Day 2 on the Camino

June 12, 2010

Today, we walked. We walked a lot. We started off in Portomarin. From there, we walked 15 miles until we reached our second walking destination in Salas De Rei where we checked into our next hotel room. The walk today was beautiful. There was no rain just miles and miles of nature and olden architecture. However, it was a windy day. This brought about many of us pilgrims to double up on layers. The different varieties of wildlife; as well as, the great lengths of nature, really gave us a strong spiritual connection with God.
After our long walk, half of the pilgrims immediately sunk into their beds. We were all very sore and tired. Most of us found one negative side of the walking; blisters. Our leaders and fellow pilgrims were able to provide many, many cures; such as, mole skin, band aides, and neosporin. Our afternoon activity was to go see Roman walls in Lugo; however, do to the many cases of exhaustion and aching, we decided to relax at the hotel instead.
The lesson we discussed today was about our connections with other pilgrims that we meet on this journey. The question asked was, “How are we helping others?” We all took this into deep thought. How are we helping others? Well, sometimes it's the little things that are helping the most. Such as, helping someone out of the mud, telling someone which direction to take, and simply being there for support. The friendships made on this trip have helped to shape our Christianity and lifestyle altogether. The bonds we made with people all over the world bring us to new cultural heights we would of never seen if it weren't for this opportunity, and for that we find God and are blessed.

-Carolyn and Lia