Saturday evening was Spanish night at our house. Friends came over who had walked the Camino de Santiago: one took the traditional Camino Frances and then she went back with her husband several years later and they walked the Camino del Norte. All routes lead to Santiago de Compostela, where the apostle St. James is supposedly buried.
We of course had a Northern Spanish meal, starting with various tapas: tortilla espanola (spanish omelette), gambas a la plancha (garlic fried shrimp), unas aceitunas (olives), and a dish of dried tomatoes in olive oil (don't know the Spanish name). We also had fresh lake trout that Joe had caught earlier that day - not Spanish, but very tasty nonetheless. Then came a version of caldo verde (a soup with chorizo sausage, potatoes, kale, and chicken) along with una ensalada. Finally we had tarta de Santiago (St. James' cake, which is served along the camino).
The two of them shared stories and advice about the trails, and left me with several books and articles to read. I have pulled out my Spanish textbook and have started studying a bit every day, aided by an on-line course offered by the BBC, and I am starting to investigate the best gear to buy. No, I have no firm departure date, but I'm hoping it will be within the next two years.
2 comments:
This is definitely the way to start. Plan it and walk it in your mind first. I would love to do it with you and I know that my body is not suited - even if I got myself fit. Maybe I could meet you at the end! One of my blogs a long while ago was about music that was recorded along the trail by a Canadian musician. I should listen to it again.
Lucca
I too want to walk the Camino pilgrimage sometime in the next two years - I hope you will write in you blog about your plans...it will be of interest to those of us who are also working toward this goal...
"Ginn"
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