Day 39
8 Jun 2023
Ou Pedrouzo to Santiago de Compostela
Stage: 32B
Walked: 28,99 km
Planned: 18 km
Steps: 36,960
The final stage was very special. However, while laying in bed ready to sleep for my last push, the very last stride, I had a cathartic moment that I couldn’t help but collect in a few words, in spanish naturally, to share with the people that I kept in my thoughts during the entire journey. The words are here because I don’t want to forget them or that night.
I started walking at 05:00 in the middle of the worst storm yet in my Camino. The walk was challenging and nostalgic. The journey would came to an end - and not really. The day went quick, quicker than I expected. I tried to squeeze every bit of it but it came to an end, regardless. I couldn´t hold it in my hands. I tried and I failed. That’s life, I guess.
El Camino De Santiago is there and it is not going anywhere. As of today I am not sick but I also know, for certain, that our days in this planet are numbered. As long as my health is decent and my heart strong, I will always plan to come back. It is my promise. I shook hands with the birds, the wind, the trees, the Cantabrian sea, the mountains of Galicia, el Pais Vasco, Cantabria and Asturias. They know. Until then, I will continue walking - golpe a golpe y verso a verso.
