Starting Late May 2014 in SJPP

[Dzyduck87]

It's official. Natasha and I have bought our plane tickets from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada into Madrid (landing May 20th). We have 2 nights there. A night in Pamplona on the way to SJPP and we start from SJPP on the 24. So far I have a backpack, a spork, 2 rain ponchos and disposable wine glasses . I virtually have my trip mapped out from start to finish, but it's just a guide to keep our distance on track and make sure we're budgeting to the high end of the spectrum (We're taking $2950 each).

My packlist will include
1 pair each shorts/pants
1 thin sweater + 1 thin jacket (all clothing treated with permethrin)
ultra-light sleeping bag (gift from a community member)
ear plugs
shampoo, conditioner and laundry detergent in Mio containers
Sharpie
maple leaf pins
lollipops
toilet paper
ziploc bags
my own little pharmacy
a large scarf for a head wrap (my favorite item in Africa)
cards/crib board
a neck pillow I can attach to my backpack
compass
water bottle
30248234820394802 carabiners

I'd love any advice/notice of people leaving around the same time.

I'd also like to say, don't put off your camino. I'm 26. I SHOULD be focusing on my career and settling down to have a family. I have my EMR certification and I could go get a 9-5 with my city's emergency services. Stick it to the man. I'm going on an adventure and coming home broke. Don't wait until you're in your 60s and realize that you should have done it before. Do it now.

I'm so excited to meet some fellow peregrinos.

Buen Camino a todos

 

[pattymo97206]

So happy you are ignoring the “shoulds" and making your pilgrimage. You will never regret doing it and may find yourself forever looking for new adventures. Besides, you are young enough, you can always make more money, have a career and settle down and have a family later.

I did my first pilgrimage in 2012 at age 70 and walked 230 miles in 3 weeks. In two months I will begin my second pilgrimage at age 72 and will walk 530 miles and have 2 glorious months in which to do it, all the way to Finisterre. There are a lot of us in our 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s out there walking. I’ll be 10 days ahead of you. You will likely catch up and pass me. I’m taking my time. Oh the joy of being older than dirt!

 

[Dzyduck87]

So happy you are ignoring the “shoulds" and making your pilgrimage. You will never regret doing it and may find yourself forever looking for new adventures. Besides, you are young enough, you can always make more money, have a career and settle down and have a family later.

I did my first pilgrimage in 2012 at age 70 and walked 230 miles in 3 weeks. In two months I will begin my second pilgrimage at age 72 and will walk 530 miles and have 2 glorious months in which to do it, all the way to Finisterre. There are a lot of us in our 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s out there walking. I’ll be 10 days ahead of you. You will likely catch up and pass me. I’m taking my time. Oh the joy of being older than dirt!

I hope to see you! We will not be marching fast, we're looking at it as a drawn out walking wine tour lol

 

[sean khosraviani]

Dzyduck...I'm actually heading from Seattle Wa to Madrid May 4. Walking the Camino for how ever long it takes me, them bouncing around Spain till Pamplona July 5th for San Fermin. I'll be heading home, if I decide to leave Spain July 10th too. As to your packing list...make sure you have enough disposable wine glasses. I'm just flasking it.

 

[Dzyduck87]

I meant collapsible not disposable lol, so we should be fine

 

[sean khosraviani]

Nothing is better than a glass of wine...except maybe two. Enjoy your trip.

 

[Andrei C.]

Look out behind you i am there I start from SJPP on the 26 may !
Bon camino !

 

[naplesdon]

Don't forget to pack a corkscrew, I'll be about two week behind you. I start 6/6.

 

[november_moon]

I have a Leatherman-style pocket knife with a cork screw. I got it for the other practical things, such as the knife and scissors, but I suspect the cork screw will be the most used implement on the thing

We are starting from Leon on June 5, so we might run into each other. You'll have about 10 days walking when we start, you probably won't be to Leon yet, but you never know. Look for the curly-haired Hobbit with the red backpack, walking with an Aztec-looking Hobbit.

