WHOOT! WHOOT! Bought my ticket!

[Anniesantiago]

I bought my ticket today for April 15.
My friend and I will start walking the Madrid route on April 18.
After I reach Sahagun, I'll walk the Frances with my group.
Then, I'm doing a slow Camino trip from Sarria to Santiago or maybe I'll pop over and walk another section of the VDLP. My return flight is June 15. Two months in Spain should satisfy this longing!

:::happy dance:::

I'm always so nervous until my ticket is booked.

I got a really great price from Portland to Madrid for $820 - but it has a very LONG layover in Dallas.
I booked a Minute Suite for 8 hours, and even with that, the price for the ticket was less than on any other site I could find. So I'm happy. I like breaking up the trip in a few stages.

Ok.. it's real.. I'm going to walk the Madrid again and finish it this time ... YAY!

 

[Magwood]

Well done Annie, what a great feeling. I am visiting Seville for s couple of days right now (not on Camino) but have seen a few yellow arrows and am carrying my backpack - I will have to try not to follow the arrows in the morning.
Buen camino for 2016

 

[wayfarer]

Happy planning Annie and Buen Camino.

 

[OzAnnie]

Whoot for you. Awesome to get the ticket sorted !
Just shows that the excitement never fades when planning subsequent caminos !

It's hard to keep the envy out of this post. 2 months in Spain is good medicine.
I do wish you Buen caminos Annie.


Annie

 

[sabbott]

Congratulations, Annie! I've enjoyed your posts as I've been reading these forums and planning my first Camino. I bought my ticket today, too, also for April 15th, from Montreal to Paris. After years of thinking "I may do this", I'm actually doing it....I've allowed 2 months for walking the Frances, which will allow time to explore. Hope to meet you at some point!

 

[Anniesantiago]

Thanks Sabbott - I'll be on the Frances from May 9 through 31 - hope to run into you!
Buen Camino!

 

[Alan Pearce]

Thanks Sabbott - I'll be on the Frances from May 9 through 31 - hope to run into you!
Buen Camino!

So you walk into Compostela on May 31st?

Alan

Be brave. Life is joyous.

 

[VNwalking]

Fantaaaastic, Annie! I imagine you are doing an especially happy dance right now, as you're finally able to pick up where you left. May it be a joy....

 

[Rob the Slob]

Congrats Annie! I'll be a couple of weeks behind you, I reckon.

 

[Anniesantiago]

So you walk into Compostela on May 31st?

Alan

Be brave. Life is joyous.

Yes, Alan, then again about 2 weeks later. lol. Will you be there?

 

[naplesdon]

I too have finally completed my reservations. I guess a happy dance is in order as well.
I will begin in Huesca late in May and hope to make it to Santiago by early in July, as long as the feet and legs are willing.

 

[Anniesantiago]

I too have finally completed my reservations. I guess a happy dance is in order as well.
I will begin in Huesca late in May and hope to make it to Santiago by early in July, as long as the feet and legs are willing.

:::starting a Sardana::::

 

[KinkyOne]

Envy envy envy

 

[CaminoDebrita]

Anniesantiago--WEll done! and your ticket price is amazing. That's a return ticket, right? Wow! How did you get such a low price?

 

[Castilian]

Enjoy every step and every stop of your caminos, all of you (@Anniesantiago , @sabbott , @biarritzdon ).

:::starting a Sardana::::

As he's starting in Huesca, I would choose a jota (but I would just sing letting dancing for other more skilled for it). For example, the jota de San Lorenzo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JaNKwh1iI

P.S.: San Lorenzo is the Saint Patron of Huesca.

 

[KinkyOne]

Enjoy every step and every stop of your caminos.



As he's starting in Huesca, I would choose a jota (but I would just sing letting dancing for other more skilled for it). For example, the jota de San Lorenzo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JaNKwh1iI

P.S.: San Lorenzo is the Saint Patron of Huesca.

Oh, my, maybe I could do the legs thing but castanetas - that's too much

 

[Castilian]

Oh, my, maybe I could do the legs thing but castanetas - that's too much

That's better than me. For me both dancing and castañuelas are too much... even on the Jota de San Lorenzo that isn't a specially difficult one among the Aragonese dancing jotas (or so it seems to me)...

