So i had to end early yesterday due to limited Wi-Fi availability. Shortly after sending out the blog, I saw the distinct outline of my friends walking up the hill in the distance. My now very familiar "WHOO-HOOO!" Left NO mistake who was at the top of the hill... A return flapping of the poles left no mistake my friends were on their way and received my message! Joyous hugs and we were reunited back as a Camino family, ready to tackle whatever the Camino delivers - together.
Reunited, we seemed to walk slower then normal, taking close to 7 hours to cover 23km (should have taken us under 6, and that is with breaks)... We were just sauntering and catching up on each other's Camino adventures. We arrived at a pretty sweet little Albergue in Ponte Campaña - “Casa Domingo“. Almost everything is hand crafted, the furniture and even the bunk beds (ROCK SOLID). We had a wonderful communal meal served family style. First course was Galacian soup and Lentel soup. That was followed by salad and Spanish omelette. Third course was Fettuccini and meatballs in sauce. Dessert was Galacian cake and ice cream. Of course, this was served with bread, water, and wine. The mean and experience were both awesome. We even gave the husband (bartender and server) and wife (also the cook) an ovation much to their embarrassment and delight.
Tonight we also planned and reserved our next several days - We enter Santiago Tuesday morning! Santiago is less a destination then the symbolic end of the walking part of the journey. I do have plans to journey on a few more days to Finisterre and then to Muxia where I plan to expel any negativity equity a good and loud primal roar, followed by an even louder "WHOO-HOOO!" Which I will direct back to my home, listen for it :)
This Camino journey has been such a big piece of my existence for so long in planning and the execution, while only in a few weeks, has seemed like much longer. The is so much I have learned, discovered, and experienced that I feel like Camino is less something I walked and more something I allowed myself to become.
The next two days are expected to be rainy, wonder how that will affect my spirits as I make the last legs of my journey to Santiago :).
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Buen Camino!
Kevin
Kevin, thank you for all the sharing you have done during your Camino. For sure you will have fun reading through each of your posts once you return - return physically. Returning mentally will never happen because the Camino changes you and sets you on a new path of discovery for ever. The anticipation of Santiago is at hand. Buen Camino. Ross & Kathleen
ReplyDeleteSo proud of you, honey. I am glad to hear that you were able to meet up with your Camino family and have a great communal dinner with them. And I am glad that we were able to make this journey possible for you. The countdown is on for your return back home. It does feel like it has been a lot longer that you have been gone, but that is because we miss you. I love you very much. I hope that the next few days are not miserable for you do to the weather. Get some sleep and I will chat with you tomorrow.
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