Not only is this a great song by jefferson starship but this is probably the best way to describe our feelings at this point in time. Everything we have been doing for the last 29 days will culminate in five days time.
Today we had a lovely walk and we find ourselves in a town somewhere in Spain, on someday of the month on someday of the week. You really feel like you have achieved youre goal when you seriously cannot answer the above questions. The beautiful undulating greenhills of Galicia, with roman walls dotting the countryside and celtic huts littered around the place continue to amaze. A little old lady walks out of a barn and offers you a crepe with sugar- the sweet smell of freshly cut grass in the early hours of the morning. A church bell dings in the distance as you wander through a herd of cattle, can the world be at any greater peace. Welcome to the world of the Camino.
After packing up our lives in Canberra I feel so removed from the previous 12 months of anxiety and stress- sadly I am already thinking about returning home! Happy to see family and friends but disappointed that Spain and Africa will be a memory- something to be treasured forever but non the less a memory.
Alas there is still much to see and do and Portugal and South America are on the horizon.
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