 

[JohnMcM]

I have a Leatherman-style pocket knife with a cork screw. I got it for the other practical things, such as the knife and scissors, but I suspect the cork screw will be the most used implement on the thing

We are starting from Leon on June 5, so we might run into each other. You'll have about 10 days walking when we start, you probably won't be to Leon yet, but you never know. Look for the curly-haired Hobbit with the red backpack, walking with an Aztec-looking Hobbit.

Look for the curly-haired Hobbit with the red backpack, walking with an Aztec-looking Hobbit.[/quote]

You just gave me a laugh out loud moment on a cold night.
Buen Camino

 

[alexwalker]

I'd also like to say, don't put off your camino. I'm 26. I SHOULD be focusing on my career and settling down to have a family. I have my EMR certification and I could go get a 9-5 with my city's emergency services. Stick it to the man. I'm going on an adventure and coming home broke. Don't wait until you're in your 60s and realize that you should have done it before. Do it now.

You are giving fantastic advice considering your age (no offense intended). You will gain MUCH more for your life than if you followed the pack/ratrace.

BUEN Camino!

 

[jelle]

Animo! I totally agree with Alexwalker. I'm 26 myself and starting the camino early may . Sometimes in life we just need to take the jump.

I would like to share this poem on the topic :


Risk Poet: William Arthur Ward

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing,
does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave
who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

 

[Dzyduck87]

Dzyduck...I'm actually heading from Seattle Wa to Madrid May 4. Walking the Camino for how ever long it takes me, them bouncing around Spain till Pamplona July 5th for San Fermin. I'll be heading home, if I decide to leave Spain July 10th too. As to your packing list...make sure you have enough disposable wine glasses. I'm just flasking it.

Animo! I totally agree with Alexwalker. I'm 26 myself and starting the camino early may . Sometimes in life we just need to take the jump.

I would like to share this poem on the topic :


Risk Poet: William Arthur Ward

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because
the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing,
does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live.
Chained by his servitude he is a slave
who has forfeited all freedom.
Only a person who risks is free.

This reminds me of my favourite quote! If anyone meets me on the camino I know the whole thing verbatim or cerca de verbatim
I believe that if one man were to live out his life, fully and completely;
were to give form to every feeling, expression to every thought and reality to every dream
that the world would gain such a fresh impulse of joy that we might return to the Helenic ideal
to something finer - richer than the Helenic ideal it may be.
But the bravest man amongst us is afraid of himself.
The mutilation of the savage has its' tragic survival in the self-denial that mars our lives.
Every impulse we strive to strangle broods in the mind, and poisons us.

 

[clearskiescamino]

I'm leaving SJPdP on the 29th!

 

[november_moon]

You just gave me a laugh out loud moment on a cold night.
Buen Camino

 

[Sraaen]

Don't forget to pack a corkscrew, I'll be about two week behind you. I start 6/6.

Sound advice - I found that even the big grocery stores will open it for you if it gets misplaced!

 

[xin loi]

Will be ahead of you---Leaving Pennsylvania May 13--Watch the YouTube vid on how to open a wine bottle with a sword; Also on globetrekker show; Knife works just as well as a sword. it's how Fench cavalry opened wine while riding horses. Was told that you MUST buy knife in France/Spain prior to walking as they will be confiscated when boarding bus or train in Spain. Maybe like Mexico (I hope) where the bus driver gets your knife and gives it back to you at destination?

 

[Mark Lee]

Nice philosophy. Definitely do it while you can. Nothing wrong with being broke at 26. You have the rest of your life to make money again.

I'm 53, did the Camino last summer after working overseas. I'm still between gigs and want to walk the Camino again this summer. I know as soon as I get back to the 8-5 here in the US doing it again will be difficult, so I figure do it again now while I can.

Buen Camino.

 

[Rani]

I'm leaving SJPdP on the 29th!

I am also leaving the same day, buen camino

 

[Pita]

Will be ahead of you---Leaving Pennsylvania May 13--Watch the YouTube vid on how to open a wine bottle with a sword; Also on globetrekker show; Knife works just as well as a sword. it's how Fench cavalry opened wine while riding horses. Was told that you MUST buy knife in France/Spain prior to walking as they will be confiscated when boarding bus or train in Spain. Maybe like Mexico (I hope) where the bus driver gets your knife and gives it back to you at destination?

