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Ah…it seems my “every mile was a joy” brag (of the Camino Santiago) just got a kick in the kilometer ass.<\/p>\n

For walking BACKWARDS along the Camino Portuguese means that for ever 20 kilometers I walk FORWARD, I walk 6 kilometers in circles or backtracking to find the right path….(b\/c the person with the blue paint bucket was a bit of daydreamer also and forgot to mark half the turns in the path.)<\/p>\n

But alas, it is only the 3rd day of my Southbound skip, and I will quickly learn the rules of the new game. And the path is brilliantly beautiful!!! And I own it all to my sweet self…not a single other pilgrim in the peripheral. Although I do have to go through this script every 20 minutes;<\/p>\n

“A donde vas?! Santiago esta por alla!”<\/strong> (“Where are you going?! Santiago is the other way!”)<\/p>\n

“Si. Yo se. Me voy a Fatima.” (“Yes. I know. I\u00b4m going to Fatima.”)<\/p>\n

“Y de donde vienes?” <\/strong> (“And from where do you come?)<\/p>\n

“De Francia” (“From France.”)<\/p>\n

“ANDANDO?!….de Francia?!”<\/strong> (“WALKING?! From France?!”)<\/p>\n

“Y Estas sola?!” <\/strong> (“And you are alone?!”)<\/p>\n

“Si. Sola.” (“Yes. Alone.”)<\/p>\n

“Y no tienes miedo?!”<\/strong> (“And you aren\u00b4t afraid?!”)<\/p>\n

“No. No tienes miedo.” (“No. I\u00b4m not afraid.”)<\/p>\n

(Old Spanish woman\/man then throws hands in air and shakes them.)<\/p>\n

“DIOS mio. MADRE de Jesus. Esta chica ES loca!”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well yes. I AM a bit crazy. But it isn\u00b4t necessary to alert God and Mary to this fact. They already know :).<\/p>\n

I have no map and, in general, there exists VERY little information on the Camino Portuguese, (and nothing on a “pilgrimage to Fatima”) — so I just assumed the blue arrows on the back of the yellow ones were indicating the path for pilgrims returning from Santiago to Portugal.<\/p>\n

Well one very happy tear was shed when I found this sign yesterday:<\/p>\n

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Dios mio! Madre de Jesus! *throws hands in the air* Did you know there are now 700 pictures in the Camino de Santiago Photo Album<\/a>?! See the ocean here.<\/a><\/p>\n

I think it\u00b4s time to start a new album…<\/p>\n

*a gennie wink*<\/p>\n

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The “Pilgrimage to Fatima” photo album is now open.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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