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Hi! I hope most of you already know this, but I changed my blog to norwegianpilegrim.com So if you haven't already, go check it out, as this is where I will be posting my daily stories

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An Introduction To My Journey To Santiago de Compostela

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 When I write this almost a year has gone by since I started my journey towards Santiago de Compostela, following the Silver route, or in spanish "Via de La Plata". I have had a lot of time to think about my journey because of the situation we are all in with the ongoing pandemic. The walk seems so distant now because at that time, nobody thought the virus would change the world as drastically as it did. I almost find it hard to imagine how I could walk across Spain, meet so many interesting and welcoming people and share 'Albergues' with other fellow pilgrims, when I am sitting here in cold Norway.  My goal with this blog is to try and recreate as best as possible my journey across Spain and write one post a day to make it as similar to my actual travel as possible. If you have either walked one route of the camino yourself, plan on walking it or if you are just curious as to what it is like I welcome you to take part in this trip.  My journey actually started severa...
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Day Zero: Leaving my family behind

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On January the 14th the day had finally come. I had packed all my stuff into my backpack and was ready to set sights on Sevilla. My mother drove me to the airport and waved a final goodbye as I went through the security at the airport. It had been a difficult goodbye, more so for my mother than for me, at least at that time. I had planned this trip for a while and knew that it will always be hard to say goodbye to your loved ones even though you will see them soon enough. My own anxiety didn't kick in before my layover in Madrid. I suddenly realized how far away I was from everyone I knew and started to contemplate if this actually was what I wanted. My habit of shying away from situations I didn't like became more apparent, and this was probably the closest I came to not completing the trip. The year before I had dropped out of the Norwegian military after only a couple of days there, and I knew that I was able to find an excuse to not go through with my plans. Luckily I hoppe...
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