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BEING THE BLESSING

4 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 5 Logrono to Navarette Today we gave back. We are walking out of Logrono and a young woman caught our attention and was waving toward her car. We thought she meant to give us a ride and we said no thank you and we would kind of kept onContinue reading “BEING THE BLESSING”

THE WORD OF THE DAY IS BLESSING

3 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 4 Los Arcos to Logrono The blessings today began before we even left Estella. We stayed in a hotel about 2 km outside of town so we needed to walk back into Estella to begin our day. As we checked out the guy at the desk said he’d takeContinue reading “THE WORD OF THE DAY IS BLESSING”

THE WORD OF THE DAY IS TORRENTIAL

2 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 3 Estella to Los Arcos The forecast for today is rain. No problem. We stepped out from the hotel and immediately felt wonderful. There was a very light drizzle and the temperature was about 20 degrees cooler than yesterday. With our rain jackets and water resistant pants we wereContinue reading “THE WORD OF THE DAY IS TORRENTIAL”

ALTO DE PERDON

August 30, 2023 Midway from Pamplona to Puenta La Reina I have walked 9.6 miles to Alto de Perdon, which means Mount of Forgiveness. Here are the bronze statues depicting pilgrims under a field of stars. I love that expression “under a field of stars”. For more information click here.

THE ON RAMP TO THE CAMINO

31 august 2023, camino 3, day 1 Pamplona to Puenta la Reina 17.65 miles from rising to bed Our past caminos started in St. Jean Pied de Port on the French side of the Pyrenees mountains. It’s a traditional start to the Camino Frances and about 400 pilgrims begin their walk each day. We, howeverContinue reading “THE ON RAMP TO THE CAMINO”

PRE CAMINO: THE DAY BEFORE WE LEAVE

30 August 2023 Pamplona

FROM PARIS TO PAMPLONA

SPOILER ALERT: Despite the story you are about to read, I was not really stressed out over the events of today 😎 Paris to Hendaye, France Hendaye, France to Irun, Spain via metro, 2 stops, 3€ 20 extra for the tickets Irun to Vitoria, girl at the station told us to get off at theContinue reading “FROM PARIS TO PAMPLONA”

THE PRE PRE CAMINO

Monday, August 28, 2023 We arrived in Paris on Saturday, August 26 for three nights. We’re visiting with my cousin; she is quite elderly. Whenever I’m in Europe I make a point to go and visit her. When we’re on the same side of the Atlantic it’s practically like being in the same neighborhood. TomorrowContinue reading “THE PRE PRE CAMINO”

THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD 🚂

Only two more days until we leave to walk the Camino Frances a third time. I notice that I’m highly aware of every ache, pain, and twinge that my body is feeling. And I get concerned. I’ve seen my share of injured pilgrims along the Camino, many of them younger and in better shape thanContinue reading “THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD 🚂”

AN UPDATE

There’s an old saying, “The best laid plans often go awry”. Or for the more religious minded, “If you want to make God laugh, make plans”. I had planned to re-post all the posts from my first Camino in 2019. I’m about to embark on my third Camino and I wanted to reflect on theContinue reading “AN UPDATE”