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Preparations for the Camino

I had been thinking of doing the Camino de Santiago for quite some time now, and I guess it was only at the beginning of this new year 2013, that I really seriously thought that now was the right time.  My husband and I had just moved to a new city in a new country, and were getting settled. I was relearning a language. I had not really started looking for a new job, and was toying with the idea of working from home.

I began reading everything about the Camino, mostly on the web, and asked about it from friends who had been there, particularly Jj who had done the entire Camino Frances twice, and Pet.  I remembered how the movie "The Way" directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Martin Sheen, had touched me.  After a little more than 2 weeks of serious planning, I now have a date. It's a go!

I did stop to think of the reasons why I want to do this pilgrimage, and it's not so clear yet. I hope it will reveal itself on the way.

Oh, and yes -- just now, I bought a train ticket online to Saint Jean Pied de Port.
Posted by Gaya at 10:41 PM No comments : 
My name is Gaya. This blog is about my religious and spiritual journey on the Camino de Santiago from March 22 to April 24, 2013. The Camino de Santiago or the Way of Saint James is one of the most important Christian pilgrimages in Europe. Different routes all lead to the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain where the remains of the Apostle Saint James are buried. I walked the Camino Frances route for 31 days, first alone from St Jean Pied-de-Port to Logrono, then with my sister, Sonya, from Logrono to Santiago de Compostela. I later continued on for another 3 days to do the Camino Finisterre from Santiago de Compostela to Finisterre, the end of the world. 
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Camino Frances
Start: St Jean-Pied-de-Port
Day 1: St Jean-Pied-de-Port - Roncesvalles (27.1 kms)
Day 2: Roncesvalles - Zubiri (21.8 kms)
Day 3: Zubiri - Pamplona (20.7 kms)
Day 4: Pamplona - Puente la Reina (26.5 kms)
Day 5: Puente la Reina - Estella (22 kms)
Day 6: Estella - Los Arcos (22 kms)
Day 7: Los Arcos- Viana (17.9 kms)
Day 8: Viana - Logroño (10 kms)
Day 9: Logroño
Day 10: Logroño - Najera (30 kms)
Day 11: Najera - Sto Domingo de la Calzada (21.2 kms)
Day 12: Sto Domingo de la Calzada - Tosantos (27.8 kms)
Day 13: Tosantos - Atapuerca (27.5 kms)
Day 14: Atapuerca - Burgos (20 kms)
Day 15: Burgos - Hornillos del Camino (20 kms)
Day 16: Hornillos del Camino - Boadilla del Camino (39 kms)
Day 17: Boadilla del Camino - Carrión de los Condes (25 kms)
Day 18: Carrión de los Condes - Terradillos de los Templarios (27 kms)
Day 19: Terradillos de los Templarios - El Burgo Ranero (30 kms)
Day 20: El Burgo Ranero - León (40 kms)
Day 21: León - Villadangos del Paramo (20.4 kms)
Day 22: Villadangos del Paramo - Murias del Rechivaldo (33 kms)
Day 23: Murias de Rechivaldo - Foncebadon (23 kms)
Day 24: Foncebadon - Ponferrada (27.3 kms)
Day 25: Ponferrada - Villafranca del Bierzo (20.9 kms)
Day 26: Villafranca del Bierzo - O Cebreiro (30.7 kms)
Day 27: O Cebreiro - Calvor (36.9 kms)
Day 28: Calvor - Portomorain (27.6 kms)
Day 29: Portomarin - Melide (40 kms)
Day 30: Melide - Arco do Pino/O Pedrouzo (34.6 kms)
Day 31: O Pedrouzo - Santiago de Compostela (20 kms)

Camino Finisterre
Day 32: Santiago de Compostela - Negreira (22.4 kms)
Day 33: Negreira - Olveiroa (34 kms)
Day 34: Olveiroa - Finisterre (34.9 kms)
Day 35: Finisterre - Santiago de Compostela (bus) Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Copyright 2013. Pinay Pilgrim.