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How About Walking the Camino de Santiago in 2012?
Dare I say it out loud? “I will walk the Camino de Santiago this year.” There. I said it. With so many things happening last year, my dream of walking The Way was relegated to the bottom of my list of “Things To Do Eventually”. But this year feels different. This year feels right. I think this year is the year I will go on a pilgrimage of a lifetime. Just as I was thinking these thoughts, I got an invitation from Ms. Vien Cortes of the Spain Tourism Board to attend a presentation on January 30, 2011 at the Instituto Cervantes. This is so reminiscent of what happened last…
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A Pinoy Pilgrim on His Way to Santiago de Compostela
In my continuing quest to find people who can help me turn my Camino de Santiago dream into reality, I stumbled upon Mark Ho. Mark is currently doing The Walk and is, in fact, on his 33rd day on the road with two companions. I asked him to give me some tips on how to make The Walk easier for an aspiring Camino pilgrim like me. Here are his wise words. 1. Why did you do the Camino? How long did it take you to decide on doing such a challenging trip? I did it for a variety of reasons. For the most part, I am doing the Camino as…
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Finding My Way to Camino de Santiago
A few days ago, I was finally able to watch “The Way”, a film starring Emilio Estevez and dad Martin Sheen. It was also produced and directed by Emilio himself. The Estevezes apparently trace their roots back to Galicia, Spain where the story takes place. I was so engrossed in the film that for the first time in months, I wasn’t viewing a film like a critic. Instead, I was focused on the central characters and their journey to one of the world’s oldest pilgrimage sites, Santiago de Compostela. After watching the film, I got to thinking again about my own personal journey to Camino de Santiago. I have finally…
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A Step Closer to the Camino de Santiago
Last August, I wrote about how I missed a talk by Australian professor and Camino guide Marc Grossman, lamenting how frustrated I was that I missed it and how going to this pilgrimage is really a lifelong dream of mine. So imagine my delight when four months later, on Christmas Eve last year, Marc left a comment on this entry introducing himself and asking me if I’d like to get a copy of his book. I replied to him saying that of course, I would love to. A couple of days ago, I received a pleasant surprise in my mail: Marc’s Camino de Santiago all -weather walking…
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Paolo Coelho on the Road to Santiago de Compostela
Speaking of the Camino de Santiago, here’s a teaser of the documentary about the author Paolo Coelho’s pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. At 38, he walked the Camino de Santiago and the experience changed his life significantly. I hope to have the same ‘breakthrough’ when I walk the Camino a couple of years from now. After all, he says “Any dream is made possible by taking the first step.”
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