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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By kathryn_hendy_ekers | Views [809] | Comments [1]
This has been a relatively quiet week for those of you who enjoy our travel stories. We spent the week on the Canal Du Midi in the South of France. Last Saturday we picked up a canal boat at Negra about 50 km east of Toulouse. We had spent the morning ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [546]
Frank said (or should I say, sang) it first, I did it my way. And that is how the Camino/St James Way is done—your way, my way, his way, her way. There is no right way. After four days, I am no expert on the way to do the Way. Talking, observing and ... Read more >
Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By carol | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By carol | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [454] | Comments [2]
This morning leaving the hotel, I ran into another American that I had met yesterday. I was about to suggest walking together but then I remembered my decision. When I woke up this morn, I decided to do today's 15km on my own, giving me time to think, ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [444] | Comments [1]
I knew footwear was key in making the camino a pleasant walk. My first hours on the way I was paying close attention to shoes. It seemed like everyone was wearing sturdy serious hiking boots and very few of us were wearing sneakers. Hmm, I started to ... Read more >
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [507] | Comments [1]
Another day of beautiful countryside after the fog lifted, that is. Having gone to bed at 9pm, I was up way before the rooster. I kid you not.. It was right outside my bedroom window. I was already up and dressed when he started cockle-doodle -doing.... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [519] | Comments [2]
Day 2 at 10:00 I was still sitting in my hotel room thinking 'mucho gracias' to the lifesaver who left the wifi open with no password necessary. I had to walk “just” 17km today to reach Eixere. Garry (the guy who organized my hotels/stops) mentioned ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [436] | Comments [1]
I asked the very helpful and friendly woman at the Eixere to call me a taxi so I could go to the next town to buy a camera. Highly doubtful that I will pass this way again, I needed to snap pics this time and I needed a working camera to do so. The ... Read more >
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By carol | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 12 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [421] | Comments [2]
Today (11 June 09)was my first day of walking and fortunately, the sun was out and the sky was blue. I started in Sarria. Twenty three kilometers later, I was in Portomarin. At first I was kind of nervous about what I was doing and where I was ... Read more >
Thu, 11 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [346] | Comments [3]
Por qu é a Pilgrimage ? Why am I doing the Camino de Santiago? I can't pinpoint just one reason. I can't even remember the first time I heard about it but it was some years ago and has came up again and again over the years either on a website or in ... Read more >
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [347] | Comments [1]
PANIC at check in. I was waiting in line at the Ryanair counter at the MAD airport and all of a sudden there was chaos! Even if the buzz was in Spanish, it was so easy to understand. It started with a 20 something boy timidly pulling his rollerboard ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By carol | Views [365] | Comments [1]
With just one afternoon and eve in Madrid, wouldn't it just happen that I didn't feel well—a slight fever and a splitting headache. Not even knowing the symptoms, my first thought was, “oh no, swine flu!” but then I realized I was in the wrong Spanish ... Read more >
Sun, 7 Jun 2009 | By chesconogareda | Views [336]
El jueves 11 de junio despego rumbo Guatemala. En principio me voy por 17 dias, pero se irá viendo. Lo mismo me vuelvo en 3 dias !! Me he comprado un impermeable, un antimosquitos y una mosquitera. He reservado la primera noche en un Hostal en Antigua, ... Read more >
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