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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dear
fellow-peregrinos,<BR><BR>Robert Spenger's recent posting reminded me of a
couple of encounters my husband, John, and I had on the Camino last year.
We met two pilgrims in May 2001 as we were walking from SJPP to Burgos (we are
making our pilgrimage in three stages--we'll do the middle segment this coming
May, then the final one in 2003, if all goes as planned). One of the
pilgrims that we talked with was a woman who was walking from Santiago
back to her home in Holland. The other, a young man from Madrid, had
walked to Santiago de Compostela from Madrid through Portugal. We met up
with him as he was<BR>continuing his pilgrimage from Santiago on to Italy, and
he told us that he planned to walk to Jerusalem from
Italy. I do not know if he intended to walk back to Madrid from Jerusalem;
it didn't occur to me to ask that question, for some reason.<BR><BR>The joy that
Robert mentioned seeing in the returning pilgrims that he encountered was
certainly evident in the two that we met, as well.<BR><BR>Ultreia to
all!<BR><BR>Jackie Fry in Georgia<BR></FONT><A
href="mailto:JackieFryaworldnet.att.net"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>JackieFryaworldnet.att.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Robert Spenger" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:rspengeraADELPHIA.NET"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>rspengeraADELPHIA.NET</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>><BR>To: <</FONT><A href="mailto:GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>><BR>Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 9:06
PM<BR>Subject: Re: English Camino<BR><BR>Another thing is that most modern
pilgrims do just a half of a pilgrimage.<BR>Very,<BR>very few carry out the
other half, i.e. walking back the way they came. We<BR>are<BR>missing out on a
major facet of the pilgrim experience that was probably<BR>just as<BR>important
as the journey to Santiago. I talked to only two people who were<BR>returning,
and both had a sort of joy about them that was in sharp contrast<BR>to<BR>some
of the messages I have read on the
list.<BR>regards,<BR><BR>Robert</FONT><BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>