Thomas1962
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2010/2011/2012/2013: Madrid -Salvador -Primitivo 2014: EPW 2015: Amsterdam - SdC
Wow!!!!!!! I still hard to believe.
Now it is official, I can take an unpaid leave for 7 months from next month (april) on, which makes it more then possible to walk from my Amsterdam doorstep to SdC!
For such a long time it is my deepest wish to do this. It made it such a relief to shake my managers hand when we agreed on this. When I walked outside again, it was like the world looked different, I saw new colours, (which was quit special as being half colourblind ) and felt every breeze of wind again. It was so great!
Strange enough the next moment also fear started: now I HAVE to do this, I CAN'T go back, , it will not be what I dreamed of.... But one hour later it was gone again. Now I can see that was part of the whole proces I go through. Since then I feel great and am just happy. My body is at home now, my head left already.
Since my first camino in 2010 this was the thing I wanted to do. But because the kind of job I have which I just started before, it was hard to realize. Since then I walked for 4 weeks in my holidays on different camino's or hikes, still dreaming about walking from home.
This year I felt I was standing on a crossroad in which I had to take this direction. No prolonging any more, even if it meant that I had to quit my job. I nearly had to quit, but at the last moment my manager agreed on unpaid leave. I can go back, if I really still want to...
So now I'm planning what route to take from Amsterdam. Probably it will be Amsterdam - Utrecht - Vessem - Namur - Vezelay and from there the historical road to SJPdP. After that the Frances, a camino I still didn't do. I hope to start half of april. Just need some new shoes and to buy a ticket.... O no, no ticket!
Now it is official, I can take an unpaid leave for 7 months from next month (april) on, which makes it more then possible to walk from my Amsterdam doorstep to SdC!
For such a long time it is my deepest wish to do this. It made it such a relief to shake my managers hand when we agreed on this. When I walked outside again, it was like the world looked different, I saw new colours, (which was quit special as being half colourblind ) and felt every breeze of wind again. It was so great!
Strange enough the next moment also fear started: now I HAVE to do this, I CAN'T go back, , it will not be what I dreamed of.... But one hour later it was gone again. Now I can see that was part of the whole proces I go through. Since then I feel great and am just happy. My body is at home now, my head left already.
Since my first camino in 2010 this was the thing I wanted to do. But because the kind of job I have which I just started before, it was hard to realize. Since then I walked for 4 weeks in my holidays on different camino's or hikes, still dreaming about walking from home.
This year I felt I was standing on a crossroad in which I had to take this direction. No prolonging any more, even if it meant that I had to quit my job. I nearly had to quit, but at the last moment my manager agreed on unpaid leave. I can go back, if I really still want to...
So now I'm planning what route to take from Amsterdam. Probably it will be Amsterdam - Utrecht - Vessem - Namur - Vezelay and from there the historical road to SJPdP. After that the Frances, a camino I still didn't do. I hope to start half of april. Just need some new shoes and to buy a ticket.... O no, no ticket!
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