Walking Home: A Pilgrimage from Humbled to Healed by Choquette Sonia

Author:Choquette, Sonia
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House Publishing
Published: 2014-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

Day 12

(22 km; 14 mi)

San Juan to Burgos

I got up at the crack of dawn, in order to leave before I saw the Greek again. On a soul level, I felt our Camino appointment was complete. There was no point in having to go through a long good-bye all the way to Burgos. Besides, I wanted to be alone and with my spirit and thoughts as I walked.

Before I left, I put Cheater in the lobby and marked the hostel in Burgos so we would meet up later with no problem. I nodded to the waiter/receptionist that my bag was here, and he nodded back, as if to say, “Got it.” Then I grabbed a coffee and toast, but I ate fast because I was afraid if I stayed too long, my plan of escape would be foiled.

I asked the waiter for a pilgrim’s stamp for my passport and with indifference he nodded to the left, where there was a stamp and ink pad sitting on the counter. I expected him to come over and do it as the others before him had done; but soon enough I realized that I would be the one to place the stamp in my book if I wanted one. I felt a little disappointed by the lack of ceremony over my hard-earned walk, but then again, my Camino matters only to me, so it was fitting that I put the stamp in the passport.

Right before I was to leave, I asked if the driver from yesterday was around to take me back to the original path as he had promised. The waiter said, “No, not working today.” That meant either I had to walk the extra five kilometers back on foot or follow the national highway just out in front of the hotel all the way to Burgos. I decided to follow the highway since I had 22 kilometers to go, and today I was really physically tired. Exhausted, in fact. I didn’t think I could manage an extra five kilometers.

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