 

[KinkyOne]

That's better than me. For me both dancing and castañuelas are too much... even on the Jota de San Lorenzo that isn't a specially difficult one among the Aragonese Jotas...

tOh, is that "castañuelas"??? From castañes? Sound made with their shells?

 

[HeidiL]

See you in the airport, then - I think that's the day we're flying to Madrid, too. (We're taking the train to Valladolid to continue from Valdesillas to Sahagun, and then maybe one of the Inglés routes.)

 

[Castilian]

is that "castañuelas"??? From castañes? Sound made with their shells?

Castañuelas is, maybe, the most used term for them and the preferred one by the RAE but castañetas, the term that you used, is also an accepted term by the RAE. Both of terms (castañuelas and castañetas) are diminutives of the term castañas -castaña in singular-). It's not fully clear why the name is a diminutive of castaña but an extended theory is that it's due to the similarity between the form of the castañuelas and the form of a castaña.

P.S.: There are several names for the castañuelas. One that doesn't start by "castañ" (and that can be difficult to identify if context doesn't make it fully clear and you don't know the term beforehand) is palillos, a term used for them in part of Andalucía (and accepted by the RAE too as a regionalism).

 

[KinkyOne]

Castañuelas is, maybe, the most used term for them and the preferred one by the RAE but castañetas, the term that you used, is also an accepted term by the RAE. Both of terms (castañuelas and castañetas) are diminutives of the term castañas -castaña in singular-). It's not fully clear why the name is a diminutive of castaña but an extended theory is that it's due to the similarity between the form of the castañuelas and the form of a castaña.

P.S.: There are several names for the castañuelas. One that doesn't start by "castañ" (and that can be difficult to identify if context doesn't make it fully clear and you don't know the term beforehand) is palillos, a term used for them in part of Andalucía (and accepted by the RAE too as a regionalism).

Ohh, so it's not about the sound and rather about the form. Thanks for that Castilian. Informative and helpfull as always!

 

[jumpingin2014]

I bought my ticket today for April 15.


Ok.. it's real.. I'm going to walk the Madrid again and finish it this time ... YAY!

Congrats Annie

enjoy every moment and let us know about your Camino here

Buen Camino

Mark

 

[Alan Pearce]

Yes, Alan, then again about 2 weeks later. lol. Will you be there?

Drat! I leave Compostela at 8 AM on May 31st.

Buen Camino

Alan

Be brave. Life is joyous.

 

[mickiet2002]

Annie - are you flying in and out of Madrid? Or do you return from another city?

Also what airline did you get your ticket from? That is a great price.
Michele

 

[mickiet2002]

I too want to start my camino in mid to late April.

 

[KinkyOne]

I too want to start my camino in mid to late April.

Camino de Madrid or Camino Frances?

 

[mickiet2002]

Camino de Madrid or Camino Frances?

Camino Frances - I planned to start in SJdP.

 

[peregrina2000]

I too have finally completed my reservations. I guess a happy dance is in order as well.
I will begin in Huesca late in May and hope to make it to Santiago by early in July, as long as the feet and legs are willing.

Hi, Don, (and Annie, please excuse this off-thread derailment of your happy news) -- are you walking from Huesca to Santa Cilia on the Camino Catalan or going somewhere else from Huesca? And then where to? I remember you weren't really thrilled with the Aragones, so I'm wondering if there are other options out there for you. So fun to see people with their 2016 plans firming up, mine are still in the tentative stage.

 

[Anniesantiago]

Anniesantiago--WEll done! and your ticket price is amazing. That's a return ticket, right? Wow! How did you get such a low price?

Cheap Fare Guru.com

Annie - are you flying in and out of Madrid? Or do you return from another city?

Also what airline did you get your ticket from? That is a great price.
Michele

In and out of Madrid. I bought the ticket on CheapFareGuru.com.
You have to REALLY watch the connections.

