The night before departure is always an endless blur. I’m thrilled to almost have the planning behind me and the actual trip ahead, filled with the excitement of the unknown.
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Camino Travel Day
It was an early rise today, 3:00 am to catch my plane from Copenhagen to Paris to Biarritz when a shuttle to St Jean Pied a Port, the start of the Camino Frances. Boots on for the first time of this Camino. Hummmm. Sitting on the ground in Paris. No one can come out toContinueContinue reading “Camino Travel Day”
Time To Get Into Action….
I woke up last weekend and realized I was three weeks from leaving for Spain. I had made a few reservations: my favorite albergue in St Jean Pied de Port, France, and at Borda Albergue on my first night of hiking, but had done very little else. So I started making my way through theContinueContinue reading “Time To Get Into Action….”
I am a bit of a mess….
Walking the Camino is about the experience; letting the journey unfold before you. This is my vision for our journey on the Primativo. I feel a bit unprepared. After numerous Caminos you would think that I could pack without a list, need no new purchases; just jam, bang and take off. Well….. Aging has changedContinueContinue reading “I am a bit of a mess….”
My Whirlwind Italy Trip…
Brenda and I are traveling separately both coming and going to Italy. Brenda is leaving before me with a two-day stopover in Iceland. She will meet me in Rome on April 3. I’m flying out of Seattle in one day. I have a 1.5 hour layover in London at Heathrow Airport which is a bitContinueContinue reading “My Whirlwind Italy Trip…”
7 Days Count Down
Salut! Primativo here we come. With just a week before we board the plane to Madrid, we have begun serious training! Many things have gotten in the way of pre-Camino physical training, but since my last five Camino’s consisted of training on the Camino’s themselves, starting seven days in advance seems like progress. (Notice weContinueContinue reading “7 Days Count Down”
The countdown….
I have never been in the position like this. We will not knowing whether we will be allowed into my chosen hiking country until the day before we leave. Ireland is scheduled to allow vaccinated Americans in July 19th and we leave July 20th! Yes, we are crazy!!!!! We do have an alternate idea (IContinueContinue reading “The countdown….”
The Kitchen Has Been “Tucked In” for the Summer….
It is official. Debby is retired, the cheflets have been sent home for the summer and we leave in five days. It seems like just a few days ago that I posted “365 days until we leave”. Now the time is here. In the worlds of Peter, Paul, and Mary; yes, most of you areContinueContinue reading “The Kitchen Has Been “Tucked In” for the Summer….”
“Messing” Around
I have been sorting through my bags and “stuff” for my Camino. It is quite fun to organize and think about what makes sense in each compartment. I try visualizing getting in from a long day of hiking and being able to reach into my pack for first thing I will want….probably my sandals. So they areContinueContinue reading ““Messing” Around”