When I’d lived in Dublin, I’d take the train from Connelly Station and head north. The raised tracks ran through neighborhoods I had never seen before. Row after row of attached houses with rectangular, walled gardens hung with laundry and littered with abandoned toys became […]
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Pilgrimage on the Via Sacra by Tamsin Grainger
The first day was dedicated to my dad who died on October 5th 1998. It was beset with blisters as a result of my new boots, and twice I became lost, a record even for me, taking a detour of at least 2.5 hours and […]
Fear and Self Loathing on the Camino de Santiago – by Mark West
Travel Essay. Day 1: I wish God would’ve told me that it may not be a good idea to start a pilgrimage with a massive hangover. That’s what I thought as I stood staring at a dirt path that wound its way up the Pyrenees and […]
