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  1. Luka

    How to Volunteer in SdC?

    I am considering volunteering in the Pilgrim's Office too. My biggest worry is becoming a bureaucrat: having to deny a Compostela to a pilgrim that walked 1000+ km, but didn't know about the 2-stamps-a-day rule on the last 100 km. Any experiences with that? Is there any room for leniency?
  2. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Yes, a shift of focus would be good and refreshing. Fortunately I don't get all my happiness from walking Caminos. There is definitely more in life. And I have always loved hiking (long before I discovered the Camino), so I won't give up on that. There is much more than following shells.
  3. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Thanks for your honest response, @Camino Chrissy! I am also considering something similar. Maybe not a Camino, but a hiking trail somewhere in France. Or England, but that seems an expensive expediton. A change of scenery.
  4. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Yes, I served as hospitalera once in a donativo albergue for 2,5 weeks. It wore me out. To the extend that I locked myself up in the bathroom with a book. It wasn't the cleaning and the cooking, it was the social part. I am too much of an introvert to be hospitalera. And yes, I will think...
  5. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Maybe yes...
  6. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    I can indeed imagine it feels like your body is telling you it has been enough. I didn't have such a severe experience as you did in Porto, but it could be that my body is trying to teach me a similar lesson. Last summer I had to quit my Camino because of a recurring Achilles tendons injury and...
  7. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    It is interesting. I hesitated to post this thread. Why bother people on a pilgrims forum with not wanting to walk the Camino again? But I am really glad I did and your valuable insights are very helpful. Thank you all for that. The Camino spirit definitely still exists on this forum. 🙂
  8. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Thanks @C clearly, spot on. And I agree about those comments. I think I do have to accept that the old formula doesn't work that well anymore. And I do agree that it also opens up loads of new opportunities. It will just take a bit of time to adjust the mind.
  9. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Ah yes, I do believe boredom can be very useful and even necessary. Northern France, back in the old days. A sleepy village and no wifi. Learned a lot from those never ending afternoons.
  10. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Maybe it is a feeling of loss. Of clinging on to something that existed in the past. For years it seemed so easy: my go to for a couple of enjoyable weeks was the Camino. It was like a candy store, so many Caminos to choose from, always the same recipe that I liked so much: walking in nature...
  11. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Thanks @Kirkie! Giving it a bit of time and space is definitely a good idea.
  12. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Yes, if I go as a pilgrim, I prefer to walk alone. I have one friend I walk with every now and then, but I call that hiking holidays. Enjoyable, but a different experience.
  13. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Wow, thank you for your honesty and your beautiful post! I think you dropped a penny here. Maybe it is about purpose. My first Caminos were life changing events (result: I live in Spain now). I was looking for answers to big questions (and found them after a couple of 1000 km walking). Since...
  14. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Same here. I have walked more than 4000 km and hardly anything twice. And the feeling of 'why am I doing this' has never appeared on a section I already walked before.
  15. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    I have read your longer post, still quoted by @Kirkie. I didn't expect my post would resonate so well. Sorry to read about your last experience, Annie. It is definitely part of the answer why the Camino seemingly lost its luster for me. It seems like it has become a hiking holiday (and sometimes...
  16. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    Thank you all for your thoughtful, beautiful and elaborate answers! Lots of food for thought. I'll come back to them later today. :)
  17. Luka

    Camino fatigue?

    After walking in rainy and chilly Galicia for about a week I ended up in a warm hotel room, feverish and with a cold. And I asked myself: why am I doing this? It felt like truancy, but I decided to spend my last couple of days in a studio in sunny Salamanca. And I loved it. I loved being dry and...
  18. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    O really? That sounds interesting too, thanks! And @Camino Chrissy, thanks for the tip about the tower. I loved it! And I was all by myself up there. Did the tour afterwards too, that was interesting as well.
  19. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    Thanks @Camino Chrissy! The art nouveau museum was already on my list. Will add the tower. 👍
  20. Luka

    LIVE from the Camino Luka on the Sanabrés

    Greetings from sunny Salamanca! It was interesting to drive along all those wellknown villages! A Gudiña, Lubián, Requejo, Puebla de Sanabria, Rionegro del Puente, Tábara, Montamarta... And I saw the weather changing. Rain and 11 degrees when I left Verín, more rain in the mountains around...

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