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I’m clearly no stranger to controversy. It’s a tax on the poor and the stupid - as is pretty much any form of gambling - but in this case especially so. The state gets over €1.2 billion (BILLION) from the state lottery annually. I’m sure... -
My first camino I was full of doubt and fear. It was because I really knew absolutely nothing of what to expect. I had not even heard of the movie the Way. I read some things on the internet. I never even saw a photo of an albergue. I bought a... -
The first entry in my Camino diary last year was made sitting on the bed in Sarria, addressing my fears one by one. Most of them dealt with physical limitations and challenges that I had never faced. The biggest issue was self-doubt. In the end...
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On my first Camino I would probably have been fairly quick and confident in my answer. Some years later I am now much less definite about almost everything. On the whole I think that is a good thing. "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and...
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My first “Camino” was a deliberate and conscious pilgrimage to the bones of one who may have stood with the divine. In the 6 bed couchette on the way south from Paris one of a group of four young Germans asked “why are you going to Spain?” I...
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1: Blisters. Well, and injury. But mainly blisters. But my shoe-sock system worked like it should and i never had a blister on all my caminos or hikes since. 2: Not getting a bed. So much talk about crowds and people sleeping in the streets...
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I find that my anxiety about length of day's walk and the amount of elevation is always an issue. Your body is very capable of adjusting but it takes some work to get your mind in gear. Case in point (or rather cases) - I walked a couple of days...
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I was nervous about whether I could walk so far; 900 km from SJPDP to Finisterre. I ended up doing it quite easily, and had a lot of fun along the way. Now I don’t even think about the overall distance or distances.
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That was my main concern too. I spent very little time in contact with other pilgrims on my first Camino - bilingual or otherwise. And English was far less commonly spoken along the Camino at the time. Like you I found that some creative sign...
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I thought it might be useful for new pilgrims to read about what kind of concerns veteran pilgrims had before their first Camino and what really was an issue (or not!) for them during that first and following Caminos. Having fears before...
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