SPAIN | Friday, 12 Jun 2009 | Views [426] | Comments [1]
I asked the very helpful and friendly woman at the Eixere to call me a taxi so I could go to the next town to buy a camera. Highly doubtful that I will pass this way again, I needed to snap pics this time and I needed a working camera to do so. The ... Read more >
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SPAIN | Friday, 12 Jun 2009 | Views [414] | Comments [2]
Today (11 June 09)was my first day of walking and fortunately, the sun was out and the sky was blue. I started in Sarria. Twenty three kilometers later, I was in Portomarin. At first I was kind of nervous about what I was doing and where I was ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 11 Jun 2009 | Views [339] | Comments [3]
Por qu é a Pilgrimage ? Why am I doing the Camino de Santiago? I can't pinpoint just one reason. I can't even remember the first time I heard about it but it was some years ago and has came up again and again over the years either on a website or in ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009 | Views [341] | Comments [1]
PANIC at check in. I was waiting in line at the Ryanair counter at the MAD airport and all of a sudden there was chaos! Even if the buzz was in Spanish, it was so easy to understand. It started with a 20 something boy timidly pulling his rollerboard ... Read more >
SPAIN | Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 | Views [333] | Comments [1]
With just one afternoon and eve in Madrid, wouldn't it just happen that I didn't feel well—a slight fever and a splitting headache. Not even knowing the symptoms, my first thought was, “oh no, swine flu!” but then I realized I was in the wrong Spanish ... Read more >