On a day that seemed to have no end, I walked & walked & walked & walked; eventually getting soaked by a spontaneous rainstorm (inspiring some just-as-spontaneous laughter from me over the Jobian nature of this most arduous of days) before eventually arriving in the township of Logoso – just as the Sun was fully […]
Perhaps due to the excitement of being so close to the coast (one more day of walking!) and perhaps due to the unusual confines in which I slept the night previous, I woke even earlier than usual on this day. And yet though it was a shorter sleep than normal, I still rose feeling quite […]
And so it was that flowed into this next wondrous morning, past the famed Finisterre/Muxia bifurcation (where I chose the route to the former) and onto a long & lovely road (covered with a lovely sandy-gravelly walking surface) surrounded by a lovely temperature and often-inundated with a lovely scent of nearby pines … “Whenever I […]
And then I came to the beautiful wayside shrine at the Capilla de Nosa Senora das Neves, where I offered one of my very last pre-Galacia-gathered Camino stones to its altar – in great gratitude for the journey already traversed, and – more importantly – as a testament of dedication; an offering of the rest […]
I headed onward into the day and suddenly smelled the ocean for the very first time (with 25km still to go before I could arrive at the coast proper). Then a short time thereafter, the same came into view – a sight that filled me with an odd & overwhelming mix of thoughts & emotions: […]
I then headed down into the small city of Cee, where I smiled – seeing my first sea-worthy ship in its harbor, and wondering if I really would be one day soon sailing back to my now-older New World … “He who has never left his hearth and has confined his searches to the shorter […]
And then ever onward I walked, soon into the neighboring town of Corcubion, a delightful haven where I had received such great kindness back in 2008. I looked briefly for the hotel where I had stayed those 10+ years ago – as I had wanted to offer then-owner Maria an extra heartfelt thanks for the […]
And then I walked on into this great & seemingly final day, until I finally caught my first glimpse of Finisterre – the famed “end of the world” from eras past, and the glowing portal to my life’s next & newest future … “Distance changes utterly when you take the world on foot. A mile […]
I was still walking smoothly – getting closer & closer to both the town of Finisterre and the subsequently blessed coast – when Karl from England caught up with me and asked me about my Walk (he had read my smock as I had passed just a few moments before). I was thankful for his […]
Interestingly, this is the only “shot” that I wished I had from my previous Camino pilgrimage of 2008 (the camera to which I had access on that particular Walk completely ran out of battery power just as I reached this very spot), and it was a great gift of Karl to capture it now so […]
I said my fond farewells to Karl as he headed back down into town, and I stayed behind to proceed alone to Finisterre’s furthest promontory to end the European portion of my Walk officially and offer my heartfelt thanks for it All. Tears of gratitude and joy welled up and overflowed as I did so […]
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