Diefenbaker
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2010 SJPdP to Finesterre
SJPdP or Hendaye Via Camino Vasco and CF to SdC 2016
Paris to SDC 2018
Hi,
When I look around the staff room at work or see people as I walk along the streets, everyone seems to be on their phones, either talking, reading, watching or writing something. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as this even a couple of years ago. I know when I walked the Camino 4 years ago a pilgrim remarked how nice it was that he hadn't seen anyone using their phones as they walked and he was right but I hadn't really noticed then. Obviously many people phoned their loved ones once they were settled in for the day and I did hear quite a few Spanish pilgrims shouting excitedly down their phones to tell their friends they were on the Camino as we passed Sarria. But other than that there were no phones ringing, sounds of drunken men on Facebook videos or embarrassing phone calls to over hear as I walked back then, whereas back 'in the real world' that's the main noise that follows me around when I'm out and about.
Please tell me the Camino hasn't gone the same way and that people still talk to each other as they walk or when they've stopped and are sitting at a restaurant or in the Albergues.
When I look around the staff room at work or see people as I walk along the streets, everyone seems to be on their phones, either talking, reading, watching or writing something. I'm sure it wasn't as bad as this even a couple of years ago. I know when I walked the Camino 4 years ago a pilgrim remarked how nice it was that he hadn't seen anyone using their phones as they walked and he was right but I hadn't really noticed then. Obviously many people phoned their loved ones once they were settled in for the day and I did hear quite a few Spanish pilgrims shouting excitedly down their phones to tell their friends they were on the Camino as we passed Sarria. But other than that there were no phones ringing, sounds of drunken men on Facebook videos or embarrassing phone calls to over hear as I walked back then, whereas back 'in the real world' that's the main noise that follows me around when I'm out and about.
Please tell me the Camino hasn't gone the same way and that people still talk to each other as they walk or when they've stopped and are sitting at a restaurant or in the Albergues.