Everybody says "Buen Camino" to each other, to everyone they meet along the Way. It's kind of like Aloha - both hello and goodbye. You say Buen Camino as you encounter someone new, and you might or might not walk together and get to know each other. If you do walk together for a while, you eventually part as you each find your own pace. Buen Camino again.
Maybe you'll never see each other again, but if you do it's an unexpected blessing. The Camino is like your whole life journey, summarized in the time it takes to walk 800 kilometers.
Here are two Irish-Australian sisters we walked with for a while.
Today we made it to Los Arcos, named after the church Santa Maria de Los Arcos (the Arches).
Scenes along the way:
Choir practice at San Miguel church in Estella:
Free wine (really)!
