A Camino story

[Marvin Eisenstein]

I cannot recommend the article highly enough. It was worthy of every
award. Thanks for writing it.

Marvin Eisenstein

On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:38:57 -0400 "Sibley, Robert (ott)"
<rsibleyaTHECITIZEN.SOUTHAM.CA> writes:
> Hello. My name is Robert Sibley. I'm a new subscriber to this list
> and
> thought I should introduce myself. I'm a journalist with the Ottawa
> Citizen,
> a newspaper in Canada's national capital. To be brief, I walked the
> Camino
> in the spring of 2000 from St. Jean-Pied-de-Port to Santiago de
> Compostela
> (with a side trip to Finisterre). There were numerous blisters, a
> couple of
> dog attacks, and even a bout of food poisoning. But there was also
> moments
> of pure silence, exhilaration and the recovery of memories that past
>  I
> didn't even know I remembered, as well as some great food and lots
> of wine.
> In short, I'm aching to do  it again (and plan to in the fall of
> 2002).
>
> All of this leads to the admission that my "walk" turned into a
> series of
> articles for my paper's Sunday magazine that may be of interest to
> others.
> (Bear with me: the listserv rules allow me to post "brief"
> information about
> pilgrimage-pertinent material.) For what it's worth, the nine-part
> series
> has won a couple of writing awards -- one from the Travel Writers
> Society of
> America and another from the Religion Writers Association. The
> weekly
> series, which began Nov. 5, 2000 and ended Dec. 30, 2000 can be
> accessed at
> the Citizen's web site: www.ottawacitizen.com/pilgrim/index.html (On
> the
> Citizen's home page -- www.ottawacitizen.com -- you can access the
> series at
> the Special Features list on the left of the screen. Ignore the
> dating on
> the list ... the articles were posted two or three days after the
> articles
> were actually published.) Of course, feel free to print it off.
>
> Naturally, every writer wants people to read his stuff, so I hope
> subscribers will find the series interesting,  and helpful. Any
> questions,
> comments (complimentary or otherwise) or advice on my future trek
> will be
> most welcome. I can be reached at rsibleyathecitizen.southam.ca
>
> Cheers
> Robert Sibley