{"id":1260,"date":"2015-06-05T06:41:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T06:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/robscamino.com\/?p=1260"},"modified":"2018-04-17T10:23:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T00:23:03","slug":"5th-of-june-one-more-day-to-go-arzua-to-a-rua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/5th-of-june-one-more-day-to-go-arzua-to-a-rua\/","title":{"rendered":"5th of June – One More Day to Go | Arzua to A R\u00faa"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Last Camino Day Walking is Tomorrow<\/h1>\n

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I set out this morning from Arzua<\/strong><\/em> at about 7:45 and the day is very overcast and damp. Forecast is for rain this afternoon. But hopefully, I can reach my destination A R\u00faa<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0before the rain starts.<\/p>\n

The path is now really quite full with pilgrims as even more seem to have joined this section. I even had to step aside for a group of 20 Italian cyclists cheering as they sped down the hill behind us.<\/p>\n

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\"Arzua<\/p>\n

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I expect, if all goes well, to reach Santiago<\/a> by late afternoon tomorrow. But of course as my blogging queen Maybelle won’t be getting any information posted over the weekend, you’ll have to wait for news until Monday!<\/p>\n

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The Camino Journey vs Destination<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I’m taking my time walking today, there’s absolutely no rush.<\/p>\n

Most of those walking around me seem to be walking with a great sense of purpose. Like they want to get to Santiago<\/strong><\/em> quickly or complete their journey fast.<\/p>\n

I’m feeling slightly different.<\/p>\n

Up until this point, we’re now on Day 39<\/em>, this has been very much about the journey, not the destination.<\/p>\n

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\"Arzua<\/p>\n

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I’ve enjoyed each day for what it brings, in terms of contemplation,\u00a0meeting people, and interesting discussions.<\/p>\n

I never really thought about the destination at all, until last night.<\/p>\n

What will I think and what will I feel when I arrive at Santiago<\/strong><\/em> and see the cathedral<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Honestly, I’m not sure.<\/p>\n

For me it was never about the destination, but totally about the journey. A journey that has exceeded all of my expectations.<\/p>\n

I’m sure it’ll be a very emotional moment however, the first sight of the cathedral. Maybe even collecting my Compostela<\/em>\u00a0although it was never really about that.<\/p>\n

I imagine my thoughts will turn to the future. And how I will apply the lessons that I’ve learned during this journey.<\/p>\n

To me the journey I’ve just undertaken, is really just the first part. The journey from here on I think, and I hope, will be just as rewarding.<\/p>\n

Arriving in Santiago<\/strong><\/em>, is merely a milestone, admittedly a very important milestone, but a milestone in that ongoing journey.<\/p>\n

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Seek and you shall find on the Camino<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I’ve already had one coffee break this morning and it’s now midday so I’ve been on the road for 4 hours. It really is time for a break, something to eat and something to drink. I saw a cafe up ahead just at the right moment.<\/p>\n

But as I drew near, there was nothing but bicycles and young noisy men in lycra\u00a0and piped music coming out of the cafe. Really not the kind of break that I wanted to have during the day!<\/p>\n

I thought about it for a moment, I really<\/span> needed a break. But then I pushed on. Four hundred meters up\u00a0the road was a nice quiet little bar with a\u00a0cafe serving fresh sandwiches and coffee. Just perfect. I’m just checking the map, it’s another 4 kilometers to my next coffee stop and then just 2.8 kilometers for my stop for the evening.<\/p>\n

On these longer walks, it’s 18 kilometers today, I find it much easier to break it down into manageable sections with\u00a0breaks.\u00a0Starting the day knowing that you have to walk 18 kilometers is psychologically a little bit more difficult than knowing it’s 4 kilometers to the next coffee, 3 kilometers to the next sandwich \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I set out this morning from Arzua at about 7:45 and the day is very overcast and damp. Forecast is for rain this afternoon. But hopefully, I can reach my destination Rua before the rain starts. The path is now really quite full with pilgrims as even more seem to have joined this section. I even had to step aside for a group of 20 Italian cyclists cheering as they sped down the hill behind us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,18,13],"tags":[139,51,22],"class_list":["post-1260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-gallery","category-journey","category-reflections","tag-a-rua","tag-arzua","tag-camino-de-santiago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1260"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1260\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robscamino.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}