Walking the Camino de Santiago
Today Becky and I headed to Spain! Date: 29 August 2023 Place: in transit And the “oh sh*t” moment today was realizing at 9:07 that my 9:05 pickup was for September 29. Not August. But Uber and God had me covered and I was in an Über in 5 minutes. While in the terminal I cancelled the outbound shuttle and […]
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We had a delightful breakfast in the gîte, complete with a bit of a piano performance by Andrea, our host. I ended up not leaving until about 8 o’clock in the morning. The weather was clear and cool. The path out of town was clearly marked, and soon it was back to roadwalking by open fields. After passing through a […]
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The cats have cottoned to the impending departure. Date: 27 August 2023 Place: Pistachio House They are not pleased. They go from super needy to clingy to aloof to emo. I am tackling the things that are on my to-do list that are just sort of… if you have the time: Roast coffee so i don’t have to when I […]
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Last night was the first time I sang “Ultreïa” on this Camino. It was in the darkened church after compline, and we processed around the interior of the church singing it before ending up before a carving of the blessed Virgin Mary. And then we sang the Salve Regina. This morning I stayed for breakfast in the refectory. I continue […]
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Today was a half day, and I got a late start, not leaving the grandma house gîte until a quarter after seven. It has been raining most of the night and into the morning. Although it wasn’t raining when I left, out of an abundance of caution I donned, for the first time on the Camino, my strawberry troll. On […]
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Today was a day of beautiful forest trails and way too much roadwalking. I left the gîte at about 6:20 this morning in search of a café for breakfast. The sky was just beginning to lighten, and I hoped to luxuriate a bit with a cup of café au lait and a pastry. It was actually chilly enough that I […]
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Today is repacking day… Date: 26 August 2023 Place: Pistachio House I am going to serve as an hospitalera for the first time since my pre-pandemic training by the delightful Daniel De Kay and marvelous Martha Crites (yes, the author). Speaking of the quinceña (15 days of service)… I will be serving with the amazing Becky Rush-Peet who I met […]
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Today marked the beginning of my second week on Camino. During the first week, I walked 151.4 km, give or take. This second week started with a great day! Two very big climbs, but oh so worth it. After a hearty breakfast at the gîte, I left at just after 6:30. For the first time in days, there was daylight […]
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Today was largely a walk from one river valley to the next. It ended up being the hottest day yet, and by the time I arrived at my gîte, I may very well have had heat exhaustion. Once again, I started early. This time, I managed a sit-down breakfast of yogurt and pain au chocolat before leaving at just before […]
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Today I once again decided to leave early – just before 6 AM – to try to beat the afternoon heat. This time, however, I had a pain au chocolate in my hand. After a moment of panic at not being able to find an unlocked door to get out of my gîte, I finally found a door I hadn’t […]
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