Two weeks to go

Only two more weeks.  The time seems to slow down when you are waiting for something.

This weekend we had two friends over for lunch and a hike along the Credit River.  We met our friends at a the Canadian Company of Pilgrims meeting.  They are going to el Camino in May.  It is so nice to talk to people who are as obsessed with el Camino as we are.  I think the "others", family and friends, are fed up with my constant chat about the pilgrimage.  We had a really nice day.  You can see from the picture that the day was quite a bit warmer, it went all the way up to -5C and sunny.  You will notice that neither Brenda nor I were wearing our toques or balaclavas.

We discovered recently that the dates for our trip are very meaningful.  The day we arrive to Roncesvalles will be Ash Wednesday and the days we had planned to arrive at Santiago de Compostela is Easter weekend.  It could not have worked better if we had planned it that way.  Is the Holy Spirit getting into my life already?  I have not even started to walk.

I keep planning and planning.  I checked on the accommodation in Roncesvalles, it seems that when we get there the only beds available is in the winter albergue which has only 16 beds.  We will have to trust that we will not be left out in the cold.  The first day we are going to walk only 12 km.  I figure we are going to be still jet lagged so we are going to stay in Biskarret, there is a casa rural there that seems very nice, La Posada Nueva.  The next day we will walk only as far  Pamplona, another 15 km and then we will really have to start walking farther.

I also found another video that I found of interest to pilgrims like me.  It is of Pablo Coelho, the author of The Alquemist, in El Camino de Santiago.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lSyWAMk8LI

I really expect that El Camino will have an impact on my spiritual life.

Vaya con Dios y Buen Camino

Only two more weeks