Since I live in Spain which, besides being the country where the Camino ends, is also the country that has the most people walking the trail every year. That means a lot of the trinkets walkers collect as souvenirs along the way end up in car boot sales, the equivalent of a neighborhood yard sale or flea market in America. All summer long I have been going to the sales every week and looking for trinkets, getting a decent collection. During my walk I will be giving them away to random strangers I meet along the trail.
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Good luck on your trip. We have friends who have done that pilgrimage. In fact a friend is about half way through it at this point. Good luck.
2 posted on
09/10/2018 2:19:14 AM PDT by
sharpee
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I hope you have a great time. Watch your step!
3 posted on
09/10/2018 2:25:26 AM PDT by
Tax-chick
("Kindness and truth shall meet." Ps. 85:10)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
When I first read the thread headline on the main page, I thought you were announcing your personal search for Carmen Sandiego…
4 posted on
09/10/2018 2:43:06 AM PDT by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I have done the Camino, it’s wonderful. Be sure to go to Mass at the Cathedral in Santiago and see the Botafumiero at the end of the service. Be at the Cathedral an hour before Mass to get a seat. When I went to see the tomb of St. James, I was the only one in the room at the time, it was quite a spiritual experience.
Please post your experiences when you return.
Ragmop
5 posted on
09/10/2018 2:48:15 AM PDT by
ragmop
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Vaya con Dios! My family is from Navarrete, near Logroño. Ping me if you should find yourself there.
6 posted on
09/10/2018 2:51:59 AM PDT by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
8 posted on
09/10/2018 3:21:28 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Blessings on your journey
To: Oshkalaboomboom
The Movie;
“The Way” is one of my Favorites!
10 posted on
09/10/2018 3:56:02 AM PDT by
Big Red Badger
(My Rights,,,Your Rants!)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
One of my favorite saints. We need him now more than ever.
12 posted on
09/10/2018 4:25:58 AM PDT by
ZULU
(MAGA)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Don’t drink the water....
13 posted on
09/10/2018 4:30:22 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(I once found a needle in a haystack but it wasn't the one I was looking for...)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
I did the 500 miles from St. Jean, across the Pyrenees and then to Santiago. Took me 29 days, one free day. It was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. 63,000 perigrinos made the trek the year I did it.
The next year I took my 10 year old son on the last 120 miles of the Camino. That was fantastic!
My wife did the Camino, St. Jean to Santiago, 4 years ago. Over 300,000 perigrinos made the trek that year. She said it was fantastic, but had become commercialized somewhat.
Keep a journal. You will have a great time.
Sigue la flechas amarillos y buen camino!
14 posted on
09/10/2018 4:37:04 AM PDT by
Comment Not Approved
(When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Go toConfesssion and do not miss the Botafumero (sp?), it is UNBELIEVABLE!!! And get your “passport” stamped!!
15 posted on
09/10/2018 5:09:19 AM PDT by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Go toConfesssion and do not miss the Botafumero (sp?), it is UNBELIEVABLE!!! And get your “passport” stamped!!
16 posted on
09/10/2018 5:09:40 AM PDT by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
All summer long I have been going to the sales every week and looking for trinkets, getting a decent collection. During my walk I will be giving them away to random strangers I meet along the trail. What a wonderful thing to do...
19 posted on
09/10/2018 7:00:10 AM PDT by
mac_truck
(aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
One of our priests made the trip this summer.
He’s done it enough that he’s made friends with other regular visitors. The photos he posted on Facebook were amazing.
Safe travels.
21 posted on
09/10/2018 7:10:41 AM PDT by
Bratch
("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
Don't get lost. :)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
23 posted on
09/10/2018 7:31:18 AM PDT by
pbear8
(the Lord is my light and my salvation)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
27 posted on
09/11/2018 4:38:37 AM PDT by
HereInTheHeartland
(I don't want better government; I want much less of it.)
To: Oshkalaboomboom
This is what is real. This pilgrimage......not what comes from the stupid Pope we have these days. I am Jewish but I envy what you are doing. Old school! ! ! Vaya con Dios!
28 posted on
09/11/2018 4:59:26 AM PDT by
dennisw
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