Today I walked from Mañeru to Villamayor de Monjardín about 26km.
I like this warning sign:
My backpack has now a baby camino shell:
Near Estella is a well known ‚wonder‘ – a wine fountain. On the left there is free wine, on the right water.
You can probably discuss the quality of the wine…. but there I liked it.
There were 3 German girls who walked the Camino after their school education. Two of them had overloaded backpacks…. and problems with their feet or knees.
So if you need a short checklist for doing the Camino:
1. Well-fitting shoes (light is good, large enough even after a long and hot walking day)
2. Light backpack
Why?
I had a discussion with several pilgrims how one could explain the ‚Camino Magic’…. what makes the camino maybe different to other trekking routes…. and what is a compensation for the hard work of walking, the hot sun, sleeping in a dormitory and other camino-stuff…. until now everybody answered ‚es imposible / it is not possible‘ to explain it to someone who misses the experience.
So I will not try to explain it but tell sometimes an anecdote or something like that.
Today it is a quote. I know it like this:
And the nun told the pilgrim: „The Camino is God’s dream for how people should be when they are with each other.“
And I think that here the people are really different to the ’normal life‘.