A post from a friend spurred me to see when I last wrote. And then I saw Klaus' post about May being the last date.
Oh my heavens, I have not updated two, wait, no, three pieces, no wait, FOUR pieces of news.
One: I found Gerry! Or rather Gerry found me! Yes, Jerry is Gerry and Gerry will "finish" his Camino this summer with his lovely wife, Lilly. Just as planned! I will get to see him this year, if my planned trip to Ireland comes together.
Two: I met up with Joop and Harald this last September. At the end of a trip to Paris, I took the train to Amsterdam. Joop lives about an hour outside of the city and Harald came from Germany. We stayed in a hostel and spent a couple of days seeing Holland from a local's eyes.
Three: Virginia / "Ginn", whom I became cyber friends with from having read this blog, has made her Camino and returned home. Thanks to Facebook, we "face" nearly every day!
Four: Javier's daughter and I still converse now and again. She's working in Japan.
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My journeys began in a bookshop, in Seattle, on July 4, 2004.
The first of many kilometres began in September 2007, the most recent, October 2010.
3 comments:
My va-cay's end of April. So I'm shoppin. Wheres the cheapo'est fare going? Spain. $600R/T Barcelona, WOW!. For fun, checked... $667 R/T Santiago (INCL fees/taxes). You commenced a Camino on MY b'day. How ironic had I gone on va'cay there on yours :o Again, thank you for the post about the feet.
2010 is a Holy Year for St. James. They opened the Holy Door at the Cathedral on 12.31. There will be a lot of activity on the Camino and in Santiago de Compostella this year. Total chaos around July 25. Pilgrim traffic will increase three-fold to an estimated 350,000 due to the Holy Year. You are choosing a very special year to go.
The Camino and SDC had the same overwhelming "faith" feeling that I felt when we were in Fatima. I hope it does the same for you.
If you are there over my birthday you'll be seeing a full moon. Think of me when you see it. I'll be backpacking and sleeping under that same moon in the desert that week.
Well the moon was full, but I was in Scotland, not in Canyonlands.
Funny how quickly and dramatically things can change.
I hope your trip was everything you hoped it would be and everything St. James intended it to be for you.
(And I hope that you weren't negatively impacted by the ash cloud.
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