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      HappyValerie reacted to mattythedog's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      Ahhh....that first Camino. Also nearly 8 years ago for me in Sept 2016. I was a naive 56 year old who had never hiked more than 10 miles in a day, so I trained extensively before going. After checking in at the Pilgrims office in St Jean, I...
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      HappyValerie reacted to nycwalking's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      Oh my goodness! I had forgotten about the Internet cafes. Between our Lozano guidebooks and e-mail mom and me were able to communicate along the way meeting up daily or every few days. She took taxis, buses, and trains Roncesvalles to Santiago...
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      HappyValerie reacted to nycwalking's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      My first camino August 2001, mom and me arrived to Roncesvalles from Pamplona via taxi. We were the first in refugio. At some point between now and then refugios have been renamed as albergues. We took two bottom bunks in a cavernous room...
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      HappyValerie reacted to Rebekah Scott's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      May 2001: Patrick and I took a cab up to Roncesvalles in a whirling snowstorm. I had planned this trip for years. Paddy came along for the beginning bits, because he spoke Spanish and I did not. He was sure I was barking mad. We stayed at the...
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      HappyValerie reacted to J.Patrick's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      Back in May of 2015, Porto to SdC, the first day with my friend, Jim. 1. We trudged through the lackluster suburbs of Porto. 2. I had suffered from planters fasciitis during training and was wearing painful inserts, feeling every step. 3. We got...
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      HappyValerie reacted to Debora's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      My first Camino was also 8 years ago this month. But we left SJPdP on May 6th. I was with my 20 & 21 year old daughters. I wanted to be the first person to take them to Europe and this is what I chose that we would do. We will never forget it. It...
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      HappyValerie reacted to WalkingMan's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      My first camino was 2017, I arrived I SJPP full of the joys of life and ready for the journey. I had spent a number of years thinking about the camino and I eventually got to it. I set off on my first day so excited,I got to roncesvalles that...
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      HappyValerie reacted to Tia Valeria's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      My first partial Camino was on the Primitivo to see where @TerryB had walked and aiming to walk from Oviedo to Grandas de Salime. The weather had been bad and near Tineo the track was flooded out - knee deep. We climbed the bank and into the...
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      HappyValerie reacted to Adelina's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      2018 - Madrid to Astorga (arriving on Alsa) where I saw my first Camino sign and burst into tears; then walked all the way from Astorga to Murias de Rechivaldo (4.6 km!!!) as I consulted my Brierley every few steps and asked everyone I saw if I...
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      HappyValerie reacted to Camino Chrissy's post in the thread Memory lane with Like Like.
      My first day on my first Camino in April 2015 I was on "cloud 9" in excitement and enthusiasm, but also had a bit of fear which quickly melted away. I nearly had to "pinch myself" to believe I was actually in SJPdP after daydreaming of going for...
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