Full Circle

Tomorrow mom and I complete our Camino journey. Nearly three months and 1000 miles have led us to the final destination... Santiago. We have come so far, learned so much and felt so greatly. Yet, today's series of mishaps proved one thing - that on every journey you somehow inexplicably come full circle. As Two Stooges we started off and as Two Stooges we will end. In tune with the Camino Gypsy Chronicle's devotion to honesty, here is a full disclosure of the truth on this our second to the last day of walking.

Truth - We passed the town we were supposed to stay in by nearly 3km.
Truth - If it hadn't been for the fact that I was meeting up with my Camino Love in said town and so had to be there, mom and I would have probably kept walking another 2km before realizing we had overshot the goal.
Truth - We tried to talk to two men on horseback to find out where we were, and they looked as us with blank stares and trotted on.
Truth - We searched the next town for a bar, and not finding one, attempted for the first time to hitchhike.
Truth - No one wanted to pick us up. I cannot blame them.
Truth - Finally mom spotted a hotel on the freeway, and we were able to phone a cab. To kill time we killed two shots of Scotch Whiskey.
Truth - Lizzie later told us that apparently there was a HUGE sign announcing the town (she used hand gestures to show exactly how HUGE it was). Precisely how we missed it is a Camino mystery we will never solve.
Truth - On any journey it is best to be humble and forgiving of oneself, as we all have a Stooge within us just waiting to come out and cause trouble.

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Just a couple Arzua to Arca de Pino pics, as the camera batteries were on the skids. How appropriate for the day!


Sunrise over windmills.


Mom captures your Camino Gypsy writer's shadow, which she is soon to leave behind in Santiago.

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Location:Arca de Pino, Spain