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Going now soon to Toulouse! And then in 3 days I get to see Gianluca. I think it turns out I am going to stay with his family in Aosta, I hope that ends up being a good experience. I get an Italian family!
Last night I met up with a sort of friend, Alex, who lives here. He´s an ex-something-or-another, but it was really great to see him, and only slightly awkward. It turns out he is going to be a father in 2 short weeks, which is crazy, and I hope that goes well for him.
I feel very out of place in my pilgrim clothing in Madrid. My clothes are in tatters and being held together in places by safety pins, haha. People will think I am a bum.
Life is feeling very very very crazy right now and I feel like I need to run into the woods somewhere and take a breather. But there are no woods and I am in big foreign cities instead. I want to be a pilgrim again. Don´t so much like this adjustment to ´real life´.
But in good news, I got to wash ALL (or nearly all) of my clothing last night. you have no idea how utterly terrible my things smelled. They had only been washed by hand since Leon (maybe 3 weeks ago?) and my towel, not at all. STINKY!! really really stinky. And sand from the ocean is still covering all my things and my feet are still stained green from the ocean. I dont know what was in the ocean to stain my skin like that... oh well.
But yeah. Now I feel like I need to find a way to recenter myself. I became so grounded during the camino but now I feel like I am falling and can´t find my footing in the real world. Hopefully Gianluca and I can help each other in the adjustment back to reality.
I also found out there will be a swing festival this month not too far away from where I will be staying! don´t know if I will go or not, because after I will have 4 weeks in Herrang, but still it might be nice. Hopefully will turn Gianluca into a dancer and maybe I can drag him along... miss you all!
Last night I met up with a sort of friend, Alex, who lives here. He´s an ex-something-or-another, but it was really great to see him, and only slightly awkward. It turns out he is going to be a father in 2 short weeks, which is crazy, and I hope that goes well for him.
I feel very out of place in my pilgrim clothing in Madrid. My clothes are in tatters and being held together in places by safety pins, haha. People will think I am a bum.
Life is feeling very very very crazy right now and I feel like I need to run into the woods somewhere and take a breather. But there are no woods and I am in big foreign cities instead. I want to be a pilgrim again. Don´t so much like this adjustment to ´real life´.
But in good news, I got to wash ALL (or nearly all) of my clothing last night. you have no idea how utterly terrible my things smelled. They had only been washed by hand since Leon (maybe 3 weeks ago?) and my towel, not at all. STINKY!! really really stinky. And sand from the ocean is still covering all my things and my feet are still stained green from the ocean. I dont know what was in the ocean to stain my skin like that... oh well.
But yeah. Now I feel like I need to find a way to recenter myself. I became so grounded during the camino but now I feel like I am falling and can´t find my footing in the real world. Hopefully Gianluca and I can help each other in the adjustment back to reality.
I also found out there will be a swing festival this month not too far away from where I will be staying! don´t know if I will go or not, because after I will have 4 weeks in Herrang, but still it might be nice. Hopefully will turn Gianluca into a dancer and maybe I can drag him along... miss you all!