The Camino was on my life schedule for 2020. Then my stars aligned with my brilliant and adventurous granddaughter’s stars, so we are going together this late summer….I have learned that waiting for a certain date is not always as important as knowing the time is right. So the almost 70 year old and the 20 year old will trek across Spain.
I have felt the tug of the Camino since I finished my journey in 2015. I am thinking that this will be my last pilgrimage in Spain. I cannot imagine wanting to have my “last” with anyone other than Eva. We both suffer from “Wanderlust.” Our cure for this year will be a 500 mile hike across Spain.
Tickets are purchased. Eva and I will be leaving August 11 for Paris and then onto St. Jean Pied au Port where we will begin our journey. We are hoping that Willa (Eva’s friend and college roommate) and Debbie (my friend and fellow pilgrim) will be joining us.
The bonus of this journey will to be finishing the Camino with my daughter, Heather, and her friend, Rebecca. They will be meeting us in Sarria for the last 100 km of the French Way into Santiago.
It started badly with Eva’s bag missing. No sign of it at the airport luggage pick up! So tired, hungry and frustrated we have the challenge of manipulating the luggage claim department with a language barrier. Eva stayed calm and got everything filled out and away we went hopeful that all would go well and…
We have had a busy two and a half days in Porto. It is a beautiful old town area full of so much history from all the influence from so many invasions over the centuries. The tile is so unique on the buildings and the cuisine is a refreshing change from so many pilgrim’s meals.…
It is good to be back in Santiago. The friends are gathering and it feels like the Camino is ending. We are sharing stories, words of wisdom and cherished memories. Dinner with Camino Friends & Family
I just cannot get this last day on the Camino’s post done. I sit down to write it and find a dozen things to distract me from having to come to terms with it is really over. I don’t thing that I am ready to stop emotionally; maybe physically 😳though. Here goes. “To dare is…
Today was a difficult day. I felt a heaviness in my heart that my final Camino was coming to a close. I have such mixed emotions because this has been such a different journey than I pictured. That is what the Camino is about, I think. Letting it guide you. I am not used to…
Today I thought I felt a fly on my leg and realized that the hairs on my legs were so long they were flying like flags in the wind. It is quite freeing to not having to shave your legs, not even consider wearing make up, not care what your hair looks like (I just…
