21 June Sarria - Portomarin 23 km
22 juni 2017 - Villar De Mazarife, Spanje
Today again a hot day with temperatures up to 35 degrees C and 23 km. As Sarria is the last village/town (maybe) before the 100 km mark many pilgrims star their camino here. Today lots people arrived by taxi in Sarria and even a couple of (spanish) school classes arrived by buss to start the trip, so today the trail was alive with kids and young people some of which cary a bleu tooth speaker and they enjoy their walk talking animatedly even though it is very hot. Teachers and parents have a hard time to keep it all together.
It was quite a tough walk and it made me again think of Kennedy's speech, I think it was in 1961 when he declared that the USA was going to put a man on the moon before the decade runs out. What he a.o. said was something like: ''We are not doing it because it's easy. We are doing it because it's hard. We are doing it because it's difficult.'' It is a quote I often think about when I feel tired, my feet or shoulders are aching or I just feel a bit down.
That quote expresses quite well how I feel about the Camino and why I'm doing it, and maybe many pilgrims feel that way.
Tomorrow 25 km to Palas de Rei.
It was quite a tough walk and it made me again think of Kennedy's speech, I think it was in 1961 when he declared that the USA was going to put a man on the moon before the decade runs out. What he a.o. said was something like: ''We are not doing it because it's easy. We are doing it because it's hard. We are doing it because it's difficult.'' It is a quote I often think about when I feel tired, my feet or shoulders are aching or I just feel a bit down.
That quote expresses quite well how I feel about the Camino and why I'm doing it, and maybe many pilgrims feel that way.
Tomorrow 25 km to Palas de Rei.
The camino is doing its job!
So are you, dear friend pensionado!
Regards,
Peter
Liefs.