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Learn to concentrate Grasshopper, and you will see great things!I can only see a white page.
I'm torn between doing my next Camino in repurposed curtains, storm-trooper jackboots or dressed as a nun.Jeff, I like, like, like, LOVE this! Wow, so creative! I think Julie Andrews would be so proud of you.
"Look there daddy, do you see, there's a man in a tuxedo."I'm torn between doing my next Camino in repurposed curtains, storm-trooper jackboots or dressed as a nun.
One was the romanesque churches and art (or is that two?)favourite things about the camino
For some reason, that link doesn't take me to your blog, either. One thing you can do is to put your blog address in your signature. Then, when you post with information on various threads, if people are interested they can go to your blog and follow it or just occasionally visit. (That way it also seems less like self-promotion.)7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
https://wordpress.com/post/caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/95
You mocking my Camino Buddy?"Look there daddy, do you see, there's a man in a tuxedo."
"No that's not what it is at all, that's an animal people call a penguin."
"I see, but it still looks like a man in a tuxedo, to me."
Peace and tranquility when alone.7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
Yep!You mocking my Camino Buddy?
For some reason, that link doesn't take me to your blog, either. One thing you can do is to put your blog address in your signature. Then, when you post with information on various threads, if people are interested they can go to your blog and follow it or just occasionally visit. (That way it also seems less like self-promotion.)
7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
The feeling of freedom above all.
Funniest moment -- on a day trip to Finisterre from Santiago waiting with others at bus stop for return. A man who turned out to be from Romania struck up a conversation with me. Opening gambit "so, did you burn your underwear?? .........totally innocent and polite. We had a great conversation thence as I stifled (with difficulty) a fit of inward giggles. Thinking that anywhere else I would have given him 'the look' and moved away - but this was an appropriate and memorable Camino moment that I still giggle at!
I think I have a yen to return again in September 2019
The transformation between SJPP and Santiago.
Walking. The rest comes with that. Moving my self across a country.
Many people dislike the clicking sound of the trekking poles, but post-Camino #1 my poles became a part of my daily life. I have soft points on my "flik" poles, so they make a more tapping than clicking sound, but I find either to be quite reassuring: it is the sound of my body carrying myself into my own future. It is the removal of anxiety and self-doubt...
That's the lasting gift.... that even if I am often quite alone in practical application, I am not incapable.
But my favourite things on Camino are absolutely:
Atapuerca and the Museum of Human evolution.
Knowing that I not only walked "over" the Pyrenees, but also the Galician range from Astorga to Santiago.
Being able to remind Dear Spouse that I love him so much I returned to the Meseta just to meet him there and join his walk to SdC.
Walking from darkness into dawn at any point on the CF. (I hope to experience this on the CdN and CP as well).
Enjoying the company of Dear Spouse on my second trek... not least of all because he knows how to extract from the locals their willingness to share unique foods that may be specific to the farm next door to the tavern. (I'm too shy to ask...)
The discovery of a relatively unknown grape. Yes, "Godello"... I'm thinking of you.
The amazing beauty of the elderly Galician women in their many layers of clothing and old men's shoes with several layers of sock as they bring wheelbarrows of vegetables in from their fields.
Returning to my bed-bug free home, my cats, my kid, my garden, my students, my research.... will the revitalized body and mind that Camino provides for me.
And the one thing I don't like on Camino -- drunken mansplaining blowhards at dinner who attempt to tell repeat peregrinas what the "true meaning" of the pilgrimage must be.
WOW! I was offer the opportunity to read a lesson in English but the thought of standing there with all those people watching . . . gulp! So I turned it downDoing the reading(s) in Spanish at Mass. In 2015, 16 times; in 2017, 47 times; in 2018, 37 times. Grand total: 100. Eleven of these were in the Cathedral. I wonder if this might be some kind of Camino record. Most of these I managed to video.
Yikes, me, too! I'm so with you on that!WOW! I was offer the opportunity to read a lesson in English but the thought of standing there with all those people watching . . . gulp! So I turned it down
Nope! As I told him - an odd stinky sock - don't know where its partner went!! --)In any other walk of life it could an incriminating sentence. But on the camino, a quirky yet perfectly valid question! So... did you?
