Walking the Camino de Santiago
In which Thom is off to France and Francine begins her countdown. Date: 15 August 2023 Place: Pistachio House It is the feast of the Assumption. Today I bid Thom au revoir et bon chemin as I dropped him off at the airport after holy Mass. Then I went on a search for some boba tea and some Daiso shopping […]
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Today we walked our last 8km together before Thom heads to France. For the next two weeks my mind will now focus on the me portion of this adventure. Focus will be on Increasing my speaking of Spanish and rudimentary Portuguese. I am pretty confident with listening of both at my levels but cannot get over the speaking shyness. Me? Shy? […]
» Read moreThere is nothing more frustrating than being at odds with yourself. We are staying at the hotel here in Villafranca Montes de Oca because… While it is sunny, it is also black. While there are rainbows, there is rain. And there is a windstorm coming. And I have a cold and I want to stop and take a day off. […]
» Read moreThe church bells are ringing at Santa Maria down the street. I’m in the Hostal with my foot up listening through the window to their chimes. It is not a sound you hear in the States. There are two sets of bells. The first set intones a solemn bong-bong and sounds like ones you’d here at any church […]
» Read moreThe church bells are ringing at Santa Maria down the street. I’m in the Hostal with my foot up listening through the window to their chimes. It is not a sound you hear in the States. There are two sets of bells. The first set intones a solemn bong-bong and sounds like ones you’d here at any church but […]
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Some lessons of the Camino have to be pounded into your brain. The first word of the Rule of St Benedict is “Listen”. It’s a rule I struggle to internalize. Listening has never been my strong suit. I could never wait for instructions or for people to even finish a sentence. I’m off in another direction by the time something […]
» Read moreSome lessons of the Camino have to be pounded into your brain. Listening has never been my strong suit. I could never wait for instructions or for people to even finish a sentence. I’m off in another direction by the time something I am supposed to do/hear/receive/etc comes at me. The moniker “gazelle brained” was not given to me lightly […]
» Read moreManThis morning we are on our way to Estella. My alarm went off at 6 and again at 6:15. I wandered off to the bathroom to have my customary chat with Raine, via Facebook then came back to wake up the husbeast. Gorgeous view of Puent la Reina as we left! We decided to put our strawberry troll costumes […]
» Read moreWe were supposed to rest today. That did NOT happen. And that’s ok. We had a plan up to Pamplona and now we are just winging it. Because we moved forward a bit more, instead of staying in one place, tomorrow won’t be hitting Alta de Perdon after a long slog through a rocky town. We are already at […]
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