Vultures and a stork....How lucky can you get.. its a bit late in the year for storks..we certainly never managed to see one either camino! Nice that you stopped at San Nicholas.. even if only for an apple and water.. they are so helpful there. K
June is a great time of year for storks K.....I was even lucky enough to see baby storks flying! We met a 'plastic pilgrim' when three of us were walking out of Leon early morning. She was Japanese, and dressed/ made-up to the nines. She had obviously been out for a little wander from the Parador before her bus left. As soon as she saw us, she whipped out her camera. But to do her credit, she then asked if we were 'pilgrims', and asked if it was OK to take our photo. Then she told us that she was a pilgrim too, and that she would see us in Santiago!!! (I don't mean to sound too cynical- it was a lovely encounter, even if she had no idea how long it was going to take us to cover the 300km she might do in a day!)
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October 1 2008, 19:45:14 UTC
yes.. I marvelled at a small group of pilgrims who seemed so clean and tidy and organised.. they even seemed to manage with tiny backpacks.. until I rounded a corner once to find them with their support car!
I tried to stay open minded as I know that one pilgrim I walked with who regularely caught buses was actually 6 months pregnant.. she just didn't look it. Another time we stayed in an Galician albergue with a bus tour of older german women who planned to walk only a token few kilometres each day. We met them the next day and some had actually walked the entire distance for the first time.. they had no idea they could actually do it and were so excited and proud of themselves!
Re: storks!anna_en_routeOctober 2 2008, 12:20:42 UTC
I guess everyone walks the Camino that they can ( I know people with heart conditions who get their luggage carried and people who have dodgey knees who have to take buses for long stretches and there´s always the 100k I went by train last time).
It´s just the tour group/ hotels/ skipping most of the Camino aspect of it that throws me a little and makes me feel as if they might be missing out some key aspect of the Camino.
On occasion I would pose for the tourists' cameras, if they would buy me a drink. As well, when they are doing group photographs, sneak into the background and pretend that you are overwhelmed with the journey, and barely able to stand.
If you message me your e-mail address I can pass over some of the photos from the Aragonese route that other people who were on it at the same time have sent me (it seems wrong to post them up for general view without permission but there´s nothing scandalous in them).
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We met a 'plastic pilgrim' when three of us were walking out of Leon early morning. She was Japanese, and dressed/ made-up to the nines. She had obviously been out for a little wander from the Parador before her bus left. As soon as she saw us, she whipped out her camera. But to do her credit, she then asked if we were 'pilgrims', and asked if it was OK to take our photo. Then she told us that she was a pilgrim too, and that she would see us in Santiago!!! (I don't mean to sound too cynical- it was a lovely encounter, even if she had no idea how long it was going to take us to cover the 300km she might do in a day!)
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I tried to stay open minded as I know that one pilgrim I walked with who regularely caught buses was actually 6 months pregnant.. she just didn't look it. Another time we stayed in an Galician albergue with a bus tour of older german women who planned to walk only a token few kilometres each day. We met them the next day and some had actually walked the entire distance for the first time.. they had no idea they could actually do it and were so excited and proud of themselves!
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It´s just the tour group/ hotels/ skipping most of the Camino aspect of it that throws me a little and makes me feel as if they might be missing out some key aspect of the Camino.
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On occasion I would pose for the tourists' cameras, if they would buy me a drink. As well, when they are doing group photographs, sneak into the background and pretend that you are overwhelmed with the journey, and barely able to stand.
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it continues to just sound wonderful.
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thanks!!!
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