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Europe » Spain » Navarre » Larrasoaña September 21st 2018

THE CAMINO-EAT WALK SLEEP REPEAT. I saw a t-shirt in Roncevalles with this take on a popular novel and film, that just skims over a day on the Camino de Santiago. Add talk, help, meet, pain, love, empathy and respect, and you start to appreciate the emotions and feelings that you can expect to encounter, and probably experience, walking the Camino. In a world of ‘fake news’ and false promises espoused by governments and organisations that hide behind contrived values with clever acronyms, the Camino is the real deal. If you expect nothing and accept everything, the Camino can change lives and reset priorities . Cultural diversity, religious and secular differences, coupled with language difficulties encourage us to listen and accept this new community that becomes your family for 5 weeks. I will rely on these ... read more
Never look back.
Orisson, the first stop on the Pyrenees
View from Orisson

Europe » Spain » Navarre » Larrasoaña September 22nd 2016

I forgot to tell you yesterday about the crossing of the French/Spanish border. I knew it would be crossed but didn't know where or if we would need a passport. Anyway, I just happened to be taking a photo of a stone that had ' Santiago 790 km engraved on it, partly because I'd seen quite a few other people taking photos of it and partly because, on closer inspection, it looked quite nice. Still standing there I was shocked when a petite older lady I'd seen before with frizzy bobbed salt and pepper hair and pink crimplene style walking slacks came running back down wafting her hands in the air.I was relieved to be honest when she shouted 'la borrrrrda, la borrrrrda. It did me a massive favour as I then knew I was standing ... read more
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Europe » Spain » Navarre » Larrasoaña September 21st 2016

Well, this is the first internet I've had since arriving in Paris. Paris was lovely in the few hours we were there; the food is great and the coffee is not. Fast forward to the train on the 19th that was meant to leave at 6.26 am. We had to be there 20 minutes early so that the train could leave 40 minutes late, apparently. The trains are very comfortable ( 2nd class) but I'm inclined to think the system is modelled on Melbourne Metro for reliability. Various announcements are delivered, after an introductory tune that we could not understand ( I just nodded knowingly so as not to look stupid to fellow travellers ), but one concerned me due to the unhappy look on the man sitting across from me. Drawing deep into my French ... read more
Eiffel Tower
Parisians at Play
Lovely building, lovely gardens




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