GIEU Camino de Santiago 2006

In June of 2006, 13 members of the University of Michigan community will follow in the footsteps of medieval pilgrims as they hike the Camino de Santiago (Saint James' Way). This site will document their experiences before, during and after the program.

Saturday, August 19, 2006

My Photos

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I've posted my pictures online. http://www.flickr.com/photos/72598258@N00/sets/ Hope everyone is enjoying the rest of summer. Caryn
Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Hail! Hail! To Michigan...

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I take a lot of ribbing from students for my loyalty to my alma mater, the University of Kansas, especially during basketball season. Those ...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Santiago and beyond

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Of course, I never thought we had designed a program that students would not be able to finish, but it wasn´t until a plane leaving from the...
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The Start of an End

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The camino has finally come to an end for us. However I have been constantly thinking about the lessons it has tried to teach us. Thus after...
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Saturday, July 29, 2006

Melide: 2 days to go

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Today we made it to Melide. Last year the group was almost bored because we walked such short days and fatigue was no longer an issue by th...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

Leon con Leche

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I recently understood a little bit of Spanish humor. Not particularly good humor, but it made me feel special nonetheless. First I shall giv...
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The Worst Breakfast

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Several Days Ago: Molinaseca AM The crossaints were stale. The magdelenas crumbly. The bananas were green as our sick friends who remaine...
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A matter of perspective

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The other day we reached a marker that indicated we were 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Santiago. At that point walking our last 160 kilome...
Thursday, July 20, 2006

Check out ¨where we are¨

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On the right of the blog,directly under the contributors list, is a links menu that contains a new feature Mike (a.k.a. Annie´s husband) c...
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Lazy days

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My wife asked why I don´t blog more and all I could say is I´m busy . This, of course, is not a very good excuse. The truth is I do not enj...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Broken Window

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I know this happened a while ago, but I have just decided to blog about it since it still pains my heart. It was a nice sunny afternoon one...
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Fotos

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Old folks in Leon. Leon. Perry and Chun. Painting in Hospital de Orbigo. Last night with our Danish friends, Peter and Markus.
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Saturday, July 15, 2006

keep the comments coming

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It seems like I can´t stop blogging these days. I just wanted to let those of you reading that we love to read the comments. They are a fu...
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A Look at the Bikers

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Though we have opted to walk the Camino, many pilgrims chose to complete the journey on bicycle. I can honestly say that this is an honorab...
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37 down, 380 to go

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We made it, 37k, 380 to go. Today was one of our toughest days, but everybody made it in pretty good shape. I think we all added to our bli...
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Friday, July 14, 2006

The Products of Spain

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I´m telling you this in confidence. I´m going to make it big one day, you know. I´ll tell you how, but don´t go stealing my ideas. Alright. ...
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time to blog

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Recently I was asked by one of our readers why I don´t post. The answer is pretty simple: time. A typical day for us starts at 5.30am. Mos...
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Friday, July 07, 2006

Pictures

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These are some pictures that I have taken along the way, hope they add some visual to your imaginations. And the first picture is taken on K...
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Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Songs and MORE songs

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It is a long walk from Estella to Longrono. But I did not fear the long and arduous journey because I knew there was a group of highly talen...
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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Pleasure to the Ears

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The time was five fifty in the morning, when everybody was still sleeping from the previous night of partying. And in the albergue in a smal...
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The Minister´s Cat

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The other day we played a word game while walking called ¨The Minister´s Cat¨. What this game entails is using a letter such as ¨a¨ and goi...
Thursday, June 29, 2006

Taking It Home for the Team

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So back in Madrid we were at a bar watching a soccer game. Someone hadn´t finished their beer, and Casey mentioned to them, in a coach-like...
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