Jackie oh

Hello All! I know it has been a long time since I've blogged, but between the lack of free time, free internet time and pc time, it's been difficult to get the time I need to blog the rest of my story about the camino and beyond. Unfortunately, I still don't have the time to do that, but I promise you, it's coming. Some of you have sent concerned emails wondering where I am, how I am doing...if I am still alive...Suffice it to say that I am safe, healthy and happy!! Since ending the Camino, I spent a few weeks in Portugal and then on to Rome and am still here. I will be here until Dec. 27 - spending Christmas with my cousin, Jocelyne and her daughter, Jasmyne. I will go to New Zealand ... read more

It´s been a while now after spending a couple of days traveling with Linda and it´s been quite an adventure! Let me start at the beginning, or where I left you last time...in Villa Tuerta (which I was calling Villa Tortilla). There are a couple of things that I really haven´t been sharing so far because I´ve either forgotten or I´ve just been in such a state of joy and bliss most of the time, that I haven´t thought of sharing it. Soon after I got off the internet last time, I went out to the terrace where the dog was (remember the big black great dane, Torre?) I started patting him and all of a sudden he just snapped at me! He didn´t get me cuz I jumped back just in time, but if he ... read more

...and I´m singin´my hobblin´song....I´m just hobblin´along... Helllloooo! First I´d like to thank everyone for the healing energy! I felt it all! So, after I wrote the last time, I went for a little walk around the Albergue and found a couple of nice Irish girls, Betty and Linda. Both from Dublin. They were cousins. Betty has done the Camino many times and knows the author of the book that most people carry to do the Camino. She talks non-stop with that famous Irsh accent (eighteen and tirty four). They were a lot of fun. We were joined by a Canadian couple from Thunder Bay, Iris and Rob. Nice too...everyone is on the Camino, it seems. Anyway, we sat around a table outside all night drinking wine and chatting. At one point, this lovely girl from Sweden ... read more

Hi Everyone, Unfortunately, I can,t post any pics with this blog, but rest assured, I will as soon as I can. I had a completley amazing time in bordeaux, thanx to my CS host Katia. She met me at the tram station when I got into town which was quite late at night. We brought my pack to her flat which is right in the middle of the old city and near the river, the opera, the shopping and the restaurants. We went for a midnight stroll and saw beautiful bordeaux at night...I was in awe! The next day,after going to the market to get some fresh fruit, we had a nice breakfast (late) and I went exploring on my own. Lots of fun; then KATIA joined me a little later and showed me some of ... read more

Well, the countdown begins. One week to go!! I've got almost everything done and bought except a set of long underwear and I still have to go pick up the Euros I ordered from the bank. Plus I still have to move my clothes from my dresser so Maureen can put hers away. No, I haven't packed yet. I will wait until the last day to pack. I have to try to keep my back pack to under 14 LBs, so may have to rethink what I'll be bringing. I will arrive in Paris at 7am Sept. 4. I am staying with a CS girl for 2 nights and then taking the late high speed train to Bordeaux where I will stay for 2 nights again with another CS girl. Then not sure until I get ... read more