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Month: September 2012

  • Where wine is cheaper than water

    It wasn’t until this morning that blips of memories returned for these two hiking days.  Many thanks to my Camino ladies for filling in the pieces.  When images of September 12th did pop up in my brain, they all involved GRAPES. Sounds nice, right?  It was at first.  The weather was lovely in the morning. …

  • Los Arcos and Viana…

    When we left Estella, we were sad to say goodbye to our incredible hosts, but had some important business to take care of:  THE WINE FOUNTAIN.  We had heard of such things, and dreamed of such things, but today we would see it.  On the wall of the winery Bodegas de Irache, there were two…

  • A still morning

    I want to write about the Camino, but I can’t pretend that 9/11 isn’t on my mind.  I take the Path from Jersey City to the WTC for my temp job.  My 8:05 train, where I am usually squeezed between two gray suited men, was nearly empty.  I sat because there were open seats.  When…

  • Two Days in One Post! Happy Monday!

    So I know I have some catching up to do since I fell into weekend mode after a crazy few days as a fake receptionist.  But I’m very happy to report that my memory has yet to fail me with my recount of the Camino.    At the risk of this becoming an endless blog post…

  • Day 4: “You Can Sleep in the Attic”

    Due to a restful night of sleep, thanks to some magical Spanish wine, we woke up feeling refreshed.  Unfortunately our muscles had taken a solid hit from the day before.  My ankle was aching and poor Courtney’s foot was oddly swelling.  After hearing Juliana’s cautionary tale, we decided it was something to keep an eye…

  • Camino Day 3: Questioning

    Here I am with Day 3!  These consistent blog posts brought to you by a week long receptionist temp job. So yesterday I mentioned that I would include an angry message I sent the third morning of the Camino.  But when I went to search for it on Facebook today, the whole thread had disappeared. …

  • Camino Day 2: Better than the Pyrenees

    We were awoken the next morning by what I thought were church bells, but when the choir came in, I was a bit more skeptical.  The nuns of the hostel in Roncesvalles used a tape recording of choral music to get you out of bed; a trustworthy tactic to jolt the  200 hikers out of…

  • Camino Writing: Take 1

    Three years ago today, Claire and I took off from St. Jean Pied du Port on our hike to Santiago.  Every year since, I have made an announcement that I would finally track my trip day by day; at least make an attempt to document the experience.  And every time my goal has been too…