Onthecamino23

Today is Day 7 of this Camino journey.  We entered Spain in Tui and have walked in total about 130 km. I think it’s time for a bit of reflection…. 1 week in, well I do know I am  10 years older and less fit: not sure if that’s an excuse for it feeling harder.  I suspect the memory blunts the difficult bits so is probably not that different really.  Secondly, there seems a lack of albergues, well at least the municipal and donativos, even the donativa will often mark the price they expect.  Most places we have stayed are private and we are now feeling the pressure to book.  I feel this has limited our ability to be flexible. I guess not really a problem, but a pressure that takes away from the experience of “placing one’s future in the the hands of the Camino” aka yellow arrows. We are also missing the camaraderie, our camigos. Maybe because the Camino Frances was longer, maybe there are 4 of us… I don’t know, maybe it will change or evolve. Regardless we ha...