??\u00a0The first week of August found us, the Lalin team, walking the extra mile. We decided that we want to explore more of our cami\u00f1os (Via de la Plata, Camino Inverno), trying to comprehend, in the minimum way and amound of course, what pilgrims face while they are on their journey. So, we walked toward directions we had yet to explore, pushed our selfs to go further than we already had.
\nThe more we walked, the more i understood that it is easy to get used to it and manage to achive more kilometers every day, if you work on your breathing and find the pace that works for you.
\nAlso, we did some cleaning on the Silver way (Between Botos and Lalin) and we detected areas that we should go back next week and clean.<\/p>\n
For me, the highlight of my week occurred on Tuesday during our weekly work in the pilgrim Albergue of Bendoiro.\u00a0 We chatted with a few pilgrims while we were there but i was most interested to approach one specific woman.
\nJoanne is a 52-year-old pilgrim coming from New Zeland, but living in Australia. I was just curious to hear how she ended up on the other side of the world but what she had to say really blew my mind. Her cami\u00f1o started on June 8th from Irun, the very first stop of the Northen Camino (Camino del Norte). After completing the camino and reaching Santiago she found out about Camino Primitivo and decided to walk it backwards. Next for her journey was Via de la Plata. She caught a train to Puebla de Sanatria and we were lucky to find her in Bendoiro. As of today, she must have reached Santiago and has probably already started her next adventure in Camino Invierno. She explained that her visa only allows her to be in the EU for 90 days and she made such a long way to reach Spain, so she wants to take advantage of each and every day to explore in the way that she trully enjoys; walking.
\nShe said that her flight home is at September 4th, so she will most likely walk until the 3rd.
\nShe said that she is doing this alone and she chose to do these specific caminos because she enjoyed that they are the less busy ones during this time.<\/p>\n
After 2 months of walking you would expect to meet a tired pilgrim, but in contrast, Joanne seemed to be full of life, with a bright smile on her face, talking with enthusiasm about her advetures. I am truly happy I had the chance to meet her and hear about a different perspective and cause of doing the cami\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
?? La primera semana de agosto nos encontr\u00f3 al equipo de Lal\u00edn, caminando la \u201cmilla extra\u201d. Decidimos que quer\u00edamos explorar m\u00e1s nuestros \u201ccami\u00f1os\u201d (V\u00eda de la Plata, Cami\u00f1o de Inverno), tratando de comprender, m\u00ednimamente, a qu\u00e9 se enfrentan los peregrinos en su camino. As\u00ed que, caminamos hacia direcciones que a\u00fan ten\u00edamos que explorar y nos empujamos a ir m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de lo que ya hab\u00edamos hecho.<\/p>\n
Cuanto m\u00e1s camin\u00e1bamos, m\u00e1s entend\u00eda que es f\u00e1cil acostumbrarse y lograr hacer m\u00e1s kil\u00f3metros cada d\u00eda, si trabajas en tu respiraci\u00f3n y encuentras el ritmo que te conviene.<\/p>\n
Adem\u00e1s, hicimos una limpieza en la v\u00eda de la Plata (Entre Botos y Lalin) y detectamos \u00e1reas a las que deber\u00edamos regresar la pr\u00f3xima semana y limpiar.<\/p>\n
Para m\u00ed, el punto culminante de mi semana ocurri\u00f3 el martes durante nuestro trabajo semanal en el Albergue de peregrinos de Bendoiro. Charlamos con algunos peregrinos mientras estuvimos all\u00ed, pero yo estaba m\u00e1s interesada en acercarme a una mujer espec\u00edfica.<\/p>\n
Joanne es una peregrina de 52 a\u00f1os procedente de Nueva Zelanda, pero que vive en Australia. Ten\u00eda curiosidad por saber c\u00f3mo termin\u00f3 en el otro lado del mundo, pero lo que realmente me dej\u00f3 alucinada, fue cuando me dijo que su cami\u00f1o parti\u00f3 el 8 de junio desde Ir\u00fan, la primera parada del Camino del Norte. Despu\u00e9s de completar el camino y llegar a Santiago, se enter\u00f3 del Camino Primitivo y decidi\u00f3 hacerlo al rev\u00e9s. El siguiente paso en su viaje fue la V\u00eda de la Plata. Cogi\u00f3 un tren a Puebla de Sanabria y tuvimos suerte de encontrarla en Bendoiro. A d\u00eda de hoy, debe haber llegado a Santiago y probablemente ya haya iniciado su pr\u00f3xima aventura en el Camino Invierno. Explic\u00f3 que su visado solo le permite estar en la uni\u00f3n europea 90 d\u00edas y que hizo un largo camino para llegar a Espa\u00f1a, por lo que quiere aprovechar cada d\u00eda para explorar de la manera que ella realmente disfruta; caminando.<\/p>\n
Dijo que su vuelo a casa es el 4 de septiembre, por lo que lo m\u00e1s probable es que camine hasta el 3.<\/p>\n
Ella dijo que est\u00e1 haciendo esto sola y eligi\u00f3 hacer estos caminos espec\u00edficos aprovechando que son los menos transitados en esta \u00e9poca.<\/p>\n
Despu\u00e9s de 2 meses de caminata, esperar\u00edas encontrarte con un peregrino cansado, pero en contraste, Joanne parec\u00eda estar llena de vida, con una brillante sonrisa en su rostro, hablando con entusiasmo sobre sus aventuras. Estoy realmente feliz de haber tenido la oportunidad de conocerla y escuchar sobre una perspectiva diferente y la causa de hacer el cami\u00f1o.<\/p>\n
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