Post Travel Tristesse

[travelertrish]

Tristesse translates into "sadness" in English, and maybe that can sum up what I'm feeling this morning. The trip was just too short; I left my guy over there when it only makes sense for us to be together; the kitchen--having been occupied by Raf--needed an hour of rehab before I could make coffee; there is admin work that now cannot be put off

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[88greenthumb]

Wonderful post, P. And welcome back!

This post brings back nice memories of my Camino some years back and my feet are itching to do another one! Although there are many similarities between your walk & mine, there are differences, as well... Maybe I will walk some parts of your route with you in 2 years or so when you're closer to St. Jean or Irun. I want to do the stages from Irun on the French border to Bilbao (where I started) on the Camino Norte. Then go from Gijon, still on the Camino Norte, to Santiago. Or something like that.

Talk with you soon!

[pondhopper]

We are more interested in the Camino Frances, G.
The Camino Primitivo is too wild for us, I fear.
;)
Or are you talking about heading south and then west from Gijon?

[travelertrish]

Donna, what does "too wild" mean to you? That's what JF wants to do, I think.

[pondhopper]

VERY rough terrain in places, not well marked...kind of the "forgotten camino" as it were. Talk to Gilda about her experiences. She was brave.

Manolo and I want to do the more traditional Camino Francés though there is also a Camino that starts from Seville, la Ruta de la Plata. That one is boring as it crosses Extremadura...kilometres and kilometres without villages and kind of desertic in parts. We once met an Australian pilgrim in Zamora who had started out from Seville and she said it was finally getting interesting way up there.
LOL

[88greenthumb]

Not the Camino Primitivo, D., since I've done all the etapas there. Yes, some parts are wild and isolated-and beautiful! ;)...I'm talking about completing the Camino Norte from both ends-Irun to Bilbao (where I started last time) then picking it up from Gijon all the way to Santiago or maybe even Oviedo (where I started the Primitivo last time) to Gijon to Santiago.

But I could be talked into doing parts of the Frances from St. Jean to maybe Leon, then skipping the places on the "meseta" and picking the route up again somewhere after that. I've done the last etapas of the Frances from Melide to Santa Irene to Santiago.

Or how about the Camino de la Plata?

Camino Dreams...thanks to Trishes' post!

[pondhopper]

You and I need to sit down with maps. LOL
I get what you mean but it CAN get complicated! Lots of Caminos and some overlap. The Francés is where so much of the history is and that's what we love.

[travelertrish]

We are too far away from that decision to get into maps at this point. But LOVE the talk. Keep me in the loop!

[pondhopper]

:)
Will do, Trish!

[pondhopper]

Hehehe...so many choices!
See my comment to Trish about Camino de la Plata.
The boring road, they call it.
:P