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Ginny Bartolone's Blog of Many Years

Month: January 2025

4. Dear Pilgrim: On Finding Your Way Back

To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, Logistics can be a comfortable hiding spot: how to get to the airport, how to pack, and how much money to budget. Off the Camino, it’s easy to lose yourself in the safety of planning. Disney lovers, cruise-takers, and big-city tourists…

January 29, 2025
3. Dear Pilgrim: On the Pyrenees

There is an invisible threshold between a challenge and a terrible idea. Before crossing the Pyrenees, be honest with yourself about the whereabouts of that line.

January 22, 2025
2. Dear Pilgrim: On Wild Boars & Other Dangers

I’m fascinated by the brand of terror that engulfs people when I tell them about the Camino de Santiago.

January 15, 2025
1. Dear Pilgrim: On Identity

There is a footpath that slips its way through the Pyrenees, tiptoeing over the line where we stop calling it France and start calling it Spain.

January 8, 2025