I’ve just written a semi-serious thing about Post-Camino Syndrome… ok granted, it is anything but scientific - but anecdotally, I’m pretty sure we are all effected.
Ever returned from the Camino feeling like something's missing? That strange mix...
Thanks Laurie for the wonderful thread. Our first Camino was a family adventure recommended by school principals we met at Ha Long Bay. My husband asked "what is the best thing you have every done" and they then spent the night telling us about...
A wonderful reflective question.
Mostly I've experienced an incremental increase in confidence - so the Caminos I'm drawn to now are ones I would never have considered before, not in a million years.
I began, like most, with the Francés, in...
Hi Laurie,
yours is a really interesting perspective… and the reasons for it make a lot of sense.
It’s funny - for me, all my 3 Camino Frances have been intensely social endeavours, and it’s one reason why I liked them so much.
And yet, walking...
I’m just back from a two-part Camino. The Via Serrana from Gibraltar to Sevilla, and then the Invierno from Ponferrada. I am experiencing the standard post-camino letdown, so I thought I’d reflect a bit.
I have gone from walking the more...
whoa, that's some crazy stuff... glad you got that second opinion, and are walking again!
it must feel extra special now (not that it didn't before, but....)
thank you... yes, the Camino analogy with 'life' is so apt.
To me, processing the Camino takes about a year - just when I'm about ready to walk another one! :)
It’s now been almost 3 months since I completed my Camino Frances, and I’m still processing the experience (I suspect that will go on for a long time). A few things have been bubbling up that I think are worthy of sharing:
The Camino is like a...
Hello everyone
Even when I'm not on the trail, the Camino de Santiago never strays far from my mind. Those reflective moments often turn into words, and now, they've become a little (&free) Substack newsletter.
Given that we're all here for...
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