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    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    Give me feedback at www.adventuresinlanguage.com.
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    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

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    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    I remember your posts from way back!
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    Are you 70+ and still walking Caminos?

    I don't think I've been on here in over four years but just happened to see this forum! I was curious about how you all were faring with COVID-19. Sunday was my 89th birthday and I joined this forum just before I walked with my daughter in 2013 at the age of 82. I wasn't a walker when I started...
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    any moments of "what the heck am I doing here" ?

    It's been far too long since I've posted!! The first day as I started up to Orisson and just before reaching the albergue by walking the road (I didn't think I could make the cross country climb!} and the vultures were circling over my head, FOR JUST A MOMENT I thought, "What am I doing here?"...
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    Can the Camino 'survive' 450.000 pilgrims a year?

    Well, it's been far too long since I've posted anything here. It was two years ago last Friday that I walked into Santiago and I'll NEVER forget it. I doubt that I'll do it in 2021 (I'd be 90!) because at my pace I'd be sleeping in the fields. Is it getting too crowded for those of us who sought...
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    Strange Yearning

    And I think it's for that "thirst" that you yearn to return. Was there something which didn't get "quenched" the first time or even something which surfaced that you never knew existed within you.
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    Magic Moments / Lessons on the Camino

    WWWWOOOOWWWW!!!!
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    Magic Moments / Lessons on the Camino

    The real magic of the Camino is the number of reprises you have after you return. It's been 16 months now since walking into Santiago in the rain. I don't think there's a day that goes by when some portion of a particular day comes to mind and it plays back in my mind like a trailer for a movie...
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    Magic Moments / Lessons on the Camino

    I had the same thing happen in Rabanal. My landlady ran up the street after me with my gloves in her hand. The following morning it was about 5 degrees C!
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    Magic Moments / Lessons on the Camino

    What a great thread. I suspect there is depth even beyond the "magic". I came upon a group of women who were having one of those "Teddy Bear" picnics. Afterwards they invited me to join them in a memorial service for those who had died recently. You come so close to those you've never met in a...
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    Biarritz to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port?

    No doubt! Carolyn is the best and the quickest!
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    Today is the first day of the rest of my life!

    Keep the journal in detail even though your mind will probably do it for you. You'll find there are too many "new" things to remember. Don't blog. It takes you "off the Camino". Buen Camino
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    30 L (28L Actually) Pack big enough -- Or 40 L better ---

    Whichever one you choose, choose Gregory, and not because its' my son's name! I'm slightly "older" and the suspension was what sold me. I really never felt as if I had a pack on my shoulders. It was all on my hips. As for what you put in it, the less the better.
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    Flights from Madrid to pamplona

    If in fact you are going to fly from Madrid to Pamplona, MAKE SURE YOU BUY A ROUND-TRIP TICKET! Yes, that's not a mistake. Go to Iberia.com; choose your flight for the day and time you want to travel, find another date in the future (any day) which has the cheapest fare you can find and buy the...
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