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Is it an addiction? My friends considered me crazy when I did a thousand
mile pilgrimage in the year 2000. But I wasn't satisfied with that. I had
to try another in 2001. It was much shorter, only about 400 miles, but
my knees insisted that I take public transportation for about one third
of that. Now I find myself dreaming about going again this Fall, this time
taking the Saint Jean route that I have been reading so much about. I think
that it would be a real hoot to celebrate my 78th birthday on the Camino.
Did I say addiction? Perhaps madness woud be a better word. If my knees
had heads, I am sure that they would be nodding them in agreement. This
route would mean almost double the walking that I managed to do last year.
However, there would be one big plus in starting from Saint Jean. There
would be fellow pilgrims along the way to give encouragement. The Caminho
Portugués was quite lonely last year.
<p>regards,
<p>Robert
<p>Gabrielle Milanich wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>In a message
dated 1/21/02 6:41:42 AM Central Standard Time, jallen08aTAMPABAY.RR.COM
writes:</font></font>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>People
say, "Now you have done the Camino, you should have it out of your</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>system." How wrong!</font></font></blockquote>
<font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>This is so very true!
If anything, one becomes even more, dare I say, obsessed! I cannot
wait to walk again, and if all works out, I'm thinking this September -
alone again.</font></font>
<p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Regards,</font></font>
<br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Gabrielle</font></font></blockquote>
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