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After two days in Santiago, everyone you met has moved on. That is a bit lonelier, if not sadder, than when everyone leaves at the same time.
Sadder moment is when you plan to return the following year and due to personal matters have to postpone.
It´s what´s happened to me the last 2 years, hopefully will be able to return net summer.
Buen Camino!
There's that point where you realise the Camino isn't yours anymore, the adventure is over.
Hi, I said goodbye to the last two pilgrims of my Camino family last May in Brussels. They where almost home and my wife and I got our car and drove to Holland.The saddest, the hardest and the most emotional part of the camino is saying goodbye to your camino families after meeting so shortly. You will notice as every pelegrino group approaches santiago, they do tend to slow down knowing that upon reaching santiago they will have to say goodbye.
This will be the time to make sure you ask your camino families for contact details in order not to lost touch with each other. The friendship formed with your camino families will last forever, it will be stronger than any other friendship you have formed with your other friends.
Good luck to everyone. Buen camino. May god bestow his blessing on all of you.
It is interesting to me how some people myself included, seem to get very close to those we walk with or endure other hardship with. Yet it happens every time when we go back to simple existence. You would think we would try to reduce getting too close, just so it would not hurt so much to say good bye. In the end others bring so much joy that it is more than worth the pain. I still hold hope that those I have met I will find a way to visit.
Yet after the Camino I truly hold my faith that I will see many in a better place. We are so very blessed to have done this.
Keith
Sad for me regarding the Camino is : the thought that there was a good connection with a pilgrim friend until this bond weakened and became non existent.
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