Okay,we are now in the same category as soap operas and sitcom. I promise I am NOT making this up. Truth stranger than fiction…. Correct?!!!! Especially so with the Taylor’s. So we started out great. Early breakfast. Easy checkout. Beautiful scenery. Dressed too warmly but easily compensated for by removing layers. We had read weather….
Camino Tom at REI said that if you train you can expect to get your “trail legs” about the third day. I think we got some those magic legs today. After yesterday’s “challenging” trek we decided to take it easy and just hike about 8 miles at the most. We had a leisure breakfast with…
One’s Michelin guide is ALWAYS correct…right??!! I mean we pay good money for accurate calculations and all the various tips they supply. Yep! That was our first mistake…believing the Michelin guide. Well, most of it was correct. We left early morning and had breakfast of omelette and cafe con leche in the most delightful town….
There are always firsts…new beginnings…fresh starts. Today was a first for us. We are now pilgrims. We wakked with too heavy a pack which will be remedied easily by mailing things to Natalie or discarding. But we were made aware as we walked in so silence of the too heavy a pack that we are…
We are in Fromista, Spain. We left Brussels about noon. Flew RyanAir(Man,has it improved!) Landed in Santander. Took a taxi to the train station and the joy began. I know it is absolutely hilarious to hear that a backpack carrying all your essential belongings is about the most freeing experience I have ever had. On…
Our sweet daughter and son -in-law love to give experiences as presents. We have been the fortunate recipients of concerts and plays, beaches and excursions thanks to their thoughtfulness. About four weeks ago Natalie called me with a new proposal. There was a 3 hour sale for Belgium to go to Disneyland Paris for two…
As we have prepared for this pilgrimage a very common phrase surfaces…the Camino provides. Ernest and I know that God provides perhaps more easily seen on Camino. We boarded a KLM flight Thursday afternoon upon a crowded 747. Aisle seat / middle seat a third of the way back. Seated in the window seat on…
So there is our “backpack” bench of sorts. Unless we are training our two Ospry 18-20 lb packs hang there. There are a buff or two…a stocking cap or a ball cap depending on the weather. BUT it is never empty of gear. I took a photo of this station as we left for the…
I think that long ago when people headed out on a pilgrimage that they swathed themselves in a heavy woolen and hooded cape. Picked up a loaf of bread and a flask of wine and struck out on the journey. Somewhere over the last two millennia it became very necessary to identify yourself as a…
The most frequently asked question actually comes coupled with a pursuing dialogue of interest …”Where are you going.” Then, “How far will you walk?” And,usually, “How long will it take you?” Sometimes at the end of these questions is one more biggie…”Have you lost your mind?” The French(Frances) pilgrimage is actually 540 miles long. Due…