The first day we slept in a convent, we became pilgrims on El Camino — even if we didn’t yet know what that meant (and perhaps we are still reaching towards understanding). As such, we were given passports that would allow us to sleep for 5 euros each night in albergues, which is a word that really means refuge or… Read more →
Category: Honeymoon 2015
Day Nine: Galicia! & 8.2 miles
We made it to Galicia!! We had Caldo Gallego (greens n potato soup) and Churrasco de Ternera (beef ribs) and actually were some of the first to make it to the albergue in O’Cebreiro! With an incredible view. Yum. Read more →
Surrender
Today we climbed a mountain, literally. About a kilometer up the road, as we looked down upon lush, verdant hillsides, Sammy’s lower back/hip began to pinch — a lot. Probably sciatica. The great slow down of our already slow pace began. I found my stride yesterday. All the sudden, as I came upon the footsteps of a pilgrim walking in… Read more →
Day Six: 17.3 miles
Today we walked from Molinaseca to Villafranca del Bierzo. It was a long day, but since there were not so many hills we decided to do it. Whew! My feet have never been so tired!! After a 2 hour stop in Ponferrada for a Farmacia to get anti-inflammatory cream, the bank, and our usual second breakfast, we took the road… Read more →
Day Five: 12.6 miles + Descending
Today we walked from Foncebadón to Molinaseca. It was DOWNhill! And so long. First we took our time at the best albergue ever, Monte Irago in Foncebadón where we met the awesome David from Barcelona. The Cruz de Ferro is an important part of the Camino. It’s an ancient iron cross on a wooden pole, and people… Read more →
Day Four: 12.7 miles + Milky Way
Today we were up sooooo early. We walked under the Milky Way from 4:30-5:30 am before it started getting light and the stars went away until tonight. It was so beautiful to be under the stars with the headlamp off, all alone on the Camino while everyone else slept in their albergues. At 5:30am we passed through Santa Catalina de… Read more →
Portals
On the plane ride here, Sammy and I watched a movie called Interstellar, which explores many topics related to space and time travel, the destruction and creation of civilizations, relativity, simultaneous realities, and much more. In any case, as we flew through the sky and the clock ticked 9 hours ahead, we were thinking of our relationship with time and… Read more →
Feet
We rose at 5 am on our second day of walking. We had slept well, and woke without trouble, after having walked 13.2 miles our first day. On day two, we would walk 17.7 miles – far more than either of us have walked in one day ever. It doesn’t really hit you, what this is, this walking, this journey.… Read more →
Sunrise
It has been amazing rising with or before the sun. Mostly, it has been out of necessity–after 11am it is unbearably hot, and with about 15 miles per day of walking, starting at 5am is the best way to go. The sun also sets at 10:30pm, so there’s a window between 8-10 to walk, but most of the albergues close… Read more →
Camino de Santiago Day One
We have begun our 400km walk on the Camino de Santiago. Here we are in León, the night before Day One of the Camino, which was today. We walked 13+ miles and tomorrow the same. As we arrived into León, we both thought about how significant it is to start our journey from a city which holds the name of… Read more →
L’Orto di Firenze
In Florence we stayed at our friend Vanina’s friend Salvo’s house outside the centro. As we stood on the balcony hanging our clothes to dry, we admired the garden on the terrace below. The neighbor below us was watering his garden and after conversing, invited us down to take some of his tomatoes. He insisted. Downstairs we entered his small apartment… Read more →
Firenze ::: Florence
We met up with our dear friend Vanina, who is from Naples, in Florence. She brought along her amazing friend she met while studying in Paris, Viviane, who is Brazilian. Together we made quite a quartet, moving between languages like water: speaking Italian, Spanish, French and English (Portuguese only came in for a quick cameo). We had some serious adventures… Read more →
Dinner at the Mountain Farmhouse
Sammy’s cousin invited us to join her friends in the mountains for a homemade summer dinner. We had a traditional Appenino Modenese meal for summer: fresh vegetables from the garden, dipped in salted olive oil and the region’s famous balsamico; locally produced prosciutto crudo, cheeses, and one of my favorite simple specialties – tigelle, a round delicious kind of bread… Read more →
Modenese Yumminess
New Moon in Cancer
It isn’t about planting new seeds—but more about them finally taking root. “This has been a big year for all of us—it’s been about sudden change and the discovery of our authentic selves. It’s been a time of getting to the root of whom we are and what we want our lives to look like without the outside influence of… Read more →
Day Three: Visiting Family & Delicious food
Today was really special. Sammy and I visited with my nuovo zio, Enrico! It was lovely and sweet to be with someone I am now related to. The more we hang out w Sammy’s family, I’m realizing I am now a part of that family. I spent last night with my nuova Zia, Sammy’s aunt/cousin Lia and we had aperitivi… Read more →
Day Two: Piazza Grande
The duomo di Modena was consecrated in 1184. I was born 800 years later, in 1984. The cathedral was completed a hundred and fifty years after that, in 1309 (can you imagine if they took that long to build something in LA, Sammy asks). Sammy and I fell deep into love 700 years after completion, in 2009. Magic. Time travel.… Read more →
Day One: Arrival
Traveling through the time/space continuum with my love. We are in Modena, Italy – a small city with no tourists, where Sammy’s family lives, where Sammy came every summer as a kid. Perhaps we are living multiple lives in multiple dimensions at once? #interstellar #timespace #travel #ancestors #honeymoon #jetlag #lyonrose2015 Read more →
Send Off <3
Andrea took us to the airport for our final send off!! Read more →
Let’s Do This!
Italy, Spain & Portugal
The preparations begin! Read more →