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#pilgrimage

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Patrick

The Santiago [de Compostela] model makes #pilgrimage into a cultural phenomenon, a mixture of museum trip and fitness challenge. But if you only understand pilgrimage in cultural terms, you miss the spiritual side of the experience, as well as the personal reasons that draw people to these shrines... "Sometimes there come moments in our lives when simply everything fails; when every undertaking, every plan, no matter well thought out, miscarries", [Bohner] wrote in his account of...
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Day 44-50 of walking to Santiago de Compostela from the Netherlands. After walking together with two Flemish pilgrims for some days I had to say goodbye to them. It felt strange to continue on my own again; somehow on the road just one day spent with someone can feel like a week.

And eventhough I was already living day by day (quite unusual for me), I was challenged further with a rather sudden change to my plans. On a day where I had planned to walk 32 kilometers I fell and hurt my knee after only a couple of kilometers. I had to cancel my accomodation and ring up a closer hostel in French. I strongly dislike phonecalls in any language, but the added stress of having to speak a language that I'm not fluent in didn't help. Still, when I finally arrived at my new destination I felt incredibly calm. It feels good knowing that you can rely on yourself.

10 pictures. You can view the rest of my posts about my journey in this collection: https://pixelfed.social/c/786952650105245859

#Camino #CaminoDeSantiago #Hiking #Pilgrimage #France #Bourges #Pèlerinage #CheminDeCompostelle #CheminDeStJacques #Pelgrimstocht #Wandelen #Travel
Two pilgrim walking away from the camera on a road through the woods. They are carrying large backpacks. The left backpack has a scallop shell attached to it and a baguette is stickingout of the front pocket of the right backpack.
A scallop shell hanging on the trunk of a tree. Aboven it is a French sign that reads "when leaving for the way of Saint James I was looking for nothing and I found it"
A white hand holding up a small pear that I found
Stained glass windows in a dark church. The windows consist of three main panels, each showing a church building with beneath it a church figure nealing in front of a holy person.
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Mr Veni Vidi Video
Color impression 🎬 36 • Ganga Orange • One magnificent day on the holy Ganges river: from the tranquility of a sunrise to a spiritual ceremony after sunset at Ganga Aarti. I felt blessed 🙏

🌏 Varanasi, India
1 March 2023

#varanasi #banaras #india #ganges #वाराणसी #आरती #गंगा #gangaaarti #aarti #sadhu #hindu #utharpradesh #travel #holy #travelfilm #shortdocumentary #travelawesome #water #ghat #guru #ceremony #slowtv #pilgrimage #amazingindia #spirituality
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Day 36-42 of walking to Santiago de Compostela from the Netherlands. By now it was early September, and while it could still be pretty warm during the day, the mornings started to get chilly and there was more rain. For the first time in France, I met another Dutch pilgrim. We walked some parts of the trail together, but after a few days we parted ways as I walked longer distances. Not long after, I met two women from Belgium with whom I walked as well and had some great converstations.

It was nice to meet more people, and feel less alone. Especially when I heard the first gun shots and got a little scared for the actual start of the hunting season. It's much harder to be scared when you're walking with other people.

I also stayed with the nuns in Troyes, camped for the last time and after walking 943 kilometers I arrived in the famous town of Vézelay where I visited the Basilica of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine.

10 pictures. You can view the rest of my posts about my journey in this collection: https://pixelfed.social/c/786952650105245859

#Camino #CaminoDeSantiago #Hiking #Pilgrimage #France #Vézelay #Pèlerinage #CheminDeCompostelle #CheminDeStJacques #Pelgrimstocht #Wandelen #Travel
A field during a foggy morning. To the left is some grass with a few trees. To the right is a barren field with a barn barely visible in the distance because of the fog.
A sober, somewhat old-fashioned looking bedroom. A large, bright blue backpack is leaning against the bed. To the left is a colourful quilt on the wall and above the headboard of the bed a cross is hanging.
A sunny day with a bright blue sky. To the left is a French townhall with a bench in front of it and ahead, further in the distance, is a small church.
A country lane partly in the sun, partly covered in shade by the trees on the left. To the right are several large fields that are separeted by rows of trees and which have already been harvested.
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Day 29-35 of walking to Santiago de Compostela from the Netherlands. After exactly three weeks of walking, I arrived in Reims at the end of August. From some kilometers away I could already see the spires of the cathedral and for the first time I realised that I had already come quite far. Sure, I still had a long way to go to Santiago, but I had also already walked over 600 kilometers to a place that in itself is a worthy destination.

I decided to stay an extra night to have a little time to relax and walk around the city, but in truth I only found it stressful and couldn't wait to be out of the city again to continue walking. While before Reims I mostly encountered barren farm land, went I left the city I started to see more vineyards and I started to feel like I was really in France.

