One of the magical things about the Camino and other pilgrimages are the “coincidental” meetings with special people.
Aware that Australians have had some difficult times the past 2 years, we have been missing them on the Camino. On a recent extended stay at the wonderful La Cala Pilgrims Inn in Oia on the Camino Coastal Portuguese we met a friendly Aussie woman, Xanthe, and her daughter, Poppy. First OZ encounters for me …
A Pilgrimage from November, 2019. I will be posting that journey over the next two weeks. —————– After walking the Via Francigena Canterbury, England to Rome Pilgrimage over 86 days you would think it was time to take a break. However, my partner, Mika just departed for her home in Japan I am alone. While …
Via Francesco-Rome to Assisi. A Last Minute Decision Read More »
A Camino moment. Tomorrow I start a long Camino to Santiago with a 30 day trek across Manaslu and Annapurna. Then to the west of Ireland to start a 3+ month walk from my ancestral home to Santiago, Spain. At the permit office in Kathmandu a smiling woman approached me, Silvia Martellotti from Italy, a …
IT’S A SMALL WORLD: Kathmandu and The Camino de Santiago Read More »
