Category Archives: 2 sisters, 2 cousins, 1 niece, 1 stranger and 1 Camino

Despite our pre-planning, we forgot today was a Sunday, which wasn’t a big deal except it wasn’t until mid morning coffee that we realized on Sundays there is no noon train to St. Jean Pied de Port. That in itself wasn’t a big deal as we had shopping to do so we could do itContinue reading “Day 0 – Bayonne to St Jean Pied de Port”

A few weeks ago I was checking the online Camino community forum and came across a posting about RyanAir going on strike on September 28th the exact day we were flying out of Dublin to Spain on RyanAir. The poster mentioned that he was going to be on the 11:45 Dublin to Biarritz flight, theContinue reading “Airline strike?”

This morning I heard from one niece–she is not going. It isn’t too much of a surprise. She has a toddler and leaving him stresses her out too much. Next time. This time her Camino will be via this blog and via FaceTime. Meanwhile, Tauno, Cathy and I boat over to Nanaimo. We breathe aContinue reading “It begins”

Thanks for joining us! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton The idea: three sisters, and two daughters would go on the Camino. Then our mother told two cousins and we became seven. After that we told mother it was a secret. They they say that pilgrims often formContinue reading “The Journey Begins”