Walking the Camino de Santiago
(from my journal) Puente La Reina Easter Thursday / 7pm Arrived exhausted, physically, mentally, emotionally. 9pm Showered. Clothes washed. In a bar looking forward to food and wine. I’m utterly wiped out. My feet are numb and my shoulders ache. This is the day my pilgrimage actually began. We started the day in magnificent Pamplona. We joined up with a […]
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(from my journal – the day by day account continues!) Irotz Easter Wednesday / 11AM This morning about 8AM we left Kristof behind and set out for Pamplona! No coffee or breakfast until now. Walking mostly with Eamon or by myself. Ali has lagged behind out of sight, and Cliff has pushed ahead, not wanting to stay still for long. […]
» Read more(from my journal) Roncesvalles Easter Tuesday / 6:52AM “Wake Up, Little Susie” at 6:30, played on guitar and sung by a very enthusiastic minstrel. Oy. Zubiri / Albuergue Zaldiko Easter Tuesday / 3:45PM Set off with Linda from Germany. We had breakfast in Burguete, 2.5km on. The café con leche was amazing. It was so good, in fact, that rather […]
» Read more(from my journal) Somewhere Over the Atlantic Easter Monday Less than an hour until we land at Madrid and I make it 6:50AM local time. Managed a few hours of sleep and prayed Lauds. Wide awake now and looking forward to another day of travelling. Madrid Easter Monday It took all of 90 seconds to get through customs and passport […]
» Read more(from my journal) SeaTac Airport Easter Sunday Just finished praying Prime. So far so good. Airport security was a breeze, though I already managed to lose my first pen. I had to fish one out of my pack to write this. Already missing Francine. Last night’s Vigil was wonderful – prayerful and spiritually nourishing. There were a few slip-ups – […]
» Read moreOne year ago today, Easter Sunday it was, I boarded a plane at SeaTac International Airport and flew to Spain. My Easter dinner was at O’Hare in Chicago. Of course it Chicago-style pizza! From here, I took an overnight flight, and arrived on another continent a day later. Yesterday we saw Walking the Camino, a documentary, at The Grand Cinema. […]
» Read moreWe are rapidly approaching the one-year anniversary of our Camino. And, God willing, exactly two years from today we will leave on our next one. In the next month or so, I’ll be posting photos, day by day, of last year’s Camino, with my ruminations on each day a year later. This is not exactly for you, dear reader (though […]
» Read moreWelcome to all those who found my Camino blog via Craig Sailor’s great article in the Tacoma News Tribune! Being a blog, the articles are in backwards order in terms of time, but the Archives link on the left hand side of the page should help you find the oldest posts so you can read them in order. Enjoy! thom
» Read moreYesterday, Francine posted some very good ruminations on her blog about her time on the Camino. She was far more eloquent than I on the experience, and particularly the post-Camino experience. Honestly, after more than half a year, I’m still trying to process it. I haven’t even been able to post and catalogue all my photos yet – although I’ve […]
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Today is the feast of Saint James the Apostle, son of Zebedee and Salome of Bethsaida, brother of Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist. One of the “Sons of Thunder” (Mark 3:17). Santiago. On this day last year, I wrote about what we know of Saint James from scripture and tradition. That was before I had walked 500 miles to […]
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