Posted on 04/07/2017 3:38:41 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Try that.
A friend did this pilgrimage. She said that getting to St. James Cathedral was like her view of heaven. When she arrived there was a mass going on. A wedding was taking place in a side chapel. It was a bit chaotic. As she moved around the church she ran into people that she had spent time with along the pilgrimage. Later other people she had meet arrived. Along the journey you meet people spend some time with them and then there passe is different then yours so you move to a different circle. A very interesting journey.
I go around all by myself in Wyoming.
I find that very difficult to believe. Considering the number of little one you have been blessed with. LOL
Robert, thank for your input on that. Amazing how close to the road the path turned out to be, according to your experience and familiarity, and in view of others pilgrims traveling along up in front and behind walkers. I’m sure the signs caused a problem, and apparently with no preventative safety patrolling going on, it was a mark for a bad guy. Just horrifying.
The world is not 1950 anymore, and over all, it seems people still think it is and are so galactically naive.
Amazing, isn’t it. Such a torturous death is so shocking that it is hard to accept, so I want to think how it could have been prevented. Broadly speaking safety is getting more and more scarce.
Amazing, isn’t it. Such a torturous death is so shocking that it is hard to accept, so I want to think how it could have been prevented. Broadly speaking safety is getting more and more scarce.
I walked it alone at 65 a couple of months after Denise’s’ disappearance. Pilgrims, especially the American, were very protective of each other. The Spanish people who run the small inns, stores and restaurants were also protective of us. I walked with others at times and at times alone and always had situational awareness and an escape plan. I walked my mind clear from work into retirement 500 miles on my own for over a month. One of the best experiences of my life. Buen Camino.
My 26 y.o. daughter went with me to Viet Nam in 07. She went off on her own and with a couple of young ladies she just met. She, having lived in Boston for 5 years, was totally impressed that she was safe anywhere she went. If she needed a ride she waited for a motorbike to stop and she would get agreement on price and off they went, always to exactly the place specified. And the bike rider just rode away. Things are changing a bit now. Two years ago I was with friends out getting ice cream at night when a cousin of my buddy stopped by with his daughter and asked us to escort her home for the same sort of reason that would pertain here. And it was not in a big city but in a small town.
Hahaah!! Trust me, I need to be by myself at least once a week or so...even if it’s just to go get some groceries!
“I need to be by myself at least once a week or so”
I can believe it. Good on ya for doing what few anymore are willing to do, at least at your level.
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