Hi, now everytime i save it´s a new post!... So still haven´t see anything around Leon. My feet and legs are a bit sore from so much walking so quickly today under terrible conditions... so after doing this internet i´m going to have a rest... so tonight i might venture out for some tapas... thank goodness they had washing machine and dryer here so i shared a load of washing with a girl from finland called laura... now we are sharing a load of drying as well... i put nearly everythin in the dryer, hope things don´t shrink or dissolve! ;) my boots are still very wet, second day walking in the rain for hours! i stuff the shoes with old newspaper which helps a lot but they don´t quite dry... we now put them close to the dryer to help them dry, although tomorrow and saturday the forecast is for rain again! ;(
well, i said before that i was going to talk about walking alone - i think it´s the best way to go although maybe it´s not for everyone... well walking the camino is not for everyone either, whether alone or with company... i´ve walked alone almost all the time so far, maybe 95% of the time... today is my 21st day of walking, 3/5 of the time i allocated to walk until santiago... maybe i walked with someone next to me 2 or 3 days... the koreans a couple of days, an american girl (jonni) another day or two for a while, and paul the australian guy a couple of hours in a day... but most of the time i really just walk alone... even the times i walked with somebody else it just happened this way, it wasn´t planned... they just happened to be there and follow my pace... i like walking alone but it´s hard sometimes... especally long stretches, with nothing in between, under difficult conditions... there were a couple of stretches like that, let´s say 12-17 km with nothing in between... it can get mentally and emotionally difficult... other times i love walking alone, no one miles away in front or behind... sometimes i play music when i get bored, or tired, or feel too much pain... sometimes the music helps by distracting me, other times by providing an outlet for some emotional expression, i often cry when i listen to music, more than when i don´t... depending on the music, it sometimes also picks me up, like the day i started to listen to martinho da vila... yesterday was a pàrticularly difficult day to walk alone - rain, cold, wind, 17 km with nothing, difficult terrain with rocks, puddles so deep your walking stick would sink up to the middle in it, little islands of land in the middle of the puddles that would transform into mud and swallow your boots as soon as you step on them! it was very draining... mentally exhausting as well as you need to be alert the whole time, keep the pace but always look where you put you feet each step of the way... it made me think this should be a little bit like army training i imagine... a test of physical resistance, mental determination, emotional resilience... and i think i passed! ;) i feel i´m getting stronger each day...
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