The rhythm of the Camino

I have noticed during the past week, that when one is walking the Camino, one has their own rhythm.  It isn´t something you notice at the beginning, but after a few days you realize that you walk at your own rate, in your own way.  Sometimes Natalie will ask me to stop and look at something and it is really hard to stop and lose your rhythm.  I am sure it is the same for her.  It is just a slow, plod, plod, plod looking around, getting into the feeling of the Camino. One´s rhythm is a very personal thing.

Today, I saw another blind man, except this man  was totally blind.  He was holding onto the the backpack of a lady in front of him.  There were three of them.  The lady, with the blind man holding onto her backpack and another man walking with them. I caught up with them and chatted for awhile.  They were a dutch couple and the blind man was their nephew.  We had such a jolly time chatting, Mike their nephew  spoke English very well.  Very funny, thought I was a young woman, said he was looking for a young woman  and I told him I hated to disappoint him but I was not, I just had a young voice and I have been married for 39  years.

I have met some very interesting people on the Camino, all with different stories, all with different reasons for walking the Camino.  Yesterday I met a young Korean girl Ji Ni who was walking the Camino balancing a large water bottle on her head.  She was amazing really.  She had become separated from  her friend who had hooked up with an American man and she was now walking the Camino alone.

 Today Natalie and I  walked from Logrono to Ventosa which was a short walk by Camino standards -18 km. We are staying in a lovely Alburgue and sat in the garden all afternoon, drinking wine with our new  Canadian friends.  Tomorrow we leave for Azorfa.  

You know meeting Mike and his aunt made me think about the rhythm of the Camino.  These are two people who are different by Camino standards -  They are walking  the Camino together as one.  This is the magic of the Camino.