Travelling to Spain, blisters already? Pack falling apart?

Yes, yes, and yes, I've been travelling for about 48 hours, explanation, a long one involving a day-long layover in Brussels, a bad prix-fixe meal with gasoline flavored wine, and Mr. Fatty Bum sitting next to me (see next paragraph) on one leg of my myriad of flights to Bilbao, Spain, where I've a friend to pick me up and sweep me away for a few days deep into the Pyrennes near St. Jean-pied-de-Port to sleep-up, help jet-lag, bag-feed me, and send me off. And, yes, he's a doctor! Any problems I've got now, deal with it quickly. He also has a friend, Caroline, who knows loads about the Camino, given she´s started a company years ago, Burricot Express, that delivers backpacks from point to point, over the Pyrennes and until Lograno. I´ll definitely pick her Basque brain!



So far, 1. blister, already broken, healing, with medical tape----no pain and walked all day in Brussels. 2. brand-new Gregory backpack's aluminum structure support is poking out on top, causing my pack to lean to the left. One day, and my pack is disintigrating. 3. Lost loads of sleep and sanity, as, please don't judge me those overweight folks, as I was Fatty Bum for 1/3 of my life and I KNOW what it's like, however this 300+ pound man veritably utilized 50% of my leg, arm, and chest space during an entire flight, during which, he editing spread-sheets with his behemoth laptop on his robust belly, while his elbows jetted out, rose and fell, near my nose and mouth. However, since I was reading my trusty Camino Bible, "A Pilgrim's Guide to the Camino de Santiago", by John Brierly-------he emphatically states, "Respect your fellow pilgrim", so with this said, I was kind, said nothing (unusual for me), and stuck close to the window upon which I was cramped like wienies in a can for hours.



Still awaiting flight to Bilbao in Brussels. No shower in 2 days, perfect prep. for the Camino!!!! I smell great! As you can see by this post, I´m crabby and tired and this is the way I am when crabby and tired. A bitch! A controlled bitch....Which will calm down when I find the way again. "Il fait etre zen et detendu, oui?"