I hate my Garmin; “Sign, sign, everywhere a sign...” and observations
Hippocrates: If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk, And if you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.
No reason for choosing that quote for today because I am not in a bad mood and I don’t think Steve is either. But it is a good reminder for when I am. (Attribution seems questionable again here—can’t really see Hippocrates saying that, but I don’t have an alternative.)
We just got to our hostel (see pictures below) after having walked 14.4 miles (I refuse to round down) and just now, my Garmin watch told me I needed to move. How dare it!!! Total mileage to date: 151. 334 to go.
Today is just a list of observations:
After two weeks in a different country, you start feeling a new normal. You start seeing beer and thinking cerveza. You think two and you say dos. I can only imagine how a year might change you.
You can overcome blisters ... they are the superficial (albeit painful) inconveniences of many of the people who are walking.
The two men, one of whom is blind, are still hiking. They are French.
We met people today from South Africa, several from the UK, two from France, a few from New Zealand, Spain and South Korea....
We met a lovely young woman who has struggled with anxiety for the last ten years....she’s only 25. She is on the Camino to beat it. We think she will do just that. She has moxy in spades and a wicked sense of humor. And, incidentally, she was a bridesmaid in a wedding last fall in Cornelius, NC. She says her mother is convinced she will marry an American and leave her home country.
We walked with another couple for a few miles. They have a son with depression. She has blisters. Her journey is heavy.
We followed a woman all day, pictured below, who carried her bottle of wine with her. By golly, she wasn’t going to let good wine go to waste.
A light bulb on a stand can serve as a bedside lamp. It works. It may win an award for minimalist design. Basic pilgrim hotel/hostel. Clean and serviceable....
Back to the young lady we walked with, she said she wasn’t sure how she could ever explain her experience to others at home. She said everyone thought she was crazy for doing the walk (we gather she was from a wealthy family) and couldn’t understand her motives at all. She didn’t know how she could adequately explain the happenstance she encountered and the connection she felt to others in such a very short time. We think there are many others who share her experience.
We had a wonderful dinner in Santo Domingo last night. Here’s a good picture of the owner and a terrible picture of me. Best salad since we have been here.
“Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind, do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the signs.” Five Man Electrical Band, 1970. I think of that song a lot as we walk along, although our signs are instructive and creative. Here are a few from today.
Finally some pictures of things we saw along the way today.
Off to Atapuerca tomorrow....
We just got to our hostel (see pictures below) after having walked 14.4 miles (I refuse to round down) and just now, my Garmin watch told me I needed to move. How dare it!!! Total mileage to date: 151. 334 to go.
Today is just a list of observations:
After two weeks in a different country, you start feeling a new normal. You start seeing beer and thinking cerveza. You think two and you say dos. I can only imagine how a year might change you.
You can overcome blisters ... they are the superficial (albeit painful) inconveniences of many of the people who are walking.
The two men, one of whom is blind, are still hiking. They are French.
We met people today from South Africa, several from the UK, two from France, a few from New Zealand, Spain and South Korea....
We met a lovely young woman who has struggled with anxiety for the last ten years....she’s only 25. She is on the Camino to beat it. We think she will do just that. She has moxy in spades and a wicked sense of humor. And, incidentally, she was a bridesmaid in a wedding last fall in Cornelius, NC. She says her mother is convinced she will marry an American and leave her home country.
We walked with another couple for a few miles. They have a son with depression. She has blisters. Her journey is heavy.
We followed a woman all day, pictured below, who carried her bottle of wine with her. By golly, she wasn’t going to let good wine go to waste.
A light bulb on a stand can serve as a bedside lamp. It works. It may win an award for minimalist design. Basic pilgrim hotel/hostel. Clean and serviceable....
Back to the young lady we walked with, she said she wasn’t sure how she could ever explain her experience to others at home. She said everyone thought she was crazy for doing the walk (we gather she was from a wealthy family) and couldn’t understand her motives at all. She didn’t know how she could adequately explain the happenstance she encountered and the connection she felt to others in such a very short time. We think there are many others who share her experience.
We had a wonderful dinner in Santo Domingo last night. Here’s a good picture of the owner and a terrible picture of me. Best salad since we have been here.
“Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign, blocking out the scenery, breaking my mind, do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the signs.” Five Man Electrical Band, 1970. I think of that song a lot as we walk along, although our signs are instructive and creative. Here are a few from today.
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