How I stumbled

A lot of people asked me how I discovered Camino Santiago. It's a nice story and I feel like telling it :)
Every other week I have a Friday dinner at my sister's mother in law and She's subscribed to Time Europe magazine. It has become a habit for me to sit before (and after) dinner and read the magazine. In one of the issues they grouped a few articles on what do to in Europe with the Summer vacation and one of the articles was about someone who walked "Route France". Feeling the urge to take an extended vacation (but avoiding being part of the hurds) it felt like the right thing to do. The week after I tested the idea on select people ;) and the more I talked about it the more I fell in love with the idea of doing it.
The article can be found on the internet at: http://www.time.com/time/europe/pilgrim/compostela.html

So long and thank you for all the fish

Last night my old dog Tony died. She was the only dog that was truely mine. All the other dogs I had/have where kinda pushed to my ownership by others. This little difference makes a world of change in the feelings you develop. Not that losing the other dogs or losing dogs in the future won't heart and won't be felt.
The band green day has a song titled: "Good Riddance (Time of your life)". The chorus of the song is:

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.
I hope you had the time of your life.

This summerizes best what I feel right now.
Tony, you'll be missed :(