Greetings All,
It must be nearly the end of summer, because for the last few days, I’ve gone swimming with my pals at No-Name Pond, visited most of my friends’ new apartments, basked in the sun, relaxed on my couch…wait a minute! That sounds like the beginning of summer!
Well friends, that’s how the school year starts if [...]
Archive for the ‘Summer’ Category
Back to Bates
Posted in AESOP, Admissions, Bates College, Liberal Arts School, Summer, tagged Admissions, AESOP, Bates College, Liberal Arts School, Summer on August 19, 2008 | Comments Off
Photos from El Camino de Santiago
Posted in Admissions, Bates College, Liberal Arts School, Summer, Travel, Uncategorized, tagged Bates College, Bateslife, El Camino, Photos, Travel on August 10, 2008 | Comments Off
Greetings All,
After much trial and error trying to get these photos up on the blog, I think they’re good to go. Hope you enjoy them!
Be Well,
Jake
Where it all began. The albergue in St. Jean Pied de Port.
Some of our gear drying after a downpour.
Two historic castles, sitting in a farm field outside Pamplona.
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A Pilgrim Comes Home
Posted in Admissions, Bates College, Liberal Arts School, Summer, Travel, tagged Admissions, Bates College, Camino, Summer, Travel on July 17, 2008 | Comments Off
Greetings All,
After 32 days of travel across Northern Spain on foot, I arrived at Cape Finisterre, so named because of its root words, finis and terra, which indicate that this spot is the end of the earth. And, as the Western-most point on the European continent, it was long thought to be just that. A [...]
