Met up with Aaron today. So good to share stories. Hung out with my new Canadian friend Monique. Will maybe stay another day to rest as I have not done that yet and take a day to go to the doctor.

Cebreiro–17:19

San Martin del Camino

Albergue Santa Ana

Found Cecelia in a cafe…..

Reliegos to Leon

Sahagun to Reliegos

The Burgos cathedral is unlike anything I have ever seen! I’m so in love with the city. The history and the beautiful architecture tells the history of St. Mary of Burgos and I’m so in bliss.

Buen Camino

Again posting early afternoon in anticipation of being in a gushingly reviewed albergue that is probably without wi-fi. Started the day with a steep uphill in a heavy rain and anticipating a climb of 400m over the next 7 km into Bodenaya.  The valleys,  which we get to see from above, are beautiful.

Leaving Leon

Lately I’ve been coming to a rather startling realization.
Immediately before and shortly after leaving for my adventure on El Camino I was so focused on being in Spain, handling my classwork and a huge amount of stress-induced breakdowns that I blew right past things that I realize now were vastly more important.
The most overwhelming regret I’ve felt was not spending more time with my grandmother and brother before I left, as they’ve both now left Seattle permanently while I’ve been away and the ever-increasing miles between us have begun to seem far more vast than any ocean.
I regret allowing friends from all over the country slip through my fingers. As we grow up many of us have grown apart, begun to feel neglected and/or inadvertently misunderstood/hurt one another. My closest friends are beginning to settle down, start families, graduate college and move while I walk aimlessly across Spain searching for my ‘true purpose.’
I’ve found that El Camino progressively provides clarity and then quickly blurs and skews the lines that I’ve only just begun to understand.