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Queimada: A Galician Ritual On Your Camino

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Sorry for being so absent! The Camino has been so much to taken, absorb, process while also trying to be present to the Camino Moments and Camino Angels! This post is about Day 2 & Day 5 because on the Camino you keep meeting up with the same people which is so cool and the constant reminder of how special the Camino really is!

Day 2 - Carla...in my photos was the Volunteer at the monastery who on surprise decided to introduce her pilgrams to Queimadra drink which is a traditional Portugues ceromony to ward off evil spirits for a strong Camino! We all had such fun with this and learning from Carla about the history of the Monastery and the drink and a history lessons of Portugal! We all fell in love w/ Carla...as we were leaving (Tuesday day 3) she told us she was starting her Camino on Wednesday!

Tonight (day 5) we arrived at Casa de Fernanda and were so warmly welcomed by Fernanda and fellow pilgrams.....then learning our Dutch friends from the monastery would be arriving to stay as well. The Australian, Michelle had met them the previous night and Michelle stayed where we were last night! The Camino God-Instances are so very real and definitely the spirit of the Camino. And to add to the excitement ...in walks CARLA who has her friend and her Friend Manuel who will be coming from Porto to cook at Fernanada's tonight! We were filled with such joy and excitement!!!!

After dinner....We see Carla preparing the Queimada! She shares her special ritual for the first time in Fernanadas home...,now undrstand Carla, Manuel and Fernanda are all Camino friends and do the Camino many times! Fernandas is special because not all Albugues in Portugal do community dinners and she does them every night! Fernanda's is talked about often on social media ...her love for pilgrams shines through with so much love and passion!!! After some ritual and drinking we then begin singing and playing the guitar...there were Dutch, Brussels, German, Austrailians, Americans and Portuguese at the table singing and dancing together! This is the spirit of the Camino ...tomorrow we all go off and hopefully meet again along the way! It was an extroverts dream come true! Such fun!

I will also share tomorrow about my Day 5 as a witness to the Camino...no phone...no photos..,a total day of being present to each and every moment (seeing, hearing, tasting, feeling and smelling)! Sometime disconnect has to be intentional to truly see the Spirit around us!

Today was such a special day! Oh and another thing Carls shared on Tuesday, "Every Camino is your first Camino because every Camino is different!" I can't wait for my next one! Everyone needs to Camino!!!

Good Night for now😉😘
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