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Second Line Parade
The second line parade, which happens every Sunday, was the best part of our visit to New Orleans. We looked up the itinerary on WWOZ radio station’s website and rode our AirBNB bikes over to the starting point. It had just started, and there were about a hundred people dancing and walking to the Stooges Brass Band playing. The Lady Jetsetters were… Read more →
House of Dance and Feathers
We visited the House of Dance and Feathers in the 9th Ward of New Orleans. It’s in Ronald W. Lewis’s backyard — a shed full of memorabilia, books and photos from hist participation with the Mardi Gras Indians. His book is for sale with stories and photos. He has a lot of stories to tell, about his family, losing… Read more →
Swamp Tour
Jean Lafitte swamp tour in Barrataria Preserve. Read more →
Zydeco Alligator Dance
We can share more pictures from today’s swamp tour, but first you have to see this! Read more →
Tourism Day 2
Today was full of touristy adventures! We started off with coffee and Andouille sausage breakfast sandwiches at Mr. Gregory’s. That is where the voodoo tour started, run by Free Tours on Foot. We heard so much complicated history of New Orleans, and the powers of magic and ritual. We walked around the French Quarter, then went to Lüke for .75… Read more →
Voo Doo Tour
(Above is a description for Oshun) I don’t know much about the history of Voo Doo. Like most people, when k think of Voo Doo I imagine a voo doo doll with a needle in its chest – a prop that’s meant to curse an enemy. I don’t even know where I learned this; I only know it’s what most… Read more →
New Orleans Day 1
I saw the Mississippi River for the first time today. As we descended, the giant muddy river curved the view from my window. The river looks still and steady and I couldn’t help but stare, wide-eyed, at this body of water I’ve only ever read about in books. It’s something when this happens – when you finally see something that’s… Read more →
LAX>MSY
On our nonstop Delta flight to New Orleans. Read more →
Weather
Tomorrow we leave for New Orleans. It’s raining today in Los Angeles, so all the pre-trip garden projects will just have to not happen. Decluttering has felt important this last couple weeks, for our house guests as well as for my sanity and for a cleaner, simpler 2016. It’s the first trip of the year for S+S, and we look… Read more →
Thailand Adventure 2016!
We are going to Thailand in July! First we go to Singapore to visit Sofia’s old friend Minh and his wife PA. Then we’ll go to Bangkok, the Gulf Islands, Chiang Mai and Angkor Wat in Cambodia! Suggestions welcome. Food and cool places are our faves. We can’t wait! Read more →
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The little beach town of Ericeira, Portugal
Yesterday, we woke up and went to the beach at 9:30am. We stayed most of the day, slathering on a mix of sunscreen with 45+ SPF and carrot oil we got in Lisbon (to even out our terrible tan lines from walking El Camino). The beach we relaxed at was a family beach full of babies and little ones… Read more →
Lisbon
We made it to Portugal! It’s so weird to be in a country neither of us has ever been to where we can get by but definitely don’t speak the language. It’s very different from the way we are able to communicate in Spain and Italy. Our flight from Madrid was delayed and in that process Sofia connected with Daniel… Read more →
Santiago > Madrid
Today we took a bus from Finisterre to Santiago. It made us dizzy with motion sickness. We hadn’t moved that quickly for that long (two hours) since arriving in León three weeks ago. Time travel is real. We’ve grown accustomed to moving slowly. To moving only as fast as our bodies can go, move, step by step. Although we will… Read more →
Day Twenty-One: 0.00 km + Ritual
Sunset rituals at the lighthouse, the end of Cape Fisterra. Finisterre today Our certificate of making it to Fisterra–the Fisterrana. Sofia’s muscles Married life…hanging clothes. Lunch at Don Percebe–grilled peppers, shrimp w spicy garlic sauce, San Martiño (translation?) Gallego style with potatoes, flan with coffee and walnuts, espresso & herb digestif liqueur. Read more →
Finishing the Walk
Our daily walk is done. The daily pull of our bodies toward a far-away end is complete. No more waking before dawn to smear lotion on our sore calves. No more wrapping my Achilles for the day. No more layering of two pairs of socks. No more Hoka One Ones (our space shoes). No more same outfit day in and… Read more →
Day Twenty: 18 miles + Finisterre
Feeling incredulous. We walked the last of our 400km to the end of the earth today. We won’t be waking up and walking anymore. How to process it all?? Fisterra <> Muxía The first views of the ocean below, to a city called Cee. Cee, around a small bay. Our decadent 2 hour… Read more →
Day Nineteen: 14.9 miles + Raining Pilgrimage
Today, I finally felt like we were real pilgrims. What pulls us forward through the misting rain for hours? The Camino has tested us. After a final 3km past Oliveiroa, crossing a beautiful mountain river valley, we arrived at O Logoso / Pensión A Pedra soaked. I don’t know what I expected, but another gross menu peregrino as our only… Read more →
Water
We walked for ten miles (15 km) in the rain today. Not a downpour, but a constant mist (heavier in the mountains), as if the air itself were made of water. The first few miles were nifty. By the fifth, we were over it. Around the eighth, we felt like badasses. By the tenth, we were drenched and incredulous. All… Read more →
Joy
When you see the sign of your destination and you know you’re done walking for the day. It’s the best. Only 14 miles, but it felt like 20 in the heat. Read more →
Day Eighteen: 13.7 miles + Loners
The road to Finisterre is so different from the Camino Frances. No bars every 2km to quench your thirst and coffee / food addiction, and so few pilgrims. Just arrows on walls and pavement, saying turn left here on this deserted curving road. Just ascents, and descents, and forest path and road. Pharmacy in Negreira Read more →
Going Beyond
As almost all of the pilgrims we met completed their journey on El Camino (if it’s ever completed) in Santiago, Sammy and I prepared to walk on to the sea, the end of the earth, Fisterra, or Finisterre (called by both names here). As we left the comforts of city life and the familiar hustle and bustle and crowds of… Read more →
Day Seventeen: 7.6 miles + Eucalyptus
Today’s journey took us a short way through eucalyptus groves from Santiago to Aguapesada, 10km away to a B&B splurge where we have our own room. 88km to Finisterre! We laughed today that walking 8 miles was a “short” easy day. Dinner at Casa Riamonte, halfway to Negreira. Staying here meant we could spend most of the day… Read more →
The Earth is my Cathedral
“I am not a body I am free” Yesterday our bodies arrived to the Cathedral in Santiago — the final destination for most pilgrims. As I gazed up at the ornate stone designs of the St James Cathedral, I had a moment of awe. More than anything though, the moment of arrival felt surreal. And, this is not our end… Read more →