Welcome to this Camino Blog. If you are new it might be best to start with the introduction. Otherwise, carry on.
Location: Santa Catalina de Somoza
Distance: 23.5km – 525.5km total. Over 2/3rds of the way.
Weather: Fine and warm.
Terrain: So we have left the flat meseta and are back to the hilly parts. We are heading to the highest part of the track.
Physical condition:Okay but could do with a bit more sleep.
Accommodation: Just a standard alburgue. Quite packed in but it will do.
Other: Dinner last night was nice. Met a Belgian guy who was walking over the Pyrenees a couple of days after us, a rough start as the video hopefully shows. Apparently there was no accommodation when he got to Roncesvalles either. Very tough way to start the Camino! All in all I think we have been extremely fortunate with the weather.
Round 3. So unbelievably I am at the third time around with my sacramental beliefs. Other than the re phrasing I did not have much to add to them in the second round. As indicated this was probably a reflection of being on the Camino. In Camino years it was like being in middle age and it was quite a dry period thought wise.
Apparently, in the third part I am supposed to reach some form of spiritual enlightenment, however it appears to be delayed.
So, at this point the only option is to do the same thing again. However, there is a chance that I might mix them up a bit if it seems appropriate.
In some cases I was not that happy with my phrasing so I will look at that as well.
SB 1 – There is a God
-You Are
-I Am
I am still struck by how much this single statement dictates what path you follow.
Pictures
Dinner last night
Inside a Gaudi church
Bike race
Accompanying supporters with large flags and a statue of Mary and Jesus tagging along. Distinct feeling that I am missing some cultural thing here.
Apparently they found these abandoned when crossing the Pyrenees and decided to bring them along.
Video of Pyrenees crossing a couple of days after us.
Rough against rough 