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If you have to skip it, so be it, but Burgos is a beautiful city--especially city center with the cathedral, a nice hotel, and other old picturesque buildings. We were lucky enough to be there when a couple of weddings were going on and after the...
I met the ‘broken leg’: a lady who broke her leg on her day 2: descent into Zubiri. She is still on The Way-she taxi’s to meet her partner at the end of each day at their accomodation.
Cudos!
I've mentioned on other threads that the heart and meaning of the Camino did not come to me until I'd been walking 40+ days on my first Camino and had to end prematurely due my husband's illness. I'd been walking and some days really hating it...
So many good comments here. @Anniesantiago encapsulated much of what I experienced last year during my 3rd camino. Somewhere along the way (pun intended) the camino has morphed into something else...what, I'm not sure. Maybe covid changed us all...
Ah, I do like honest posts ... we never seem to mention it but, isn't doing more than one Camino an odd thing to do?
That first one, for whatever reason we did it, just cannot be replicated .. it lives in our memories .. we have it .. so why go...
Yes, it's sad when you love something so much and then suddenly discover that you've lost the magic. It can happen for any number of reasons, and let's face it, your most recent experience was far from optimal. It doesn't necessarily mean that...
I don't know the answers to your questions, but I do know I've had days like these.. tiring days, boring days that I question what I'm doing here at all. I'm always glad of my own bed at the end of a camino, but still, the longing comes back...
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