Europe

 Hi all! Thanks for checking out this blog. It’s almost time for another Camino. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 3 years since I walked the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied du Port into Santiago. Such a lot has changed since 2019. It seems like a terrible time to be going to Europe, with the horrific events in Ukraine that hopefully will not lead to a larger conflict. The sadness and destruction that is on the news everyday is overwhelming. But, we have made the decision to continue with our plans. Maybe this walk will help us deal with feelings of helplessness and guilt. Like so many we have been donating money but it doesn’t feel like enough seeing what is happening. And then there’s also covid to be concerned with. For this reason, we have opted to pre-book hotels and not stay in the more communal alburgue accommodations. We’ll miss out on meeting more people and sharing our experience, but I’m sure this trip will also be full of memorable. Yes, it’s true I  talked ...

EurO’Gorman 2019 Well, it is almost time to get going again.  We are off on a night flight to Manchester on the 14th, where we are going to be doing some whirlwind visiting.  We have a B and B booked in Chester, a car rented  at the airport and plans made to meet with  a lot of people during our 2 day stay here.   Nieces, nephews, babies and  more! Breakfast is included at the B and B, ( yum English breakfast of bacon and sausages, baked beans , black puddings-too bad we are all dieting!)  and  it is just supposed to be a 20 minute walk in to Chester.  I’ve always liked Chester.  It  was an old Roman city, and it went through a lot of battles over the ages.  You’ll have to google if you are interested because I cannot really recall the history. Normans and Saxons were there I think.  Anyhow, you can walk on top of the  old Roman wall, and there are lots of old medieval buildings still around.  Chester Cathedr...