Day 3:
Hola Familia y Amigos!
I´m in love! I may only be into day three of my long walk, but the Camino Norte has truly captured my heart! :)
How is it that this love has risen so instaneously? Maybe it´s the salty ocean breeze on my skin. Maybe it´s the continous breathtaking views. Or maybe it´s watching children launch themselves into the ocean from the village piers while their parents chat and laugh with one another, looking on, or even joining them in the cool refreshing water. Maybe it´s being greeted by an entire community singing hymns at the top of a mountain, filling the valley with a mystical sound after a two kilometer uphill trek. Maybe it´s swimming in the ocean in my underwear and bra, feeling like a teenager again, and bathing in the sun. Maybe it´s mi compenero, Juan, inviting me to the home of his brother to eat and being treated like a member of the family, playing with his grand-niece and assisting his niece with her english. Maybe it´s the very beautiful albergues with suprisingly comfortable beds and amazing, friendly hospitalieros. Maybe it´s the feeling of having wrapped up all loose ends of my academic and personal endeavours and being able to walk with the sense that I am truly, wonderously, free.
Likely it is the magical combination of all of these things and more, that still lie outside of the realm of my comprehension.
All I really know, is that I´m truly thankful to be here. That I´m deeply grateful for the love, support and assistance demonstrated by my friends and family before I left...gifting me with their presence, helping me to pack and move, welcoming me with open arms into their homes during my transition. It was a busy, exhausting time and I could not have accomplished what I did without all of you. Many thanks. Know I think of all you and walk with you in my heart.
Big love.
Tu amiga,
Kim
