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Traveler Camino Frances 2017
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- Oct 11, 2017, 9:05pm
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 287 m
- Spain Galicia Dumbría Regoelle 43.0089, -9.0275643°0’32” N 9°1’39” W
Day 32
Chasing our Shadows
October 11, 2017 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
We've come to the end of the world -- Finisterre.

In medieval times, the pilgrim would strip, jump into the Atlantic and burn his clothes on the beach. He would then find a clam shell, proof of the pilgrimage, and then walk home.

Coleen and I, no terra firma left to walk westward chasing our shadows, did nothing so dramatic. In a granite rock, we watched the sun set into the ocean while sipping red wine.

This signaled the official end to the Camino -- a symbolic time of death and rebirth when the sun rises tomorrow. And the two of us will rise and greet that sun with renewed purpose.Read more
Traveler Congratulations to the two of you. We are enthusiastically cheering from the sidelines. A sense of renewed purpose is a pilgrimage indeed, a long journey, one step at a time.
10/11/17Reply
Traveler Congratulations Scott and Coleen! Spend the time reflecting on your journey, purpose and accomplishments! I'm sure you have a lot of memories from your journey. Well Done!!
10/12/17Reply
Traveler Beautiful!
10/18/17Reply
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Traveler Pre-Camino training
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- Oct 11, 2017, 7:02pm
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 287 m
- Spain Galicia Dumbría Regoelle 43.0089, -9.0275643°0’32” N 9°1’39” W
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Day 43
Never Say Die
October 11, 2017 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Our walk today along the Costa del Morte was a day of sensory overload. Some of the paths were newly minted and others lined with huge pine needles, both of which cushioned us nicely. The seas were brilliant blue, the greens verdant, and harvested corn Midas gold. Scents ranged from spicy pine to briny ocean to sweet ripened fruits. While walking mindfully, I realized the exact step where the roaring ocean gave way to the silent woods.

We walked to the end of the earth tonight, Finisterre, to watch the sun "die". Our journey has, symbolically, ended. But, just as the sun will be reborn tomorrow, so we have decided to begin again - wish us luck in catching a bus on a national holiday. Our destination is A Coruna, and the start of the Camino Ingles.Read more
Traveler I wonder what those were for? Strange bath houses!
10/13/17Reply
Traveler These are Horreos, places to store dried corn.
10/14/17Reply
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