Walking the Camino's Way

―We´ve made it over the Pyrenees! We took two days to do it (a very smart
move) and have arrived in the hostel in Roncevalles (also known as Ronceveaux) …
The weather was fantastic along the way and the views were stupendous … We slept
last night in a room with six beds and tonight´s room has 160! We´ve already
walked with pilgrims from South Korea, South Africa, Brazil, Hungary, England, the
Czech Republic, France, and Spain! … Our feet are fine and our spirits are high …
Will attend a Pilgrim Mass tonight and begin again tomorrow morning … We each
started the journey with 28+ pound packs, though have both jettisoned quite a bit of
unneeded items along the way, and are now walking rather comfortably … More
updates to follow.‖ ~ Suzanna
September 23, 2008 … The Music of Living
Today was my first experience with ―the solitude phenomenon‖; where I could
set out with dozens of other pilgrims (in this case, over 160 of them) from the same
location at roughly the same time, and yet within an hour be completely alone on the
Path -- an experience that was bizarre (and quite wonderful), to say the least.
―You are capable of more than you know … Aim high. Behave honorably.
Prepare to be alone at times, and to sometimes endure failure. Persist! The world
needs all you can give.‖ ~ E. O. Wilson
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