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"..any stroll in the Himalayas or the Andes, maybe a dip in the Ganges, was going to leave the mysticism of the Camino way back in the distance, as far as I could tell.
I just wanted to go for a walk, the idea of walking for weeks the appealing thing. A bit of solitude. And you can do that lots of places in the world and not have a pilgrim wake you from a doze in cow field to take a photo of him and his wife. There was something we clearly didn’t get. But one thing was for sure, I wasn’t going to be doing it again.
Galicia, a sparsely populated state of Spain, in the far northwest, had the lowest figures for tourism in the country that gets more tourists than anywhere else in Europe. So the lack of facilities should hardly have been surprising. We could stay however in municipal albergues, brand spanking new for €3 with disposable sheets and pillow cases, expansive ktichens, though no-one in charge realised that kitchens really need saucepans, fry pans, cutlery and plates. And maybe a nearby tienda that sold food. But that of course was part of the charm. Maybe all the charm.
We walked into Santiago. Seven hundred and seventy seven kilometres later, 34 days. Did I feel good? Yes. Different? Fitter. Worth it? If you have nothing better to do.
It was a hike for us, and an achievement for sure."
Rebekah Scott said:... The Camino is NOT for everybody.
Some people are just not cut out for it, due to time constraints, temperament, physical limitations, spiritual tendency, maturity, character, or mood. Many people don´t make it the whole way. There´s no shame in that. It´s smart to have a Plan B in the back of your mind, just in case you find out you´re really hating it, it´s hurting your body or breaking your heart, or you just can´t remember what it is you were excited about...
The worst thing about stopping your camino is not "being a quitter," but being made to feel like a failure by others who don´t understand why... or who are too busy judging you to try understanding.
omar504 said:And I thought I was cynical!
... And the food can be monotonous-especially the tasteless ubiquitous white bread-havent the spanish heard of wholemeal?...
omar504 said:P.... I thought the view of white bread as being tasteless (and not nutritious) was fairly universal.
Maybe a little vegemite would make the white bread go down better
omar504 said:Pan integral was NOT available on the via de la plata but the bread in Galicia was better.
omar504 said:I thought the view of white bread as being tasteless (and not nutritious) was fairly universal.
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