Thirty-six hours in Lisbon…
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much and can accomplish much, and what is…
Sixteen-hour food feast in Lisbon…
“Fussing over food was important. It gave a shape to the day: breakfast, lunch, dinner; beginning, middle, end.” – Robert Hellenga, Philosophy Made Simple. Breakfast “There…
The road trip…avoiding diversions onto the highway to hell.
“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread…
Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 2/2
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The…
Camino Francés – Walking in Galicia – Part 1/2
“If you chase anything in life, chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse…
Camino Francés – back in the Mountains
“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the…
Camino Francés – The Meseta– Part 1/3
“There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at…
Camino Portuguese – looking back at Golega…
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived” – Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven. Stage 4 Santarem…
Camino Portuguese – wayfinding nightmare and blistering heat…
The Pilgrim’s Guide…John Brierley Trust is like a mirror, you can fix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother…
Called back to the Camino…
Last month I was invited to speak on Radio New Zealand’s series, Our Own Odysseys. Friends and followers would have laughed out loud at the title…
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