Camino class/workshops

JANUARY 2009 IN NEW ZEALAND

AUCKLAND - Saturday, 17 January:
Jubilee Building 545 Parnell Road, Parnell

WELLINGTON
Postponed until July 2009

CHRISTCHURCH - Saturday, 24 January:
Canterbury Horticultural Society
57 Riccarton Avenue, Hagley Park
South Christchurch

For more information about New Zealanders and the Camino click here

 

JANUARY 2009 IN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY - Saturday, 31 January:
Level 1, Room 2 at Federation House
23-33 Mary Street Surry Hills NSW 2010

Coffee, payment & collection of bound booklet from 8.00 am for 9.00 am start until 5.00 to 5.30 pm finish.

 

The program

The content of New Zealand & Australian CAMINO CLASSES and WORKSHOPS.

After 7 intensive hours each participant will:

1. Understand & appreciate the universal pull & magical attraction this pilgrimage walk has not only on contemporary Europeans but non-Europeans alike (New Zealanders & Australians).
2. Appreciate, understand and then incorporate various aspects of the historical, geographical, religious & cultural contexts of the CAMINO into their own pilgrimage.
3. Have gained greater intercultural or cross cultural competencies; including intercultural sensitivity & empathy (understanding & communicating differences).
4. Understand the current practices, procedures & etiquette of being a modern day pilgrim including the pilgrim passport registration or credencial system & what is required to legally obtain the Latin certificate called the Compostela on reaching Santiago de Compostela, including the refuges existing to welcome bona fide pilgrims.
5. Know how much to budget for and the daily living costs that includes accommodation/laundering, food/drink and out of pocket expenses.
6. Appreciate the basic principles of the Spanish language & its pronunciation with specific reference to using that target language when doing the CAMINO & very specific Spanish language terminology that should be known before undertaking the journey.
7. Know what to do for the physical preparation of one’s body and what to take & not take in one’s backpack and know what to do when physical problems may occur to one’s feet & other parts of one’s anatomy when walking the CAMINO & where to seek help or in other words: know the preventive measures that are in your control & how to avoid major problems.
8. Obtain insights into the psychology & philosophy of undertaking these long distance walks & the issues which need to be addressed before, during and after.
9. Learn to analyse Spanish websites (in Spanish) in order to get up to date information about refuges and their facilities.
10. Learn about the regional foods and drinks of Navarra, La Rioja, Castilla y León and Galicia and where to go to have excellent meals at minimal costs.

The workshops will be very interactive, with appropriate levels of class interaction. Certain practical exercises will teach participants to figuratively «walk the Camino» & as a result will gain a deep understanding & appreciation as to the physical challenges involved in such an undertaking.

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