My Camino Journey

Update

Ok I have had quite a lot happen in the last few days.  It all started innocent enough.  A few days ago I was sitting in the garden of the albergue talking with fellow pilgrims, as tends to happen in the evening hours.  A man starts asking a few questions and somehow the conversation moves to what my family thinks of me doing the camino. I explained that at first they didn’t know much about it and were concerned about me and wanted me to text them every day telling where I was at and if I was alright and tell where I am every day but that it was very cost prohibitive and so I set up a webblog. He asked me for the link and promptly looked it up while conversation continued.  A few moments later he declared, “No,no, no! It’s all wrong!”. “You have the platform but its not what you had for dinner or what albergue you stay at.  Don’t you see you have so much more to share?”
This really made me think quite a bit. Interesting things do happen on the camino and there is so much time for introspection. For the last few days I have been walking longer distances which has made for more thinking. But I think sometimes sharing some of the more personal insights don’t always translate well when I try to express them later in the day with a keyboard.

With the longer days has also made it more difficult to find time for blogging. The day of a pilgrim is busy when you walk for long hours. Then upon arrival a shower is much needed and usually you must do some washing of clothes, by hand, and get them hung to dry before its too late. Usually I like a siesta but recently I have been walking longer and not having time. Then have dinner and be back at the albergue usually by 10pm. Some lock the front door, so better not be late.