Where DO lost Camino socks go to die? Is there some mythical place like an elephants' graveyard?Nope! As I told him - an odd stinky sock - don't know where its partner went!! --)
Chocolate y churros at La Radio cafe in SdC (near the market) - I can just about abstain until I get there.
Kids say the most amusing things"Look there daddy, do you see, there's a man in a tuxedo."
"No that's not what it is at all, that's an animal people call a penguin."
"I see, but it still looks like a man in a tuxedo, to me."
7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
1/Hiking in the dark of early morning under only the light of a full moon7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
A joyous day, finally off the blood pressure medication so I offer you this:
Dewdrops on noses and blisters on toes-es
Bed bugs and cooties that in-fest my clothes-es
Split open booties all tied up with string
These are a few of my least favourite things
Snoring perigrinos with bad smelling wool socks
People who bounce and make my bunk bed rock
Using their flashlights to go to the loo
These are things that I hate too!
E-arly risers who rustle plas-tic bags
People who think they can sneak-smoke a quick fag
Two AM knockers just trying to get in
These are a few of my least favourite things
Freezing cold showers and nowhere to dry clothes
People who sit and unashamedly pick toes
Long sleepless nights that turn swift into day
These are experiences found on the Way
When the dog bites, When the mossie stings
When I'm get-ting mad
I simply remember it’s another 600k
And then I don't feel so bad!
I'm torn between doing my next Camino in repurposed curtains, storm-trooper jackboots or dressed as a nun.
Peg counting the cuckoo calls to find out what time it was before coming to her senses.Hearing the unmistakeable sound of a cuckoo from a distant wood calling to it's mate in the early morning .
7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
Hearing the unmistakeable sound of a cuckoo from a distant wood calling to it's mate in the early morning .
They do not die. They patiently wait under your bed.Where DO lost Camino socks go to die? Is there some mythical place like an elephants' graveyard?
I once snagged a sock on day two of a Camino and threw it away leaving me with 5 socks or 10 pairs to choose from . . .one pair of which, I now notice, I wore on today's walk.
Pah! What does spellcheck know? A perfectly good word and I shall strive to use it in conversation at least once today.That sky. The immenseness (spell check tells me thats not a word, but I'm sticking with it) of it.
Hope to see you there! Going for my 50th in April, 2019. My 1st Camino!Uuufff!!! El Camino made wonders in my life, but during my walk, back in September 2015, the greatest gift was not needing any “extras”, just my backpack, clothes and getting to the next place, which I knew it was going to be full of surprises, nice people, great food and a shower. Getting ready fot the next journey, the great dialogues with myself as I listened to my steps and the sound of birds and wind. Nothing is comparable to El Camino. So this next April I have a date in SJPDP with my great friend again...EL CAMINO !!!!
Buen Camino a todos !!!!
Yes, I am going for my 53rd...Hope to see you there! Going for my 50th in April, 2019. My 1st Camino!
my favorite...was knowing I could walk into any bar and sit down with a fellow peligrino and talk and share stories,food and beer,without feeling out of place in the least way. Meeting someone out of know where,, many times from a different country, and being relaxed and enjoy a conversation. I wish i could bottle that and bring it home. I must say, in 28 days, I did not meet one person who was not kind, considerate,polite and friendly towards others. Buen Camino.7 of my favourite things about the camino in my latest blog post... what are yours?
What are favourite your things?
- The locals that tell you their life story even if you explain you don’t speak their language. Happened to me on a bench (on my first camino before I learned Spanish) near Hospital del Orbigo. I didn’t understand a word he said but remembered him forever and it was people like him that made me want to learn Spanish.
- The redolent Eucalyptus woods in Galicia.
- Eating lunch slumped against the stump of a tree.
- The release of inner peace wishing passing pilgrims “buen camino.”
- Seeing a yellow arrow when you thought you were lost.
- Cutting straight to the deep and meaningfuls with people you might not normally even say hello to on your local street.
- Walking as the sun rises and reads the fading moon a bed time story.
[ivar edited the post to include the post that is linked below]
https://caminosantiagoblogcom.wordpress.com/blog/
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