It is time for another Buen Camino!

Barcelona to the Camino.  

You're making your final preparations before your voyage - you wind up at work and finish what cannot wait, you pay a few, final bills, you make your list, pick up a few things you'll need for your trip, pack your bags, repack your bags because they are overweight (as usual), and print your boarding passes. The ritual is well-known, somewhat stressful and always exciting. 

Where are you headed? 
Are you with us? Then you are headed to the north of Spain. You're about to embark on a tour through Barcelona, Oveido, Zaragoza, and Bilboa, just to name a few places. You will walk along the same path that thousands of pilgrims have walked before you, and descend into Santiago de Compostela.

I'm not sure exactly how I would describe walking the Camino. It is different for everyone. I wouldn't describe my experience as spiritual, but rather, contemplative. There is something about the open road before you, with only your feet to carry you, the arrival and rest at the end of the day, the silence, the time alone, that I loved more than I thought I would. It is also something that I look forward to again, although, you can never recreate an experience, so I'm open to the possibility that I will chat and laugh and make new friends, not think about the past or the future, and enjoy the present. 

The first time I walked the Camino, I had heard of it, of course, but I wasn't particularly interested in doing it. I only went because I loved traveling with Rick and Monique (if you've done it before, you know what I'm talking about!). This year, I'm super excited to walk it again, and this is something I find difficult to articulate. It is like describing why something as bitter as coffee is so delicious. It is something that only coffee-drinkers understand - that acquired taste that only comes from experience. 

This year we will walk on four different roads, all of which will lead to Santiago. Next year we will walk the Portuguese way. The year after? Who knows. We often talk about the south of Spain, a wine tour through the south of France before heading out onto the Camino, or coming in from Italy. 

Which "Way" would you like to go?
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Until then,
Buen Camino!