Day 31 on the Camino Way
Walled In We walked by miles of walls that looked like this. I am enamored with them. There is no mortar or cement in them anywhere. The genius in this is that water can pass through the tiny openings and this keeps the walls from collapsing. Over at least a thousand years, maybe more, ...
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Day 30 on the Camino Way
Who Are These People? All of a sudden the trail is filled with people, and strangers to boot. Where did all these strangers come from? Before, you knew who all the walkers were. You have been trekking with most of them for days. You may not know their names but you recognize the faces and you ...
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Day 29 on the Camino Way
Good Call We had a decision to make this morning. There were two routes we could take. The one was beside a road, but included walking past and exploring a 1500 year old monastery—St Julian in the village of Samos. The other was the original Camino path that was shorter, had more ups and ...
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Day 28 on the Camino Way
Let it Pour We have been wanting at least one rainy day on the Camino. And we know that the locals are crying out for rain, so it was a good morning. As is our custom, we were out the door at 6:30. But it was raining hard and it was pitch dark so we decided to wait for light. First of all we did ...
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Day 27 on the Camino Way
Update on Alex Sally and I set out early this morning, before light. It was quiet and a little eery, but interesting. About two and a half hours, and six miles in, we stopped for our first coffee and some breakfast. And Alex, the 40-something German woman showed up. She sat down beside us, ...
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Day 26 on the Camino Way
Theology Discussed on the Way It’s interesting to me that this sign came up the day after I wrote the piece about pain. In case you can’t read it, here’s what it says: ”Camino injuries are God’s messages. Listen to you body.” Then in red there was this rebuttal: ”No they are ...
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Day 25 on the Camino Way
Today was a day filled with so many different experiences. It was a day with incredible beauty, vistas over mountains and valleys, so very beautiful. Of course, pictures can’t come close to the real thing. Early this morning we picked up an Italian young woman named Camilla. She spoke such lovely ...
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