Camino update 3: Trust

This was originally posted on beingthebestyoucanbeblog.wordpress.com a year ago today. 

Well this is my 3rd rest day and am typing this from a room in Leon. Ok so trust! Hmm this was an interesting insight for me maybe from day 1 on the walk from St Jean Pied de Port to Burguete but especially on days 2 and 3 into Zubiri and Pamplona. Now, people who know me will be wondering about this trust insight as I’m normally a trusting person in both situations and people which is why this also caught me off guard.

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Camino update travel 2: Pamplona to Burgos

This was posted originally a year ago on travelalphabetabc.wordpress.com. 

When I reached Burgos yesterday around 3pm I was so pleased as it signalled my 2nd rest day which is much needed after so many days of walking. So my last post ended in Pamplona as I was finishing my 1st rest day after 3 hard days of walking from St Jean pied de port. Let’s pick up from there. Continue reading “Camino update travel 2: Pamplona to Burgos” →

Camino update 2: Are you walking alone? We all walk our own Camino.

This was posted originally a year ago on beingthebestyoucanbeblog.wordpress.com.

My 2nd rest day finally found me and I’m so grateful! It feels a long time since my last one in Pamplona and I have certainly walked quite a few kilometres since then and seen many villages, towns and am now in my 3rd city so far. There are 2 titles to this post as they have kept coming up in conversation and in my thoughts during this past stretch so both warrant a mention. 

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Travelling minimally or is it intentionally?

Since the end of October, I’ve been travelling around Europe for 6 months with a couple of stops in the UK where I’ve had the chance to pack my luggage again. I’ve already posted about my minimalism challenge whilst travelling during my first 3 months away when I visited Netherlands, Scandinavia, Luxembourg and Belgium. Those posts were posted on both beingthebestyoucanbeblog.wordpress.com and travelalphabetabc.wordpress.com so I won’t repost again, however I wanted to provide an update for those wishing to know how it all progressed. 
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My 30 day social media detox

Having listened to podcasts and read articles, where the benefits of taking a 30 day social media detox were extolled, I decided to do my own. I’m not that visible on social media to be honest as I only have accounts on Twitter, however I do often find myself getting lost on You Tube as I go from one clip to the next ad can find myself 1 hour or so later still hunched over my phone. As I’m travelling, my concern was that instead of talking to people and spending as much time as I could out and about, I was in fact losing precious time to Twitter and You Tube. After 15 days I have adapted the challenge and here’s why! Continue reading “My 30 day social media detox” →

Last night a man opened my hotel door

Last night a man opened my hotel room door whilst I was sitting up in bed. Luckily, he realised his mistake, looked as shocked as I’m sure I did and when I told to shut the door, he did. Once I got over my shock, I made sure the door was shut and had made the locking noise and jammed the door handle with an assortment of chairs, and luggage handles. Then I hoped I would be safe until morning. I was, however I’m also conscious of how that could have been so different.  
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Camino update travel 1: St Jean pied de port to Pamplona

This was posted a year ago today on travelalphabetabc.wordpress.com. 

My Camino has finally begun and I completed stage 3 yesterday on arrival in Pamplona. I’m having today as my first rest day, much needed and well deserved after 3 days of walking and feet which are hurt, blistered and raw. 

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Camino de Santiago update 1: open and gratitude

This was posted originally on beingthebestyoucanbeblog.wordpress.com a year ago today. 

So my Camino has begun and I have completed close to 50 miles in length over 3 days. I’m currently on my well deserved rest day in Pamplona and thought now is a good time to update my journey. 

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Called to the Camino

Today marks a year since I started my Camino journey. I decided as a way of celebrating, that I would re-post the entries I made on the 2 other blogs last year beingthebestyoucanbeblog.wordpress.com and travelalphabetabc.wordpress.com. The Camino was after all a big part of my 40 countries in my 40s challenge even though it only added 2 countries! It was also a journey in itself which you will find out if you haven’t read the entries before. 

Have you been called to the Camino?

When the Camino de Santiago (Pilgrimage of Compostela) is ready, it will call you! It does this by appearing in books you are reading and you will find yourself in conversations with people who have done the Camino or are wanting to do it. It also calls you by giving you the idea of wanting to do a long reflective walk which some of you may already view as a Pilgrimage. The Camino has been calling me in many ways for years and I decided that 2018 would have to be the year I say a resounding YES to the call and start organising it as the calls were increasing. Continue reading “Called to the Camino” →

In awe of Innsbruck

My trip to Innsbruck was a relative quick one compared to a lot of the other places I’d stayed in. My stay was split into two periods as I arrived and stayed a night and then ‘nipped’ into Liechtenstein for a night and then returned to Innsbruck for 2 nights before taking the overnight bus to Brussels. In that short time though I was completely awe struck from that first moment of arriving. Continue reading “In awe of Innsbruck” →