Pilgrimage Walks

[Peasie]

I like walking. Yesterday I learned for the first time about the popular Camino de Santiago, a series of walking routes across Europe that ends at the tomb of St. James in the northwest coastal town of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

I am considering walking that route for 5-7 days starting in Portugal mostly for meditation.

Have you ever been on a meditative walk along an ancient route? Where did you go? What was your experience?

[DC]

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Nice. Sounds like a cool idea. I like walking, especially outdoors, not in the gyms, cause I love nature , and thinking and meditating is part of why I prefer outdoors for walks. So this sounds appealing-a 5 day meditation walk along an ancient route.

I have never been one of those walks though, but maybe we could have our first Faith and Reason trip report when you get back?

[quodlibet]

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sounds interesting, are you planning on any particular conditions while you take this walk, or are you going to play tourist?

[Peasie]

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Not sure what you mean by conditions, Quod? But I don't want to be the tourist sort. I just want to go out on a non-guided walk by myself or maybe with a good friend. I do want to walk and meditate and spend each evening with a simple meal with wine and each night in a comfortable bed.

Maybe I will come back with a trip report

[quodlibet]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not sure what you mean by conditions, Quod? But I don't want to be the tourist sort. I just want to go out on a non-guided walk by myself or maybe with a good friend. I do want to walk and meditate and spend each evening with a simple meal with wine and each night in a comfortable bed.

Maybe I will come back with a trip report </div></div>

Well, you answered the question - if it was more of an ascetic thing (a la Ghandi) or more of a modernist type exploration of the selfmind...

[Wahalla]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Peasie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like walking. Yesterday I learned for the first time about the popular Camino de Santiago, a series of walking routes across Europe that ends at the tomb of St. James in the northwest coastal town of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

I am considering walking that route for 5-7 days starting in Portugal mostly for meditation.

Have you ever been on a meditative walk along an ancient route? Where did you go? What was your experience? </div></div>

I spend time in Galicia (The region of spain whe Santiago is )every year, mostly in Bentanzos area. It is very green... And would love to do the walk, but along the Costa Cantabrica from Santander... it is in beautiful countryside....It is well signed posted there are rest stops, accomodation for the night. One thing that might not be clear so you should be aware of it. Galicia it is always raining.. so be prepared for this. I never have ime to do enough sight seeing but want to take a guide book and go to all the histroical sites in Galicia.. She who must be obeyed said we would do that for my 50th Birth day... one of my favoite spots in the world is by the Ponte do Lambre...on one of the Estuary rivers in hte region...

By the way Santiago title in Spain is Santiago Matomoro.. or colocially translate St James the n----- Killer... still you gotta give the guy credit his bones came to spain on a boat without sail or oars...

Take care Galicia is the ancestral home of Fidel Castro and Franco!!!

Oh and over the years English speaking has improved twenty odd years ago hardly any one in the region spoke english... (Stop by the Central Square in La Coruna and look at the Maria Pita doing a Nanny on the English... My favoirite building is at La Coruna Torre De Hercules.. Took me 34 years to climb it!)