Arriving Santiago in Santiago de Compostela was an anti-climax. All the pilgrims crowded into the pilgrim office to get their certificate of completion. I paid 3 euros to get some diploma looking thing written in Latin with my name on it that I have probably lost by now. We settled into a hostel that was… Read More Day 22- Arrival in Santiago de Compostela- The cathedral is covered in scaffolding
Sometimes I’m overtaken by euphoria with a rapid onset promptly followed by dissolution, like a chemical state change and then a return to original, water turning to ice and then back to water. I am eager to shout it, to smile and make someone smile, to belt a song from the bottom of my lungs or… Read More Day 24- Creation and Dissolution- Finisterre, Spain
“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was… Read More Camino de Santiago-Day 18 – The Rollercoaster and the Hamster wheel- Somewhere- Sarria T-minus 100 km to Santiago de Compostela
The first part of the walk today was in darkness. We walked down the winding roads in the remote mountains, I craned my neck to look up at clusters of stars contrasted with the sky like blotches of paint on a canvas. The outline of the Milky Way Galaxy was faintly visible. Nicole led with her flashlight. There was… Read More Camino Day 16 -“You look dumb when you’re trying to sound out the words.” Somewhere in the Northwest of Spain
The Sober Hombre 