Today started as one of the loneliest we had seen on the Camino.
Mile after mile on a 14 mile day and we saw almost no one! No one to talk to those stories to tell and then we came across Lisa from Australia; what a treasure.
Lisa was taking the Camino for the very first time as a sort of therapy and the opportunity to regain her balance after some severe medical traumas. In a period of less than a year, she went from a constant life of fitness and training to a need to have foot surgery, which slowed her down. as if that wasn’t enough within a month of release from her surgery, she broke her ankle, walking her dog and then was diagnosed with breast cancer. After going through all that she decided she needs some time to “re-center” her life. Like so many we run into she decided the Camino was the appropriate way to do so.
she and Brenda hit it off immediately, and I walked quietly mile after mile as they exchanged pleasantries, stories, and hopes and plans for the future. It was a good day for all of us.
Brenda and Lisa
Buen Camino