If knives are confiscated on buses or trains in Spain I'm sure a French cavalry sword will probably not go unnoticed by the authorities. A corkscrew is probably a more subtle way to open a bottle of wine and is a lot lighter to carry than a cavalry sword.

You can also open a bottle of wine only using your shoe. Google it!

 

[Siobhan02]

I start from SJ on the 12th/13th of May, good luck to all who are setting out on this exciting journey!

 

[Ice]

It looks like I'll have good company - I'm starting my walk from SJ on May 31st. My 30th birthday. I know I should be all home and pregnant and stuff, but this just seemed more important right now

 

[CaminoKris2013]

I'm departing SJPDP on the 27th, but as I plan to take it nice and easy that first week. So we may pass each other.

 

[MeganG22]

$2950! You can live like queens! I put a 20euro note in my pocket each day from my "stash" and stuck (as well as I could) to only spending that during the day. 32 days- that's only 640 euros! Of course, on Sundays I splurged on a private room, and sometimes two glasses of vino tinto just weren't enough... but I can't imagine how well I could have lived on almost three grand

Have an amazing trip! I myself am 28 and sure, marriage and babies and a practical career should be on the near horizon... but too bad that's just not appealing at this point. Itching to get back on The Way! (After spending most of my money in South America over the coming Winter...eh who needs it?) Buen Camino

 

[Bear]

I arrive in Pamplona on 27th May so we may pass each other along the way.

Buen Camino.

 

[clearskiescamino]

I am also leaving the same day, buen camino

Hi there Rani
I hope to see you on the 29th so
Keep looking for a pasty-white Irish man (and I have a forum badge also)

 

[clearskiescamino]

It looks like I'll have good company - I'm starting my walk from SJ on May 31st. My 30th birthday. I know I should be all home and pregnant and stuff, but this just seemed more important right now

Perfect birthday present I reckon!

 

[Rani]

It looks like I'll have good company - I'm starting my walk from SJ on May 31st. My 30th birthday. I know I should be all home and pregnant and stuff, but this just seemed more important right now

Great present to yourself. I retire so the camino is my present. I am starting on the 29th so hopefully we can share a glass of wine for our celebration. Buen Camino

 

[Rani]

Hi there Rani
I hope to see you on the 29th so
Keep looking for a pasty-white Irish man (and I have a forum badge also)

Hi Clearskies, hope to see you too and I will also have a forum badge on a blue pack

 

[Gitte -66]

Look out behind you i am there I start from SJPP on the 26 may !
Bon camino !

Hello Andrei, we are also starting on the 26th of may from SJPP. I have ar quastion, do you arrive on the 25th to Biarritz? If so, have you decided how to get to SJPP? We are looking for some one to share a taxi and we are two traveling together from Sweden. Please let me know if you are interested in this. I wish you a Buen Camino

 

[Kiwi-family]

I was starting my babies at your age (having travelled for three years).....be assured that babies don't stop the adventure of life! They may change the direction, but you can all learn and journey together. In 2012 I walked my first camino with all 8 of my babies. In two weeks I leave again with the four youngest......and when they were 2-14 years we travelled with them all for 15 months. Don't be scared of babies!!

 

[Kanga]

Don't be scared of babies!!

I agree. No-one tells you they are fun! But avoid twins if possible.....They are gorgeous but very hard to chase when they take off in opposite directions.

 

[Kiwi-family]

I agree. No-one tells you they are fun! But avoid twins if possible.....They are gorgeous but very hard to chase when they take off in opposite directions.

Hey Kanga, didn't you have a sheep dog to round them up?;-)

 

[KristyKay]

Look out behind you i am there I start from SJPP on the 26 may !
Bon camino !

My sister and I are starting a day after you!! We wanted to start on the 26th but getting from Madrid to SJPP within one day seems impossible.

 

[Andrei C.]

No problem i preparing the way for you
Bon camino !

 

[Ice]

I was starting my babies at your age (having travelled for three years).....be assured that babies don't stop the adventure of life! They may change the direction, but you can all learn and journey together. In 2012 I walked my first camino with all 8 of my babies. In two weeks I leave again with the four youngest......and when they were 2-14 years we travelled with them all for 15 months. Don't be scared of babies!!

