One of the most special moments on The Camino is an unexpected, unplanned encounter with an old friends or Camino buddie. Having walked many Caminos it has happened repeatedly to me, so it doesn’t surprise me anymore when it happens. However, my latest Camino which I am walking now is Camino Levante, sometimes called “The …
One of the nicest things about global traveling is chance meetings with the same people in two way different places. Well this time it’s 3 chance meetings across 3 continents; Uganda, Spain, and Nepal: October 2019, walking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain, I saw this Korean woman with 5 or 6 bright colored …
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One of the nicest things about global traveling and The Camino is chance meetings with the same people in two totally different places: On the Camino Frances about a week or so ago I saw this Korean woman with 5 or 6 bright colored clothes walk by and with out thinking yell out “Hey Rainbow”. …
Camino Frances to Ireland To Camino Portuguese: The Joy of meeting an old friend or previous Camino friend while walking The Camino. I’ve heard of this happening but never to me until today on my 65th day of my 2016 Camino from Le Puy en Velay, France to Santiago and on to Porto, Portugal. I …
A Camino moment. March, 2018 Tomorrow I start a long Pilgrimage with a 30 day trek across Manaslu and Tsum Valley. At the trekking permit office in Kathmandu a smiling woman approached me, Silvia Martellotti from Italy, a fellow hospitalero from Albergue Verde in Hospital de Orbigo, Spain. We met last July at Albergue Verde …
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Laon to Corbeny. Drive to Reims. We could not find accommodation in Corbeny so our friend Patrick Puech from Reims came and picked us up and took us to his house. After the 10 days or so of intense heat this was a Camino blessing. A chance to get some rest and be treated as …
It has been 4 months since my last day on La Compestela de Santiago or known simply as The Camino, finishing 51 days of walking in Valencia, Portugal just across the border from Tui, Spain. The Camino is a living spirit and it remains in my soul. I miss the nature, the rhythm of the …