Santiago Pilgrimage

[Sharon E. Brown]

Hi John and Brenda,
Keeping well off to Macchu Picchu this year and Santiago next year
Sharon
----- Original Message -----
From: john rogers <j_rogersaSYMPATICO.CA>
To: <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: Santiago Pilgrimage


> Hi Sharon: how is everything now in the great down under? Seems like a
long
> time since we shared the climb out of Pamplona. We have now determined to
> walk from Le Puy in Sept this year assuming the crowds will have cleared
out
> by the time we reach SdC in mid November. Are you staying well?
>
> John and Brenda Rogers
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sharon Brown" <Handzondeckabigpond.com>
> To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Santiago Pilgrimage
>
>
> > Hi Mary,
> >
> > Sharon from Australia here. I did the camino in late April 2003 and it
> took
> > me six hours plus to walk the Pyrenees route. I trained down from Paris,
> > Gare St AUsterlitz, late train. The website that I used for train travel
> was
> > bahn.hafas.de and www. sncf.com. Both had very invaluable  information.
> > Feel free to e-mail me off line at sharon.brownadefence.gov.au.
> >
> > Sharon
> > Oz pilgrim 2003
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Pat Harrison" <Pilgrim_OCDSaATT.NET>
> > To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, 15 February 2004 1:54
> > Subject: Santiago Pilgrimage
> >
> >
> > > Hello All:
> > >
> > > I am new to this email list.  I am writing to help me make a decision
> > about doing the Camino with my husband this year.  Right now, I do not
> feel
> > that I am in good shape and don't know if the next four months of
getting
> > into shape would be sufficient to do the Camino.  My husband has his
heart
> > set on doing the Camino and I don't want to disappoint him. Yet, I am 55
> > years old and aware of my limitations. If we went, we would leave on May
> > 23rd and fly into Paris.  We would start the pilgrimage in St. Jean.  I
> have
> > reservations about hiking through the Pyrenees.
> > > Could someone give me an idea of how rigorous the hike through the
> > mountains would be to get to Roncevalles?
> > >
> > > Also, in reading various email threads, I learned that 600,000 to
> 900,000
> > people are estimated to do the Camino this year.  Another concern is
about
> > sleeping accomodations.  I don't really want to sleep on the floor of a
> > Refugio if there are no more beds available or sleep on the ground under
> > some tent that the Spanish army would set up.  Did anyone do the Camino
in
> > 1999 when St. James feastday fell on a Sunday, too?  If so, what were
the
> > crowds like, what does one do if there are no sleeping accomodations?
It
> is
> > the unknown that is causing me to have anxiety.  Any information would
be
> > beneficial to help me make a decision.
> > >
> > > Thanks very much!
> > >
> > > Mary Frances Harrison