It’s been 10 days since I said goodbye to the Camino de Santiago and started a pilgrimage of another kind. The one towards my new life. From La Coruña, I flew on to London for a celebration of what would have been the 54th birthday of the friend who’s name was written into one […]
Read more "We do not need to explain our love. We only need to show it. -Paulo Coehlo"Translation: After hardship comes relief Day 8-Tui to Porriño Day 9-Porriño to Arcade Yesterday, ‘it’ happened. The revelation/epiphany/thunderbolt/whatever that happens when you walk the Camino. If you’ve done a Camino, you know exactly what ‘it’ I am talking about, and if you haven’t, then this will all sound very hippy/new age-y, and that’s ok. […]
Read more "Baada ya dhiki faraja-Swahili proverb"Day 5-Barcelos to Ponte do Lima-35km Day 6-Ponte do Lima to Agualonga-20km Day 7-Agualonga to Tui-22km The Camino de Santiago is not at all what you expect it to be, nor can you plan for where your mind takes you on it. I was quite sure that the longest distance day was going to […]
Read more "Perseverance, secret of all triumphs-Victor Hugo"Day 2 Matosinhos to Vila do Conde-22km Mister Gehry’s quote couldn’t have described me more perfectly today. After the decision to do a ‘practice run’ yesterday and wander around Porto with the safety of knowing I’d be back in the hotel with all of my things (namely, my MacBook and fluffy slippers!), I felt good about […]
Read more "You’ve got to bumble forward into the unknown-Frank Gehry"Translation: To lose the way is to learn the way. Day 1-Porto My camino has started out with logistical challenges. I booked the trip through an agency (that I won’t yet name in hopes that they make things right), as this journey is at the end of a three month sabbatical, and as […]
Read more "Kupotea njia ndiyo kujua njia-Swahili proverb"Yesterday was a day to do nothing. The previous seven days had included a five hour drive to Nairobi, drinking until 0300 and then losing an impromptu sparring match with a friend, an overnight journey to Copenhagen, two nights of drinking at dinners, a drive to and from Western Denmark, and an 0400 wakeup call […]
Read more "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship. -Louisa May Alcott"Lisbon This applies to so much of my life. My life has been a catalogue of extremes. Being incredibly spontaneous and making fly by the seat of my pants decisions to go to Barcelona for a weekend on one hand, and on the other, spending too long in jobs I wasn’t happy in, or with […]
Read more "“If we wait for the moment when everything is ready, we shall never begin.” – Ivan Turgenev"
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