The Wiggen's Travels
Our travels around the world.

– the rain in Spain does not always fall gently on the plain
– the mullet is still in (even on women)
– walk at your own pace
– my Spanish is so bad that I can’t even get a bus driver to understand me when I am saying the word “Madrid”
– Andorra is a country between Spain and France with a population of 71,000. Read that again and then wonder how it’s the 6th smallest country in Europe (yes mom the vatacan counts as a country)
– I still have things in common with people who are 21
– people who are 65 still have things in common with me
– the euro coin is a pain in the ass. Americans don’t have wallets with coin spots. Thus all the coins end up at the bottom of my bag a) causing more weight b) not being spent.
– I love being outside. I need to find a way to get outside more
– I want to own a house somewhere where I can sit on the plaza at night and drink beer with me friends and family.
– 4 months is a long time to not see your wife
– 50somes are the most selfish people to share rooms with. I can’t beleive they turn on the light at 7:00 when they are the only ones who are up in a room of 20. Come on how about some common courtesy for everyone else in the room.
– and what the f*^*#ck do you have in that pack? I know I am under packed (thanks to the mentoring of Emile) but Wow what are you bringing with you?
– and since my pack is literally 10-15 pounds lighter, how come I am the one on the bus home?
– I like the world with no responsibilities.
– even with nothing to really worry about, my mind still manages to find drama and cause me grief.
– Spanish wine is really cheap. I averages 1-2 euro a bottle.
– going home for 1.5 weeks instead of hiking is probably going to cost me more money (and that is without counting the extra travel costs)
– it’s all worth it to see susan.
– on average more than 50% of the people in the world snore (at least that is a true figure from the rooms I have been sleeping in).
– none of my friends are doctors. I hurt my knee and have no one to call. Someone needs to step it up here.
– the camino ends in Santiago and they have a pilgrims mass at noon every day. If you get lucky (which I was) they pull out the incense burner. This thing is 5ft tall and they hook it up to a huge pully system at the top of the church. 6 deacons then use a huge rope to swing it over the congragation. And when I say swing I mean it, they almost get the thing to touch the ceiling. I guess in olden days they used it to ward off the smell (and disease) of the pilgrims.
– a beer at 8am makes perfect since to a spainyard.
– when you buy a 9:45 am bus ticket to madrid, no one tells you that you will be no closer to Madrid at 3:00pm (buses like to drive through every town and go to the northern coast before heading south).