 

[mickiet2002]

Cheap Fare Guru.com



In and out of Madrid. I bought the ticket on CheapFareGuru.com.
You have to REALLY watch the connections.

Thanks for the heads up on the connections! I will check their this week!

 

[naplesdon]

Hi, Don, (and Annie, please excuse this off-thread derailment of your happy news) -- are you walking from Huesca to Santa Cilia on the Camino Catalan or going somewhere else from Huesca? And then where to? I remember you weren't really thrilled with the Aragones, so I'm wondering if there are other options out there for you. So fun to see people with their 2016 plans firming up, mine are still in the tentative stage.

No, no, I loved the Aragones but I ran out of money because there are long distances between ATM and my poor planning left me out of cash in Artieda so I bailed out to take a bus to Pamplona. What I learned was with the limited facilities almost every place to stay is demi-pension so the daily costs are a bit higher than CF.
I want to go to San Juan de Pena this year, that will probably be by taxi from Huesca and then start walking from there to Santa Cilia. I am planning on walking the north side of the lake this year to spend a night at the monastery in Leyre and then head on to Puenta la Reina. The construction work on the lake was quite a distraction in 2015 and I am unsure which villages will be under water in 2016.

 

[SYates]

... to spend a night at the monastery in Leyre and then head on to Puenta la Reina. ...

The monks used to have a very small (2 places) albergue for pilgrims. It was quite the insider tip, you had to go to the monastery door, not the hotel, and ask specifically for the Brother Hospitalero. I wonder if that albergue still exists? Buen Camino, SY

 

[naplesdon]

The monks used to have a very small (2 places) albergue for pilgrims. It was quite the insider tip, you had to go to the monastery door, not the hotel, and ask specifically for the Brother Hospitalero. I wonder if that albergue still exists? Buen Camino, SY

I opted to go upscale and reserved a room at the hotel.

 

[mickiet2002]

Well you guys got me all fired up!! I just got my ticket to Bilbao for the 12th of April! I sure hope to meet some of you!!

 

[CaminoDebrita]

We are all such an invigorating influence on each other, ha ha! I am not searching airlines for a September Camino--and I'm thinking the Madrid again

 

[EL LECHERO]

Thanks Sabbott - I'll be on the Frances from May 9 through 31 - hope to run into you!
Buen Camino!

We too will be on the Camino France's the month of May 2016. Hope to run into you! Rich and Colleen

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

I bought my ticket today for April 15.
My friend and I will start walking the Madrid route on April 18.
After I reach Sahagun, I'll walk the Frances with my group.
Then, I'm doing a slow Camino trip from Sarria to Santiago or maybe I'll pop over and walk another section of the VDLP. My return flight is June 15. Two months in Spain should satisfy this longing!

:::happy dance:::

I'm always so nervous until my ticket is booked.

I got a really great price from Portland to Madrid for $820 - but it has a very LONG layover in Dallas.
I booked a Minute Suite for 8 hours, and even with that, the price for the ticket was less than on any other site I could find. So I'm happy. I like breaking up the trip in a few stages.

Ok.. it's real.. I'm going to walk the Madrid again and finish it this time ... YAY!

Annie, SO excited for you! Now you know that we'll be in Spain (on one Camino or another) and wouldn't it be fabulous to meet up during the May/June part!? We got our RT's for $704pp. We'll see what happens! :::fingers crossed:::

 

[Anniesantiago]

Annie, SO excited for you! Now you know that we'll be in Spain (on one Camino or another) and wouldn't it be fabulous to meet up during the May/June part!? We got our RT's for $704pp. We'll see what happens! :::fingers crossed:::

Of course! Hey, maybe we can FaceTime or Skype later today... when do you arrive in Madrid?

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

when do you arrive in Madrid?

Our first full day there after the middle of the night arrival will be May 19th.

 

[Undermanager]

Oh boy. You have lots of time now to whip yourself up into a frenzy of expectation. The Madrid walk was brilliant earlier this year in May. No problems at all except sore feet and snoring. When/ If I did it again, I'd try to slow down a bit, take in more of the sites, have a few more rest days. The hostels were brilliant by and large and everyone was fabulous. Enjoy the build up!