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Bonjour. I am Frida. This is where I write about anxiety, art, trying to make art, anxiety associated with trying to make art, and other highly marketable stuff like that.
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Day 8: Albergue Gerekiz to Bilbao, plus a death threat (29,1k)
The next morning, I leave the hostel alone at 8:30. I need to be away from people. GIB left at 6:30 with a head lamp on. Lucia is still...
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Day 7: Merkina-Xemein to Albergue Gerekiz (21,9k)
The big talkie in the morning is obviously how to bypass Gernika, aka the Camino Accommodation Black Hole. I’ve called up every hostel in...
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Day 6: Somewhere on a Hill to Markina-Xemein (21,9k)
The next morning I’m awakened by the usual rustling of bags and zipping of zippers. Outside, I can hear the coffee machine whirring,...
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Day 5: Solitary Self-Hate to Team Triumph, via Azkiku and Somewhere on a Hill (24,9k)
As I’m already in the habit of squandering friendships, it’s not hard for me to leave my two new roomies and head for Zumaia in the early...
Sep 16, 20228 min read
Day 4: Orio to Azkiku, via – dare we say it – Some Healthy Realisations? (18,1k)
Although I’d told myself the night before that my reasons for not getting the albergue breakfast, in addition to not wanting to spend €5,...
Sep 14, 20229 min read
Day 3: San Sebastián to Orio (sin escalas) (19,6k)
I wake up itching and with a headache. Sunstroke, sunburn, dehydration, new bites – hopefully mosquitoes, rather than bedbugs. It’s 07:37...
Sep 14, 20222 min read
Day 2: Pasajes to My Personal Hell, via San Sebastián (17k)
After a night in San Juan, I descend the steps to the port where the hospitalero has told us to catch the ferry. “How often do they go?”...
Sep 14, 20229 min read
Day 0 + 1: Stockholm to Pasajes via Irun (recap) (10k + 20,4K)
As you can tell, the grand, hand-rubbing plans from April of starting a non-anonymous blog to practice accountability and achieve the...
Sep 13, 20225 min read
Time to go
It is the phenomenon somethings called “alienation from self.” In its advanced stages, we no longer answer the telephone, because someone...
Aug 30, 20221 min read
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