Thanks for the post! My camino is actually getting me ready for motherhood. I want to be spiritually and mentally with it when I start this even more difficult/scary/rewarding/wonderful pilgrimage.

 

[Texasgirl14]

I am new to the sight but am so excited. My husband and I will be leaving Houston on June 6th. I am excited to say I will walk 500 miles at the age of 55. Bien Camino

 

[Andrei C.]

Hello Andrei, we are also starting on the 26th of may from SJPP. I have ar quastion, do you arrive on the 25th to Biarritz? If so, have you decided how to get to SJPP? We are looking for some one to share a taxi and we are two traveling together from Sweden. Please let me know if you are interested in this. I wish you a Buen Camino

Hej Gitte

Hello Andrei, we are also starting on the 26th of may from SJPP. I have ar quastion, do you arrive on the 25th to Biarritz? If so, have you decided how to get to SJPP? We are looking for some one to share a taxi and we are two traveling together from Sweden. Please let me know if you are interested in this. I wish you a Buen Camino

Hej Gitte-66 !
Varifrån Sverige ? Jag åker från Skavsta med Ryanair .Ni kan maila mig till andrei.cirlan.79@gmail.com

 

[Gitte -66]

Hej Andrei jag hör av mig imorgon på mailen. Vi åker också fr Skavsta den 25:e maj. Vi hörs.

 

[Gitte -66]

Hej Gitte


Hej Gitte-66 !
Varifrån Sverige ? Jag åker från Skavsta med Ryanair .Ni kan maila mig till andrei.cirlan.79@gmail.com

Jag har mailat nu. Själv bor jag i Sundsvall.

 

[Gitte -66]

It's official. Natasha and I have bought our plane tickets from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada into Madrid (landing May 20th). We have 2 nights there. A night in Pamplona on the way to SJPP and we start from SJPP on the 24. So far I have a backpack, a spork, 2 rain ponchos and disposable wine glasses . I virtually have my trip mapped out from start to finish, but it's just a guide to keep our distance on track and make sure we're budgeting to the high end of the spectrum (We're taking $2950 each).

My packlist will include
1 pair each shorts/pants
1 thin sweater + 1 thin jacket (all clothing treated with permethrin)
ultra-light sleeping bag (gift from a community member)
ear plugs
shampoo, conditioner and laundry detergent in Mio containers
Sharpie
maple leaf pins
lollipops
toilet paper
ziploc bags
my own little pharmacy
a large scarf for a head wrap (my favorite item in Africa)
cards/crib board
a neck pillow I can attach to my backpack
compass
water bottle
30248234820394802 carabiners

I'd love any advice/notice of people leaving around the same time.

I'd also like to say, don't put off your camino. I'm 26. I SHOULD be focusing on my career and settling down to have a family. I have my EMR certification and I could go get a 9-5 with my city's emergency services. Stick it to the man. I'm going on an adventure and coming home broke. Don't wait until you're in your 60s and realize that you should have done it before. Do it now.

I'm so excited to meet some fellow peregrinos.

Buen Camino a todos

Hi Dzyduck87, We are walking from SJPDP on the 26th. It´s such an adventure and we can´t wait to get going. We are from Sweden and who knows we might bump into each other If not I/we wish you a buen Camino.

 

[Siobhan02]

Thanks for the post! My camino is actually getting me ready for motherhood. I want to be spiritually and mentally with it when I start this even more difficult/scary/rewarding/wonderful pilgrimage.

Mine were very useful yesterday, they joined me on a 20km + hike to see how I would go, we had a ball! (They are 18 & 20 y/o though )

 

[pachavegas]

Im starting from León on May 12...

 

[Al the optimist]

Ice - 30th birthday in SJPdP? Enjoy! This year I will be celebrating mine (yet again) in Burgos, a good excuse for a lay over and a night touring the tapas bars and belying my age.

 

[lfamiglio]

My daughter 21 and I 56 start out from PA may 25 and on the camino may 29th. I celebrate 57 years half way in on June 15.
Burn camino. Hasta la. Vista.

