One of the key oddities of walking the Camino is that we are continually in pain day after day, and at the end of almost every day we are utterly exhausted physically and emotionally. Washing our clothes by hand is a must at the end of each day, with the hope that they will be dry the following morning.
It cannot be described as a holiday, nor can we say that we are enjoying ourselves. Yet we are somehow glad to be here, and we keep getting up at 6am every morning to do it all over again.
There are some who have done this more than once, and others that do the Camino every year!
A German gentleman we had met in the first few days of the journey, who was in his 70's, walked the Camino 2 years previously with his wife. He enjoyed himself so much be wanted to do it again. Sadly his wife developed a heart problem so she was unable to come along. However so that he was not alone on his voyage she has signed his right boot, so that she is always present wherever his feet take him.
He wakes every morning at 5.30 and walks at a steady pace until about 2pm to avoid the worst of the heat.
He has been outwalking most of the pilgrims.
We had lost touch with him after the first week, he spoke no English but expounded in fast German with his ever present enthusiasm.
Today while approaching the town of Melide, we noticed a large note tied to a telegraph pole in full view along the pathway. It was a note addressed to 'Sally & Austin' wishing us all the best from our jolly german friend. Deeply touched it spurred us on, and restored our smiles.
TTFN
It cannot be described as a holiday, nor can we say that we are enjoying ourselves. Yet we are somehow glad to be here, and we keep getting up at 6am every morning to do it all over again.
There are some who have done this more than once, and others that do the Camino every year!
A German gentleman we had met in the first few days of the journey, who was in his 70's, walked the Camino 2 years previously with his wife. He enjoyed himself so much be wanted to do it again. Sadly his wife developed a heart problem so she was unable to come along. However so that he was not alone on his voyage she has signed his right boot, so that she is always present wherever his feet take him.
He wakes every morning at 5.30 and walks at a steady pace until about 2pm to avoid the worst of the heat.
He has been outwalking most of the pilgrims.
We had lost touch with him after the first week, he spoke no English but expounded in fast German with his ever present enthusiasm.
Today while approaching the town of Melide, we noticed a large note tied to a telegraph pole in full view along the pathway. It was a note addressed to 'Sally & Austin' wishing us all the best from our jolly german friend. Deeply touched it spurred us on, and restored our smiles.
TTFN
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