"I'm off again!"...

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T14:55:38+0200

Hello Forum friends,
I'll be heading to Chicago today to fly

to Madrid, then on to Ponferrada to begin the Camino Invierno, ending in Monteforte. Next a train to A Corona for two nights before walking the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago.
I hope to start a "Live on the Camino" thread in a few days.

Dani7 · 2024-09-22T15:29:42+0200

Yay

can't wait to read about your camino and see your beautiful pictures.

nycwalking · 2024-09-22T15:44:48+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Hello Forum friends,
I'll be heading to Chicago today to fly to Madrid, then on to Ponferrada to begin the Camino Invierno, ending in Monteforte. Next a train to A Corona for two nights before walking the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago.
I hope to start a "Live on the Camino" thread in a few days.

Go CC, go!

Looking forward to your posts and lovely pictures.

Buen camino.

LTfit · 2024-09-22T16:30:27+0200

Lucky you, 2 Caminos in one year or 3 if you count the different routes

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T16:40:48+0200

LTfit said:
Lucky you, 2 Caminos in one year or 3 if you count the different routes

Well, this combo Camino is shorter, really just "hitting two birds with one stone".

jungleboy · 2024-09-22T16:41:00+0200

Buen camino! I am starting a real job, for the first time in a long time, while you're on camino, so I'll be doubly jealous!

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T19:17:35+0200

jungleboy said:
Buen camino! I am starting a real job, for the first time in a long time, while you're on camino, so I'll be doubly jealous!

Hmmm, somehow I doubt it's a desk job, Nick,

but who knows. More likely, I envision you as an awesome tour guide in Rome

, or possibly working with an archeological dig.

jungleboy · 2024-09-22T19:46:19+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Hmmm, somehow I doubt it's a desk job, Nick,but who knows. More likely, I envision you as an awesome tour guide in Rome, or possibly working with an archeological dig.

Love it, and I wish! Unfortunately it is a desk job but a pretty fun one, working in the press operations department of the organizing committee for the next Winter Olympics in northern Italy (Milano Cortina 2026).

Tincatinker · 2024-09-22T20:46:20+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Hello Forum friends,
I'll be heading to Chicago today to fly to Madrid, then on to Ponferrada to begin the Camino Invierno, ending in Monteforte. Next a train to A Corona for two nights before walking the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago.
I hope to start a "Live on the Camino" thread in a few days.

Hi Chrissy, I’m on the Ingles now and will probably be in Ourense by the time you hit Ferrol. A sad near miss. I’ll post a few bar recommendations when I’ve checked them all

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T20:47:01+0200

jungleboy said:
Love it, and I wish! Unfortunately it is a desk job but a pretty fun one, working in the press operations department of the organizing committee for the next Winter Olympics in northern Italy (Milano Cortina 2026).

Wow, that sounds amazing. Is it a two+ year gig? I know I'm hijacking my thread, but I'm sure many members would love to know how long @jungleboy plans to be at his new "desk" job.

jungleboy · 2024-09-22T20:50:13+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Wow, that sounds amazing. Is it a two+ year gig? I know I'm hijacking my thread, but I'm sure many members would love to know how long @jungleboy plans to be at his new "desk" job.

1.5 years, through to the end of March '26. That's long enough!!!

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T20:51:31+0200

Tincatinker said:
Hi Chrissy, I’m on the Ingles now and will probably be in Ourense by the time you hit Ferrol. A sad near miss. I’ll post a few bar recommendations when I’ve checked them all

Thanks, @Tincatinker. That will be a bummer to miss seeing you, but I'll still look around for the young man with a Camino shell tattoo on his bicep. I arrive in Ferrol on 10/6, if I stay illness and accident free.

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T20:55:45+0200

jungleboy said:
1.5 years, through to the end of March '26. That's long enough!!!

Nick, I'm gonna miss following your Camino adventures; they are always such a highlight.

Make sure Wendy walks twice as many Caminos to make up for this loss.

jungleboy · 2024-09-22T21:15:28+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Nick, I'm gonna miss following your Camino adventures; they are always such a highlight. Make sure Wendy walks twice as many Caminos to make up for this loss.

Hopefully we can still sneak in a short camino next year!

TravellingMan22 · 2024-09-22T21:37:31+0200

Camino Chrissy said:
Hello Forum friends,
I'll be heading to Chicago today to fly to Madrid, then on to Ponferrada to begin the Camino Invierno, ending in Monteforte. Next a train to A Corona for two nights before walking the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago.
I hope to start a "Live on the Camino" thread in a few days.

Hey, have a great time. Just back from 3 weeks in Coruna.

Here is a tapas bar recommendation for you. It’s more of a locals place than tourists (not that there seem to be many tourists there) but this was great, cheap and authentic.

Tapas at €1.70 and wine at €2.50.

Vita·k Galera 13

Camino Chrissy · 2024-09-22T21:40:26+0200

Hi all,
We have been at the airport for a couple of hours and I have some news to report. I purchased this inexpensive pair of hiking poles for under $40 on Amazon as an experiment. They collapse really small (similar to black diamonds) so I took a chance to bring them and slipped them in a water bottle compartment of my carryon backpack. They went through security with no questions asked.
I'll report back when I fly home and see if I will be lucky to have the same success.