Today was absolutely wonderful. It began with the taxi driver coming by. He took me out for breakfast before dropping me off at the cathedral to start walking. What a lovely man. I complained yesterday about having to pay in the cathedral but I am humbled and ashamed by that, as the Camino obviously sent …
Ahhhhh….Spain!
There is something about Spain and it's people that is unequalled. I felt myself sigh with pleasure as I crossed the bridge to Tui this afternoon. What a beautiful little town it is with its enormous Cathedral that you have to pay to enter. No, I didn't pay. I refuse. I just got my stamp …
Time to think
I've decided to take a rest day and explore the town. This trip was never really about wanting to achieve anything. I've done the Camino thing before and I think I probably just wanted to have a holiday. I often find it disappointing that you arrive in a beautiful town and don't have time to …
Im so embarrassed
Morning sounds He started at 4am and didn't stop. Should see the size of him. Looks like that Disney rooster (Foghorn Leghorn) Now, my friends are going to laugh at this, and I'm ok with that.... you may or may not know that I'm almost legally blind and can't see a thing further than an …
Ready To Start
At breakfast this morning, I happened across a Canadian guy (Dan) looking quite lost and a bit nervous. This is his first Camino so we sat and chatted a while. I bought my train ticket yesterday to where I want to start walking, so as I knew where to go, I offered to walk him …
Porto
I'm a bit slow this time with blogs because I've been doing little movies instead, and actually, I don't have much to report about the last two days. I'm in Portugal now and gosh it's hard if you don't have the language skills. Just lucky so far that most people seem to know a bit …
Beautiful Barcelona
Warning.... this is a long one! Started the day after an absolute coma because of the travelling, but put on my walking shoes and went to explore Barcelona. Linda walked me down to the station and helped me buy a ticket, then off I went to explore beautiful Barcelona. It's sparkling clean buildings and streets …
Made It!
Well I'm not quite sure how I'm feeling right now. I've been in that 'travel bubble' for something like 48 hours. I flew Qatar Airways this time and I was pleasantly surprised. Lots of leg room and the food was great. The flight attendants glided their way up and down the aisle regularly checking on …
Why Worry
I've just listened to a podcast interview between my Camino friends Dan Mullins and Kurt Koontz. (I'm going to put the link below and recommend that you listen.) I read Kurt's book when he first published it (One Million Steps). It still remains one of my favourites and have had several fantastic conversations with him …
Am I just relaxed these days or am I in denial?!
I'm starting to panic with this thought as I'm usually so over organized. I leave on Sunday and I'm looking at my pack propped up in the corner waiting for me to sling it over my shoulders and get going. It's packed and it's the only thing that is ready. It looks half empty and …
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Margaret Caffyn 