{"id":3445,"date":"2022-10-03T10:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T08:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xacobeando.eu\/the-essence-of-the-camino-is-not-reaching-santiago\/"},"modified":"2022-11-16T12:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T11:48:57","slug":"the-essence-of-the-camino-is-not-reaching-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xacobeando.eu\/en\/the-essence-of-the-camino-is-not-reaching-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The essence of the camino is not reaching Santiago&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">??\u00a0On September 23rd, Chantada team volunteers were picking trash on the section leading to Rodeiro when unexpectedly we met a pilgrim walking the camino in the opposite way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He stopped by to express appreciation for our work and offered to carry two bags full of trash we had collected to the nearest village. We agreed to meet that evening in Chantada to ask him some questions about his experience so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Luciano, 71 years old from Turin, is an old-school pilgrim who prefers walking long trails that keep him away for months and then walks back home -in 2019 he walked 4700km in 4 months-.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Luciano reached Santiago after walking 600km along the Galician coastline and then decided to continue heading to Ponferrada through the Winter way. <em>\u201cThe essence of the camino is not reaching Santiago, but the bonds you create with people you meet along the way\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Despite his big backpack and the fatigue he stopped to help us. His kindness, his respect and his empathy were touching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Buen camino Luciano!<\/p>\n<p>?? El 23 de septiembre, los voluntarios del equipo de Chantada estaban recogiendo basura en el tramo que lleva a Rodeiro cuando inesperadamente nos encontramos con un peregrino que hac\u00eda el camino en sentido contrario.<\/p>\n<p>Se detuvo para expresar su agradecimiento por nuestro trabajo y se ofreci\u00f3 a llevar dos bolsas llenas de basura que hab\u00edamos recolectado al pueblo m\u00e1s cercano. Acordamos encontrarnos esa noche en Chantada para hacerle algunas preguntas sobre su experiencia hasta el momento.<\/p>\n<p>Luciano, de 71 a\u00f1os, de Tur\u00edn, es un peregrino de la vieja escuela que prefiere caminar largos senderos que lo mantienen alejado durante meses y luego camina de regreso a casa -en 2019 camin\u00f3 4700 km en 4 meses-.<\/p>\n<p>Luciano lleg\u00f3 a Santiago despu\u00e9s de caminar 600 km por la costa gallega y luego decidi\u00f3 continuar rumbo a Ponferrada por el Camino de Invierno. \u201cLa esencia del camino no es llegar a Santiago, sino los lazos que creas con las personas que encuentras en el camino\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A pesar de su gran mochila y el cansancio se detuvo para ayudarnos. Su amabilidad, su respeto y su empat\u00eda fueron conmovedores.<\/p>\n<p>Buen camino Luciano!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>??\u00a0On September 23rd, Chantada team volunteers were picking trash on the section leading to Rodeiro when unexpectedly we met a pilgrim&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":3443,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","paths-winter-way","digital_path-pilgrim"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;The essence of the camino is not reaching Santiago...&quot; | Xacobeando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Xacobeando is a project of volunteer teams in high priority areas within the European Solidarity Corps. 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