A camino of sorts ....

A new camino ....

I returned to Houston June 11, 2009 since then it has been hot here every day. The temperature has been in the 90's F. (30's C) for two months and it is getting hotter. Two days his week have been dangerously hot (99 F. with a Heat Index of 105 F.).

I am about to escape the heat ......

On August 15 I am on my way to Amsterdam. While in The Netherlands I will be staying with Connie in Papendrecht. During my visit with Con we plan on visiting Duisburg, Germany, on a mini vacation to see my dear friends, Christine and Rolf.

I have a meeting planned with Katie's friend, Paula, who lives in Haarlem. Paula has offered to show me around Haarlem on the day that we meet.

It happened again .....
Kees and Dorrith were to drive from Spain to The Netherlands in his new camper van after Dorrith's visit with Kees in Alicante. Then this week Kees wrote: "I don't know what it is with tripping over pebbles a few days before a holiday. Now it happened to Dorrith. Yesterday she tripped over a pebble of 5 cm. and dislocated a vertebra! She hardly can walk, lay down, or sit so she is absolutely unable to travel to Spain.".

When I received the above message I immediately thought, oh no, we MUST stop saying our camino continues. If you read my Blog then you know that my Via de la Plata camino was beset by injuries, one of them Kees.

Kees gave me some advice, "And Luiza....... don't you dare tripping over a little stone (or something else, a staircase or Twopence or Penny!!).".

I am joining Kees in The Netherlands for the return journey to Alicante. So Kees, I am being careful and hoping, with fingers crossed, for no accidents.

I look forward to seeing my camino friends again and will Blog when, or if, I get the chance.

Bye for now,
Luiza