 

[EllenZimmer]

Where in pa? I am starting with my family on may 12th from erie pa to begin walking on may 17th from sjpdp. This year i turn 50 and this sounded much better than a birthday party!

 

[lfamiglio]

Mid state -Montour County

You are in the last stages of prep!
Two weeks!
Congratulations.
Buen Camino!

 

[clearskiescamino]

My daughter 21 and I 56 start out from PA may 25 and on the camino may 29th. I celebrate 57 years half way in on June 15.
Burn camino. Hasta la. Vista.

I leave on the 29th also. I hope to see you at some stage.

 

[lfamiglio]

I will look for clear skies!
I will have a patch on my cranberry osprey pack.

 

[clearskiescamino]

And I will have a shamrock and the camino forum patch

 

[Siobhan02]

Im starting from León on May 12...

I start from SJ on May 13th... Buen Camino

 

[Rani]

My daughter 21 and I 56 start out from PA may 25 and on the camino may 29th. I celebrate 57 years half way in on June 15.
Burn camino. Hasta la. Vista.

I also start on the camino on the 29th of May from St Jean. I will be celebrating my retirement and starting a whole new life, hope to see you. Buen Camino

 

[Rani]

And I will have a shamrock and the camino forum patch

Hi clear skies, hope to see you on the camino since we both leave on the same day from St. Jean. Buen Camino

 

[Issy T]

It's official. Natasha and I have bought our plane tickets from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada into Madrid (landing May 20th). We have 2 nights there. A night in Pamplona on the way to SJPP and we start from SJPP on the 24. So far I have a backpack, a spork, 2 rain ponchos and disposable wine glasses . I virtually have my trip mapped out from start to finish, but it's just a guide to keep our distance on track and make sure we're budgeting to the high end of the spectrum (We're taking $2950 each).

My packlist will include
1 pair each shorts/pants
1 thin sweater + 1 thin jacket (all clothing treated with permethrin)
ultra-light sleeping bag (gift from a community member)
ear plugs
shampoo, conditioner and laundry detergent in Mio containers
Sharpie
maple leaf pins
lollipops
toilet paper
ziploc bags
my own little pharmacy
a large scarf for a head wrap (my favorite item in Africa)
cards/crib board
a neck pillow I can attach to my backpack
compass
water bottle
30248234820394802 carabiners

I'd love any advice/notice of people leaving around the same time.

I'd also like to say, don't put off your camino. I'm 26. I SHOULD be focusing on my career and settling down to have a family. I have my EMR certification and I could go get a 9-5 with my city's emergency services. Stick it to the man. I'm going on an adventure and coming home broke. Don't wait until you're in your 60s and realize that you should have done it before. Do it now.

I'm so excited to meet some fellow peregrinos.

Buen Camino a todos

Hi. I am taking the bus from Pamplona to Roncesvalles on the 28th of May and starting the walk on the 29th. Very exciting

 

[Issy T]

I'm leaving SJPdP on the 29th!

I am leaving from Roncesvalles on the 29th so may see you

 

[clearskiescamino]

Hi clear skies, hope to see you on the camino since we both leave on the same day from St. Jean. Buen Camino

I will keep an eye out for you Rani..I know of 4 other people starting on the same day, so the forum will be well represented

 

[clearskiescamino]

I am leaving from Roncesvalles on the 29th so may see you

You might see me. I am a quick walker but I am in no hurry this year

 

[Rani]

You might see me. I am a quick walker but I am in no hurry this year

Hi, I am also a quick walker but not in a rush at all. That's great to hear that 4 others are starting the same day. Hope to see you real soon. Buen Camino

 

[Rani]

I am leaving from Roncesvalles on the 29th so may see you

Hi, hopefully we will meet up. Buen Camino

 

[Dzyduck87]

If you want to keep track of us we just started a blog
estrangedwisdom.blogspot.ca

 

[Issy T]

I am loving reading these posts and knowing I will be meeting up with some amazing people. I have been a little nervous about travelling alone for the first time but am getting quite excited that I will meet a number of you as we are leaving around the same time. I will have an Aqua backpack and hope my forum badge arrives in time. Only 17 days till I leave Australia.