You can view the rest of my posts about my journey in this collection: https://pixelfed.social/c/786952650105245859

#Camino #CaminoDeSantiago #Hiking #Pilgrimage #France #Reims #Pèlerinage #CheminDeCompostelle #CheminDeStJacques #Pelgrimstocht #Wandelen #Travel
A view of the cathedral of Reims, looking up towards the spires from the side. On the top half of the cathedral is visible and in the bottom left part of a tree obscures part of the view.
The top of a house with two windows with their blinds closed. At the top of the widows some swallow nests are attached to the brick wall and a few swallows are flying around, mostly visible because of their shadows in the bright light.
A narrow street in the shadows, that is slowly sloping down. In the distance a car is parked to the left and further away fields are visible. In the front to the left a rose bush is growing against the house and the branches are framing the top of the picture. To the right is a building covered in ivy and a late-afternoon sun is shining on the mossy roof.
A grass trail leading down through a vineyard. The vineyard is large and extents downwards and to the right. In the distance is a village along a river, with fields and trees on the other side.
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earthling

I dropped everything to do Santiago’s Way by Cesare Deserto

Nine hundred kilometer by foot, alone, and without a phone.

This book is dedicated to those who have never stopped to dream

and have decided to live theirl ives without the approval of others.

To all those who prefer to watch a sunset instead of photographing it.

overdrive.com/media/9555186/i-

@bookstodon
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#Santiago

If you have decided to walk the Camino de Santiago or if you dream of wanting to do it sooner or later, thanks to this book you will discover why every year, 300,000 people from all over the world decide to tackle the most famous way in the world. If you, like me, have always dreamed of giving up everything, aware that the life you lead is not the one you dreamed of as a boy, perhaps my experience could give you the courage that I have lacked for 36 years… By reading this book you will discover: • the history of the journey (historical notes, symbols and legends) and symbolic places; • suitable clothing and shoes, which backpack to buy and above all what to put inside; • duration and distance of the journey, how many days it takes to complete it and from where to start based on the days available; • how to train before leaving and the necessary physical preparation; • how much it costs to walk it, where to eat and sleep along the Way; • if walking the path alone can be dangerous for a woman and if there is the possibility of getting lost; • the answer to so many questions and concerns (which were also mine) posed by so many aspiring pilgrims and my email address where you can contact me to dispel all your doubts/hesitations;
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Day 22-28 of walking to Santiago the Compostela from the Netherlands. During this week I entered France, where I would be walking for the next seven weeks. I slept in an accomodation for pilgrims for the first time and, although I was alone, I got to read about the pilgrims who had stopped by before me in the guest book. The last entry was from only three days ago and it was nice knowing there were other people not too far ahead.

I also had my first fall, which luckily only resulted in a few scratches, got to sleep in a community building in a village without any official accomodation, stayed with a lovely Dutch couple living in France, and saw the landscape around me change from forests and small farms to endless bare fields.

#Camino #CaminoDeSantiago #Hiking #Pilgrimage #France #Pèlerinage #CheminDeCompostelle #CheminDeStJacques #Pelgrimstocht #Wandelen #Travel
A large blue backpack lying on a bench in a park. A scallop shell is hanging from it by a thread and socks and underware are attached to the bag with clothes pegs.
A view of a river with, on the other side to the left a village in front of a hill. On top of the hill part of a fort is visible. To the right, on this side of the river, are grass and some bushes.
In the center a grass path leading away in the distance. To the left is a field of corn plants and to the right is a dry field with bales of hay. Further down the path is an electricity pole.
A picture taken while crossing a river, looking down. My feet and hiking poles are just visible and it is clear that the bridge is only wide enough for one person. There is no handrail. Below the ridge is a very shallow river with some rocks in it.
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Day 15-21 of walking to Santiago the Compostela from the Netherlands, during which I crossed most of Belgium . At this point I started to feel less like I was on a holiday and it started to feel more like a pilgrimage. Although I really wasn't that far from my home yet, walking everywhere really changes how you experience distances and I started to feel a bit lost. My first night in Belgium I stayed with parents of a friend of mine, but after that I really had no clear plan and had no idea when I would encounter any other pilgrims. As a result my mood wasn't the best, but I think it's one of those things you have to go through to know you'll be fine. And I was! Afterwards I definitely had a few moments where I struggled with certain things, but not quite like this week.

#Camino #CaminoDeSantiago #Hiking #Pilgrimage #Belgium #Liège #Pèlerinage #CheminDeCompostelle #CheminDeStJacques #Pelgrimstocht #Wandelen #Travel
A view of my seemingly bare legs when sitting on the ground. I'm wearing hiking shoes and bright green socks. My hand is holding a can of beans in tomato sauce with a spoon in it.
A deserted abbey in the forest. The windows are boarded up and the picture is quite dark.
A gloomy view of a river that runs through Liège. In the distance is a white bridge and along the river are buildings, some older and smaller and some grey high rise apartment buildings.
Part of a houseboat with some bushes in the front and trees behind it. On top of the boat are a few chairs and some plants.
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