What you experienced and are currently experiencing is not uncommon. What you and your wife are trying to figure out how to implement in your life, I did my version of 7 years ago.
For me, I was reminded to be mindful, live in this moment. If...
I can relate to so many observations you had. It is challenging to incorporate the "living in the now" back home. When on the path, you get to spend SO much time surrounded by incredible vistas, nature, birdsong and gurgling streams and brooks...
I'm on day three back at work from walking the Camino Frances. I feel a bit homesick. I could have lived that life indefinitely I think. I wasn't ready for it to be over, when it was over.
My wife said it best: "The Camino is what the...
I am a tinned mackerel convert - cheaper and more nutritious than tuna. Always in olive oil.
But agree, your choice in a Spanish supermarket is going to be much bigger than at home.
Can't believe there is no Tik-tok for this.
In the big supermarkets in the UK the tinned fish aisle is mainly Tuna and sardines and is only shelving about four feet wide ... go into a big supermarket in Spain and the tinned fish aisle is about 3 kms long! (well, seems to be - and the...
Not so in Spain it seems based on my many travels. Only place it used to not be able to be used was pre-pay petrol pumps for some reason, but I think they even work in these now (obviously not a problem on the Camino unless you're cheating).
I have eaten blackberries on the perimeters of fields in Ireland a few times after our rental car was parked and we walked on a path to visit an Irish ring fort; an unusual circular set of stacked rocks out in the middle of nowhere. I didn't...
My first thought too, but many of the above comments would see you locked up with key thrown away and perhaps a mug-shot sent to the pilgrim office so they can refuse your Compostela request) - this discussion is a veritable fruit minefield.
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