It will be a first for me to Portugal. This route was not on my radar, but a Camino friend invited me to join her, and then it just seemed, indeed, the right thing to do and place to go.
Category: Camino
End of the world – back to front.
How exciting for me to see how Finisterre, a Camino pilgrim destination, is also a point that joins together the great bracelet of the around-the-world race. Not the end of the world, but nearly the end of this mighty Vendée Globe race for these courageous skippers.
So many ways to be a pilgrim
Be warned! When you set out on a pilgrimage, it will change your life henceforth. You will be a pilgrim for ever.
Is the goal the way?
So, was writing the book the achievement rather than the book in my hand or on my e-reader? Does getting to Santiago as the destination of the Camino overshadow all the kilometres and walking and the heart and effort that went into it?
Holy Week, Semana Santa on the Camino
Holy Week is a busy time in church-land and an even busier time in Spain. And I think one of the most wonderful times to be on the Camino.
Mama‘s been a code’n
The novel, Pardon my Camino has so much: The Camino trail of course and all that is involved with backpacks, hostels and blisters plus plus, there are family and couple dynamics and a big financial hiccup, there are adventures, friends and friendship, spirituality, history, a gay romantic sub-plot, church, sex, food and wine, all woven around the themes of truth and forgiveness.
Camino prompts
Checking out my inbox you might think I was off to Spain and the Camino SOON – no, that is not the case. I am just a sentimental clutter-bug.
Urge to talk Camino
But once you have been a Camino pilgrim, it calls out to you. For me, it is an undercurrent, present and flowing along in my imagination and spirit.
The mountains of the Camino
For most of our tradtional Camino experiences, say along the Camino Francès, we start at the Pyrenees with that challenging first day to Roncevalles, up and over the pass.
Well, that was a day!
There seems to be a sisterhood of bus and train information people who tell you the minimum with a dismissive wave of the hand and a scowl. I could swear this one was on the same training course as one in Berlin.