I miss my Camino friends/family

Tumbleweed said:

I've been home 26 days and I miss my Camino friends and family soo much, I'm slipping deep into the Camino Blues. There is no one in my "real" life who understands or even cares to understand my Camino journey. People at work are trying to deflate me. I just want to run back to the Camino.

First, I miss my forum friend Simeon the most. He and I had such an unexplainable connection and he helped me soo much during my prep and while I was walking. Wish he was here, I miss talking to him.

Even though I keep in touch by email and facebook, I miss Roel from Holland, my sunshine. Peter from Hungary, I miss his handsome face and our wonderful walkie talkie days. I miss my sisters Nel and Thea from Holland who truly loved me and held my hand through many miles. Then there are my Camino parents Sue and Randy from Canada. Funny Neal and Sean from Ireland and of course Edward, my darling from England. Handsome, off the wall Logan from Florida and last but not least, my beautiful Camino daughter/sister Megan from Rhode Island.

Also, many others who came in and out like sweet wind rolling over me and all my Camino Angels shinning brightly on me.

My spirit and heart ache.

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Tumbleweed said:

I've been home 26 days and I miss my Camino friends and family soo much, I'm slipping deep into the Camino Blues. There is no one in my "real" life who understands or even cares to understand my Camino journey. People at work are trying to deflate me. I just want to run back to the Camino.

First, I miss my forum friend Simeon the most. He and I had such an unexplainable connection and he helped me soo much during my prep and while I was walking. Wish he was here, I miss talking to him.

Even though I keep in touch by email and facebook, I miss Roel from Holland, my sunshine. Peter from Hungary, I miss his handsome face and our wonderful walkie talkie days. I miss my sisters Nel and Thea from Holland who truly loved me and held my hand through many miles. Then there are my Camino parents Sue and Randy from Canada. Funny Neal and Sean from Ireland and of course Edward, my darling from England. Handsome, off the wall Logan from Florida and last but not least, my beautiful Camino daughter/sister Megan from Rhode Island.

Also, many others who came in and out like sweet wind rolling over me and all my Camino Angels shinning brightly on me.

My spirit and heart ache.

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Tumbleweed said:

I've been home 26 days and I miss my Camino friends and family soo much, I'm slipping deep into the Camino Blues.
My spirit and heart ache.

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alexwalker said:

Consider yourself lucky to know what it's like. Imagine all the people who are not lucky enough to know the feeling of longing back to it all. As someone else said: Start planning your next, and cherish your fantastic memories. To those planning to go for the first time: Do you feel the drag?

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karenfromcali said:

Absolutely feel the drag.....daydreaming daily!

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alexwalker said:

It will grow worse, in a good way.

Lean back and imagine: You walk early and see the sun rise in Spain. For your eyes only. You reach a little bar and enjoy a coffee (or beer). Stretch your feet. You reach your destination, and get a bed. You see new and exciting places and landscapes. You see many new things/places, and you shop for dinner. You make dinner for yourself or preferably with camino friends. You enjoy wine and laughs together with your new friends, go to sleep at 9-930, get up fresh next morning, and walk on. You do this for 20-40 days, and that is what your life is about. A new life. A good life. And many good people you would never know if you didn't walk. Some of them may become your best friends for the rest of your life; most likely.

Life is good. And simple.

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Tumbleweed said:

I've been home 26 days and I miss my Camino friends and family soo much, I'm slipping into the Camino Blues. There is no one in my "real" life who understands or who can even begin to understand my Camino journey. My Spirit is so high that people at work are trying to deflate me. I just want to run back to the Camino.

First, I miss my forum friend Simeon the most. He and I had such an unexplainable connection and he helped me soo much during my prep and while I was walking. Wish he was here, I miss talking to him.

Even though I keep in touch by email and facebook, I miss Roel from Holland, my sunshine. Peter from Hungary, I miss his handsome face and our wonderful walkie talkie days. I miss my sisters Nel and Thea from Holland who truly loved me and held my hand through many miles. Then there are my Camino parents Sue and Randy from Canada. Funny Neal and Sean from Ireland and of course Edward, my darling from England. Handsome, off the wall Logan from Florida and last but not least, my beautiful Camino daughter/sister Megan from Rhode Island.

Also, many others who came in and out like sweet wind rolling over me and all my Camino Angels shinning brightly on me.

My spirit and heart ache because I miss them and the Camino so much.

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• Keep posting on the Forum and keep enjoying all the threads.
• If there's a Pilgrim Group anywhere near you, join that. 'The meetings will keep the Camino alive for you until you can be there once again' (quote courtesy of Norelle who posts on the Forum and who is a valued member of Pilgrims in Sydney, and I am quoting her for the second time in two days - her quote is so fabulous!).
• If you have time, read the pilgrim blogs ... links on the Forum.

• Look at the world 'through Camino eyes' (quote courtesy of Janet Leitch, Chairperson, Australian Friends of the Camino)

JennyH94 said:

Hi Tumbleweed -

I read with interest your posts pre-Camino - your preparation - both physical and spiritual - was exceptional. To do that amount of work meant that you would always have an incredible Camino as you were going into it in totally the right spirit and with such a positive attitude - and you did. It's natural now that you're back home, where, for most of us, not much has changed, to experience all those feelings you have now - just let them flow by.

My 'prescription' for you is ...!

• Keep posting on the Forum and keep enjoying all the threads.
• If there's a Pilgrim Group anywhere near you, join that. 'The meetings will keep the Camino alive for you until you can be there once again' (quote courtesy of Norelle who posts on the Forum and who is a valued member of Pilgrims in Sydney, and I am quoting her for the second time in two days - her quote is so fabulous!).
• If you have time, read the pilgrim blogs ... links on the Forum.

and finally,

• Look at the world 'through Camino eyes' (quote courtesy of Janet Leitch, Chairperson, Australian Friends of the Camino)

Buen Camino in spirit, until you can be there again -

Jenny

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alexwalker said:

It will grow worse, in a good way.

Lean back and imagine: You walk early and see the sun rise in Spain. For your eyes only. You reach a little bar and enjoy a coffee (or beer). Stretch your feet. You reach your destination, and get a bed. You see new and exciting places and landscapes. You see many new things/places, and you shop for dinner. You make dinner for yourself or preferably with camino friends. You enjoy wine and laughs together with your new friends, go to sleep at 9-930, get up fresh next morning, and walk on. You do this for 20-40 days, and that is what your life is about. A new life. A good life. And many good people you would never know if you didn't walk. Some of them may become your best friends for the rest of your life; most likely.
Well put, Alex. I wonder if I passed you (very slowly!) on my bike on the VdLP in June 2012.
Your last sentence rings true for me. I'm intending to look up a fellow pilgrim when I return to Spain in few weeks. We shared consecutive albergues in Banos and Fuenterroble, (he a walker, me on a bike; not a cyclist, just an old guy on a bike..... i'd walk if I could). The shared camino experience is unlike any other I know of.

Life is good. And simple.

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