- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2009-2022: CFx6, CP, VdlPx2, Mozarabe, more later.
What a strange experience:
Last night, I was set up as skipper for a Northern Light cruise, out in the seas of the Arctic night, and we only had 2 guests; Catholics from the Phillipines... Very nice people! Now, we pride ourself with going out anyway, even with only 2 persons; people are travelling from far away to join our trips, so we never cancel, although last night, there was little hope of seeing the light. But I headed for the sea anyway.
So, I sent my crew member up on the bridge to keep watchout, and tried to talk to my guests as best I could. They revealed that they were keen walkers, and wanted to do something called the Camino in Spain... So what happened? Instead of talking about the Northern Lights (or lack of it this evening) we spent the evening talking about the Camino and its possible purposes and meanings!
Can you imagine: Those 2 nice 50-something beautiful couple went to the Arctic for the Northern Lights, and met with a captain who is a Camino veteran!
So there we were, up in the Arctic, in a boat at sea, in the dark night at sea, having a conversation/education about the Camino, staying in pitch dark out at sea, talking about a dirt road in Spain! How crazy is that!
The lady also told me that after talking with me, her determination was very much strengthened. They had been feeling the call of the Camino for many years, It was really in them.
What do you think? A coincidence? Or the Camino at work? Giving the right people signals? Heck, I find it strange: Being sought by people from literally the other side of the world, with the same ideas, the same wishes, and the same determination to do the Camino. And then, finding me as a captain of a boat they had randomly chosen, on literally the other side of the world.
I find it strange... But then again, strange things happen on the Camino and its surroundings. Last night, the Camino surroundings were in the Arctic...
Last night, I was set up as skipper for a Northern Light cruise, out in the seas of the Arctic night, and we only had 2 guests; Catholics from the Phillipines... Very nice people! Now, we pride ourself with going out anyway, even with only 2 persons; people are travelling from far away to join our trips, so we never cancel, although last night, there was little hope of seeing the light. But I headed for the sea anyway.
So, I sent my crew member up on the bridge to keep watchout, and tried to talk to my guests as best I could. They revealed that they were keen walkers, and wanted to do something called the Camino in Spain... So what happened? Instead of talking about the Northern Lights (or lack of it this evening) we spent the evening talking about the Camino and its possible purposes and meanings!
Can you imagine: Those 2 nice 50-something beautiful couple went to the Arctic for the Northern Lights, and met with a captain who is a Camino veteran!
So there we were, up in the Arctic, in a boat at sea, in the dark night at sea, having a conversation/education about the Camino, staying in pitch dark out at sea, talking about a dirt road in Spain! How crazy is that!
The lady also told me that after talking with me, her determination was very much strengthened. They had been feeling the call of the Camino for many years, It was really in them.
What do you think? A coincidence? Or the Camino at work? Giving the right people signals? Heck, I find it strange: Being sought by people from literally the other side of the world, with the same ideas, the same wishes, and the same determination to do the Camino. And then, finding me as a captain of a boat they had randomly chosen, on literally the other side of the world.
I find it strange... But then again, strange things happen on the Camino and its surroundings. Last night, the Camino surroundings were in the Arctic...
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