Paying Attention (Estella to Los Arcos)

Paying attention in life is important. Paying attention requires us to watch, listen to, or think about something or someone carefully or with interest.

Paying attention when you travel or hike means to be diligent. What have I packed, do I really need this? Where am I going today? And on Camino that means watching for the signs( yellow arrows or shells) directing you which way to go. We have called back numerous pilgrims who were busy talking, which is fine, but they missed the yellow arrows.

Another aspect of paying attention on pilgrimage means figuring out where you are staying for the night. And if you have decided to book ahead double check how far from the city center your accommodation is.

We are usually very diligent about this. But today we failed and failed big time. We booked something 1,9 kms by car out of town or 3,7 kms by foot. I’m going to take back that we failed, we have had a very important lesson and learning experience.

We got a cab to our accommodation and will take a cab back to town tomorrow early and start walking where we left off. All is well that ends well.

Today we met some more pilgrims that we have seen off and on since the beginning of our camino. Ron from Utah, Laurie from Washington and Gertrude from The Netherlands. We have passed them and vice versa. The other day Ron was talking as they passed us and after they were out of earshot I said he seems like a really nice guy. And I was right. Laurie and Gertrude are super nice too and we are very happy to have met them all.