Charlie: We have been surprised at how busy we have been on this trip. On a typical trip if we spend five or six hours traveling we call that a travel day but we do that every walking day on this trip. When we get into a town we need to find a place to stay and settle in. Then we have to wash out our clothes since we only have two or three of everything. Then there is getting lunch. We have been trying to eat our big meal at lunch. In Spain that means around 3pm which is actually good since we are not ready until then. Then some resting. Around 5 or so we go out and look around and go to a supermarcato to get something for dinner which we usually have in the room. More resting, blogging, dinner and it is time for bed.
We imagined we would have a lot more time but there is always something to do. There is time on the trail, although we talk to each other a lot. There are so many interesting things to notice and discuss.
Each person walks his own Camino. We’ll see if ours turn more contemplative.
Do you eat many of your lunches/meals out of doors on long tables in gardens? There seemed to be a lot of that in the movie version.