Wynette: Even though it is disappointing not to be covering the kilometers faster, we are having a great time. Each day when we set out, I feel happy to be walking again. (I was going to say “my heart soars” but thought that might sound too exuberant, but really it is true.) It’s fun to “take a walk” with a clear destination (the place we plan to stay the night), never sure what is around the corner, watching the countryside change, going through the little villages, seeing the other pilgrims, sometimes chatting with them, then watching them leave us far behind. Stopping in a bar and drinking the delicious café con leche 2 or 3 times a day. When one is particularly good I try to tell the person who made it how much we liked it. It is fun to practice speaking Spanish and they always seem so pleased that we liked the coffee. I thought it might be stressful and tiring to stay in a different place every night, constant packing and unpacking, but it hasn’t been so far. We try not to stress too much about each choice of where to stay for the night and being relaxed about it helps. We are starting to see the rhythm of the days.
Note: We spotted the bar in the photo above a little off the camino when we were really wanting a coffee. It was worth the short detour. The rather strange bartender made delicious café con leches for us, then he went back to smoking and reading his newspaper at the table out front. (If you click on the picture, as with most of the pictures in the blog, you can see a larger picture and more detail.) After we had our coffee he showed us a detour for getting back to the camino faster.
I was just wondering how the spanish conversations were going after all your studying. Do the people speak spanish and basque? Christy
Hi, christy, i think most people speak Basque but everyone also speaks Spanish. I’ve been having a lot of fun speaking Spanish. I’ll try to do a post about it. Wynette