• Life in a Petri Dish 🤢

    May 4–5, 2024 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 57 °F

    (Ledigos to Sahagún)
    Another one bites the dust… unfortunately Kim’s now down with the sickness! In addition to catching my cold (this is Aimee writting) she also either had some bad food yesterday or picked up a very nasty stomach bug which kept her up all night. Selfishly, I’m hoping it was food poisoning so I don’t get it too!

    When planning for our trip, we took into account many things that would be taxing on us, mentally and physically.

    One HUGE thing that we absolutely did not think about was how much of a toll being in such close contact with so many different people from around the world would take on our immune systems.

    When you are sleeping in shared areas and eating communal meals with a revolving door of 12 -15 different pilgrims every day, it’s a wonder that we both lasted as long as we did!

    After a few days of R&R, we should be back on the trail.
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