Today is one of that days… challenging physically and emotionally. I think physically I did ok despite of hard walk on hills up and down with elevation gain above 1500ft. But not so good emotionally…
Someone told me today that people walk Camino to grieve. Facing their demons to awaken as love…. He was surprised that I’m walking Camino to celebrate my birthday. Hmmm 🤔 who knows maybe I am too walking Camino to grieve that I’m getting older, 50 years old nothing to get excited about 🥲 life is going down… hard to realize and even harder to accept it.
I don’t like this Camino. The first one I walked Camino Primitivo was beautiful, up in mountains with incredible views. I enjoyed every day of it. This one is mostly walking village after village, sometimes on busy roads. Walking on hard surfaces such as cobblestones, that are everywhere, makes my feet burn at night. Today even buildings in villages were very dramatic looking too.
One of that days… I think I’ll cut it shortly and go to a beach, I’m very close to Porto now and may just take a train to a beach and enjoy it! No more grief!
P/s food is very delicious and cheap. Sopa 2E, hamburger 1.5E. Coffee 0.75 - 1E… I asked a waitress what is an average salary here. She said 600-700E a month 😟 and they typically pay 200-250/months for a room rent (not an apartment, just a room) if they don’t want to live with parents.
But cigarettes are expensive 7-10E a box and everyone is smoking here 🤨
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