,
Welcome to the forum.
I think lot's of people walk the Camino to mark milestones in their lives. I did my first Camino when turning 60. Met young people who did it as their first trip away from home alone, others 70's & 80's.
Enjoy your time of planning as it is all a great part of the Camino process.
Buen Camino
Col

 

[Deleted member 3000]

I have had three birthdays (and two elections) on the Camino. I would have celebrated with a bottle of wine, but it is regularly supplied with every meal. Try a toast with hierbas!!

Congratulations in advance, and many happy returns.

 

[Al the optimist]

Looking forward to my birthday (May 20th) on the Camino, perhaps at Granon.
allan

 

[colinPeter]

Try a toast with hierbas!!

Mmmm! Hierbas!! One of the joys of the Camino.

 

[Rebekah Scott]

well... you might wanna order "orujo de hierbas." Unless you want your puzzled waiter to bring you a handful of basil leaves and parsley...

 

[colinPeter]

well... you might wanna order "orujo de hierbas." Unless you want your puzzled waiter to bring you a handful of basil leaves and parsley...

Well that would certainly explain the dryness

 

[RENSHAW]

well... you might wanna order "orujo de hierbas." Unless you want your puzzled waiter to bring you a handful of basil leaves and parsley...

Luv it Reb , nice one. :mrgreen:

 

[Deleted member 3000]

your puzzled waiter to bring you a handful of basil leaves and parsley

We language-impaired people rely heavily on the kindly understanding of strangers and bartenders!

My bottles are variously labeled Licor de Hierbas, Agardente de Herbas, Licor Cafe, Orujo de Hierbas, and Cilantro Elaboracion Tradicional, and range from 25 to 33% alcohol. I have received an apparently home-made concoction in bars that is white orujo with herbs at a 50% alcohol content. The herb is dominated by the alcohol, and the brew is not a very good digestiv. The hospitalera in Ventosa brews a couple of dozen bottles of single and multiple-herb liqueurs from orujo, sugar, and herbs.

For six Euro I got a bottle from the bar in Ruitelan, and we toasted after the communal dinner in the albergue until bedtime.

Salud.

 

[Abbeydore]

Crickey, you wont want to strike a light while drinking that lot! :lol: You may not make 41!
Maybe safer with a bunch or two of herbs

 

[30daystosantiago]

At 40, you'll still be a spring chicken on the camino! I first walked the camino in my late 20s and met people of all ages, including those well into their 70s.