rise at 5:00 am, fill our packs, set out on the road in the dark, walk 25K to the next village, hope that the albergue wasn't filled, handwash our clothes, go grocery shopping, fix dinners with new friends and go to bed early to get ready for the next day.
It sounds dreadful when I write this, but it was really quite liberating. Our lives were very simple and uncomplicated. For example, we went 39 days without getting into a motorized vehicle. That has never happened in the 60 years of my existence. We had our ups and downs but it was truly a mind opening and tremendous time in our lives. It was tough to have it come to and end.
Therese and I look back on our journey with nostalgia. We miss walking to new villages every day; we miss seeing new things and having new experiences; and most of all we miss all of the people we met and friends we made along the way.
We've been staying in touch with many of our Camino friends through Facebook and email, from Australia to Hungary, South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland and Canada. It really is a small world. The Irish contingent is having a reunion this weekend -- we're really jealous that we cannot attend. Maybe the next one.
I've put together a video of our Camino--some of the sights, sounds and people we met along the "Way". I hope that this will give you a little taste of the amazing experience we had for two months this summer.
The video is on Youtube. The films is long (24 minutes) and in HD so the file is very large.
http://youtu.be/CQTRw8wUyl4
So now, it's on to the next adventure (after Katie's wedding in December, that is). We don't know what that will be, but hopefully something as wonderful and fulfilling as our experience in Spain.
Buen Camino
Mark
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| At the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela |
