I'm back home now and I did it!
The weather was everything from +20 and so much sunshine is was a torment, to snowstorm in the mountains. Lots of rain around Sevilla and in Galicia of course. Have never seen rain like that and never been so wet ever in my life (since I practised swimming with clothes on in a swimmin pool in school).
Finding the way: The problem is that these signs and yellow arrows are often hard to find so one has to spend lot of time to find the right way, when not following a guide book. Putting out the signs and arrows: that job was not well done in many places. I often lost my patience and walked on the road instead. The Camino was flooded and very wet on many places so that was often better.
I had very little things in my bag just clothes to change with, a sleeping bag, a towel, a toilet bag with everyting in small size, a raincoat and umbrella and a pair of sandals. My clothes were very lightweight things, my jacket and trousers dried after 10 minutes or so which I prefer as you cant avoid getting completely soaked anyway. That was less than 10% of my weight and then I had my walking sticks which took up 10% = great!
I walked in a pair of lightweight boots but it did not help me since they were often filled with water when it rained, then they were heavy anyway. Often I prefered to walk in my sandals wearing a pair of socks, and simply accept I was completely wet.
Many times there were 20 km or more between the villages and then one had to carry food and water etc, as there were no places to find water (or a loo) anywhere. Many days I just had biscuits and potato chips to eat as that was all that could be found.
The albergues were of very different standard. Some were with no heating and wet matresses for 10 euro, and so cold our breaths looked like white smoke ( Aljucen). Others were very stylish and comfortable for 5 euro (Zamora). Very difficult to dry the clothes and shoes because of the rain as the heating was not enough.
I also walked very long distances everyday, I liked it. I thought I would walk slowly and look at things but I found myself walking long, as fast as I could and I enjoyed being completely exhausted every evening.
The last days I felt more or less like an animal or something , just walking trying to find something to eat, whatever, trying to find somewhere to sleep, whatever would do as long as it had a roof. I would say the struggle with beeing wet, hungry, the uncomfortable and cold albergues took up most of my mind. I spent very little time doing something spiritual as I was occupied trying to survive. And most of the churches were closed anyway. But I have learnt to be grateful for little things.
Well that was my first Camino and I will do it again.
