by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 12, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Camino del Norte
Views like this all day The views on this Camino don’t stop! Everywhere you look is a photo op!! I don’t have enough adjectives in my vocabulary to describe what we see, and of course, the photos don’t do it justice. Today we met a ton of pilgrims from all over...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jun 9, 2024 | All Blog Posts, Camino del Norte
We’ve arrived in Irún, Spain, in the northeast tip of Spain. It’s gorgeous here! I can feel the Camino energy all around me. We’re excited to start our Camino but what an adventure thus far. I’m starting the Camino a bit broken but don’t we all start that way?...
by Cruisin Michelle | Oct 4, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
A budget for any vacation/holiday is a personal topic. It’s scary to allow others to see how we chose to spend our money. We risk judgment and ridicule. However, the benefits of sharing go back to the theme of all my blogs which is to share all parts of our Camino...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jul 23, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
There’s something special about carrying this credential everywhere we go and looking for a timbro (stamp). It’s a significant symbol of what we are doing. We are not just on a long walk, we are not backpacking a trail, rather we are on a pilgrimage. In the end, we...
by Cruisin Michelle | Jul 20, 2022 | All Blog Posts, Via Francigena
Brian told me that my last blog on the lows of pilgrimage was not the happiest blog I’d ever written. Haha! You can read it, if you dare, by clicking here. It was real. My emotions were quite raw and I was not feeling the best about this pilgrimage. I promised myself...