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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I’m getting discouraged. I had hoped to walk the entire
camino de </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Santiago</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> starting from the </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Pyrenees</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> this coming
fall, but the numbers for the Holy year are scaring me. I am not good with
crowds, and I want to do this as pilgrimage where I take each day as it comes,
without telephone and without reservations, just walking and learning to trust.
But the numbers frighten me. I had been thinking of starting at the beginning
of October. Maybe I should find a different walk and do el camino de </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Santiago</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> at another
time. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Martha</span></font></p>
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