Lately I have had a few people ask me if I have any reservations about walking the Camino by myself and I've answered very honestly that, no I haven't.  Now that this thought has been put in my head I am starting to rethink this idea.  Is this a good idea to walk alone for 900 KM?  I'm sure I will meet up with people along the way.  For me, I think that whatever happens, will happen and I can't worry about stuff like that.  I can't control anything so why try.   I don't really want to go with any one else because then if I want to walk further one day than they do or if they get sick or have blisters and cannot walk, then I will feel obligated to wait for them.  I think it will be much better to just walk alone and only have to worry about me.  Here's the thing, If I am still to answer honestly, I would say that I am really looking forward to walking alone, walking and having to wonder where in the world I will end up next.  If I sit and question everything, I will be too afraid to do this or to just live life.  Isn't it better to embark on a journey and not know where it is going to take you than to be afraid to never go at all?  It's time to live and that's what I intend to do!!!!!

Planning my walk along the Camino

 


In just three months I will be leaving for my trip to walk the Camino De Santiago.  I have been working on the dates and how far I will have to walk each day.  Yesterday, I walked 19 km just trying to train in order to walk the 20 - 30 km a day that I will have to walk.  The Camino, or The Way of St. James, is a Pilgrimage and it starts in St. Jean Pied de Port in France and you walk the 800 Km to Santiago de Compostela Spain.  I am flying into Paris and I will have three nights there.  I am going to spend one full day at the Louvre.  There was no way I was going all the way to Paris and not seeing the Louvre.  I will go from Paris and spend a night in Bordeaux France.  Hopefully I will get to sample some of the wines. From Bordeaux, I take the train to St. Jean Pied de Port and I start my walk.  The first day out you walk over the Pyrenees mountains and into Spain.  I am hoping to walk three days and take a day off.  I begin the trip on May 5th and I should end up in Santiago de Compostela on June 21st which is my 50th Birthday.  So far, this is the schedule that I have come up with.

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May 5th 2013	Leave for Paris on British Airways	8:40 P.M.	Happy Birthday Mike
may 6th 2013	Arrive in Paris staying at Hotel Prince Albert Louvre	5:10 P.M.
May7th 2013	Day of Shopping and Looking around
May 8th 2013	Day at the Louvre
May 9th 2013	Take train to Bordeaux.  Stay at City Residence
May 10th 2013	Take Train to St. Jean Pied De Port.  Stay at Itzalpea hotel
May11th 2013	walk from St. Jean to Roncevalles	25.1 KM
May12th 2013	Roncevalles to Larrasoana	27.4 KM
May 13th 2013	Larrasoana to Cizur Menor	20.9 Km
May 14th 2013	Extra day in Pamplona
May 15th 2013	Cizur Menor to Puente La Reina	19 Km
May 16th 2013	Puenta La Reina to Estella	21.9 KM
May 17th 2013	Estella to Los Arcos	21.1 KM
May 18th 2013	Extra day in Los Arcos
May 19th 2013	Los Arcos to Lograno	28.6 KM
May 20th 2013	Lograno to Najera	30.1 KM
May 21st 2013	Najera to santo Domingo De La Calzada (La Rioja)	21 KM
May 22nd 2013	Extra day in La Rioja
May 23rd 2013	santo Domingo De La Calzada (La Rioja) to Belorado	22.9 KM
May 24th 2013	Belorado to San Juan De Ortega	24.3 KM
May 25th 2013	San Juan De Ortega to Burgos	25.6 KM
May 26th 2013	Extra day in Burgos
May 27th 2013	Burgos to Hornillos del Camino	21 KM	Happy Birthday Erik
May 28th 2013	Hornillos Del Camino to Castrojeriz	20.2 KM
May 29th 2013	Castrojeriz to Fromista	25.2 KM
May 30th 2013	Extra day in Fromista
May 31st 2013	Fromista to Carrion De Los Condes	20.5 KM
June 1st 2013	Carrion De Los Condes to Terradillos De Los Templarios	26.8 Km
June 2nd 2013	Terradillos De Los Templarios to Hermanillos De La Calzado	26.9 KM	Happy Birthday Kathleen
June 3rd 2013	Hermanillos De La Calzado to Mansilla de las Mulas	24.5 KM
June 4th 2013	Mansilla De Las Mulas to Leon	18.6 KM
June 5th 2013	Extra day in Leon
June 6th 2013	Leon tpoVillar De Mazarife	22.2 KM
June 7th 2013	Villar De Mazarife to Astorga	31.2 KM
June 8th 2013	Extra day in Astorga
June 9th 2013	Astorga to Rabanal Del Camino	21.4 KM
June 10th 2013	Rabanal Del Camino to Molinaseca	26.5 KM
June 11th 2013	Molinaseca to Villa Franca Del Bierzo	30.9KM	Happy Birthday Andrea
June 12th 2013	Extra day in Villa Franca Del Bierzo
June 13th 2013	Villa Franca Del Bierzo to O'Cebreiro	30.1 Km
June 14th 2013	Extra day in O'Cebreiro
June 15th 2013	O'Cebreiro to Triacastela	21.3 KM	Happy Birthday Thomas
June 16th 2013	Triacastela to Sarria	18.7 KM
June 17th 2013	Sarria to Portomarin	22.4 KM
June 18th 2013	Portomarin to Palas De Rei	24.8 KM
June 19th 2013	Palas De Rei to Arzua/Ribadiso	25.8 Km
June 20th 2013	Ribadiso to O Pedrouzo	22.1 KM
June 21st 2013	O Pedrouzo to Santiago	20.1 KM	Happy Birthday Gwen
June 22nd 2013	Stay in Santiago
June 23rd 2013	Stay in Santiago
June 24th 2013	Santiago to Negreira	22.4 KM
June 25th 2013	Negreira to Olveiroa	33.1 Km
June 26th 2013	Olveiroa to Finisterre	31.2 KM	Happy Birthday Laurie
June 27th 2013	Extra night in Finisterre
June 28th 2013	Bus to Compostella and stay over night
June 29th 2013	Flight to Madrid Stay at Hostel Avenida Barajas	5:35 P.M	Happy Birthday Kim
June 30th 2013	Flight Home	10:50 A.M.	Happy Anniversary Gwen and Paul
	Arrive home	6:40 P.M.