Camino Views, Part Two

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The yellow arrow and seashell on the brilliant blue background was our consistent sign for finding the trail. How many thousands of pilgrims annually walk the Camino trails through and around quaint towns and cobblestone streets – eyes searching for the next marker?! Sometimes you would have to search for it – a splash of paint on a post or wall – but it was a reliable marker.

To keep my mind engaged I’d often imagine who and what people had walked the same path. Where had they come from, what ages were they… were they having a good experience?

To walk the Camino was my spontaneous decision, yet not a random impulsive thought. It was seizing an opportunity; for an extended journey much like walking in the woods behind my house or another outdoor trail. Being in nature: aware and appreciating its spiritual presence. Considering the broad spectrum of pilgrims, backgrounds, etc. added an element of community and curiosity.

Walking through vineyards: spiders work their magic on every continent!

The path of our Camino walk covered many terrains from grassy trails on a wide plain, through trees and valleys, on roadways for local vehicles – our first-day initiation was a flooded gravel road in a deluge of a smashing, crashing thunder and lightning storm.! Some of the roads were paved, many places were like the following photo, with uneven brick or well-packed grass.

Travel through urban areas added diversity – a magical morning watching the world wake up below.

Rio Lerez

Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava

Castell d’en Plaja: the castle by Sa Caleta (next to the main beach in Lloret de Mar on the Costa Brava.

Thanks for reading … until the next segment.

xo, Karen