tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post1195589746516649741..comments2023-08-01T09:20:49.475-04:00Comments on Wide Screen World: The WayRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-85161254915231118712012-04-12T16:01:27.370-04:002012-04-12T16:01:27.370-04:00I quite agree. The best part is that it's non-...I quite agree. The best part is that it's non-competitive, so there's no rush to completing it.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-34901108792030480522012-04-03T14:52:08.755-04:002012-04-03T14:52:08.755-04:00Cool post! I quite enjoyed this film, I just haven...Cool post! I quite enjoyed this film, I just haven't got around to reviewing it. It'd be nice to do the Camino with a loved one, a great way to meet new people as well.ruthhttp://flixchatter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-4848822042755480432011-10-21T19:33:13.755-04:002011-10-21T19:33:13.755-04:00I knew you'd enjoy yourself, but it looks like...I knew you'd enjoy yourself, but it looks like you're really having a ball. Good to know.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-52359148801099418242011-10-21T16:29:01.571-04:002011-10-21T16:29:01.571-04:00Thanks, Rich!
I've just returned to Santiago ...Thanks, Rich!<br /><br />I've just returned to Santiago de Compostea, Spain, today, after completing my second Camino this year. The first, as you know, was the most-traveled one, the Camino Francés -- the very same that Martin Sheen's character walks -- and my starting point, as his, was Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France. That Camino took me eight weeks to complete, including several much-needed rest days.<br /><br />This time, my pilgrimage was a curtailed version, due to severe lack of time, of the Camino Portugués, and, over a course of eight days, I walked from Valença do Minho, Portugal, back to St. James' glorious tomb in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.<br /><br />Pursuant to tradition, and following my first Camino, I also ventured to Finisterre, Spain ... but by bus, instead of on foot, to my great regret. Finisterre was once considered the end of the known world (as its name suggests), and, nowadays, it's customary to burn something at its lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.<br /><br />During the Middle Ages, pilgrims would burn all of their carried possessions there, after completing their journey, but this was out of necessity: Can you imagine all the lice, fleas and bedbugs they must have picked up along the way? In contrast, I didn´t burn anything, but I did leave behind a pair of well-worn hiking socks. When I waved goodbye to those socks, they were keeping assorted hiking boots, shirts, shorts and jackets company.<br /><br />A few days after visiting Finisterre, I ventured to Muxía by bus. Muxía is another site on the Atlantic Ocean important to all of the Caminos, because it is here that the stone boat bearing St. James' headless body is said to have landed. And it landed here, because Iria Flavia, now known as Galicia, was one of the places where St. James was said to have preached after Jesus' crucifixion. St. James' corpse was buried in Iria Flavia in 44 A.D., and in about 820 A.D., what is widely believed to be his corpse was discovered; now, it is entombed in the Cathedral and city that have been named for him.<br /><br />Must go now, but I'll add more later.<br /><br />Thanks again!Mwanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-28797104709567328522011-10-12T01:28:41.452-04:002011-10-12T01:28:41.452-04:00I kinda knew how I wanted to approach this one fro...I kinda knew how I wanted to approach this one from the start.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376065182154885503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189120682398421108.post-52368378873448957632011-10-11T20:36:21.117-04:002011-10-11T20:36:21.117-04:00Well done my friend, really love your approach to ...Well done my friend, really love your approach to writing this.Reid Harris Cooperhttp://popculturespectrum.comnoreply@blogger.com